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Weekly
Quotation
May 13 - 19, 2012
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XX"My
advice to the would-be writer is that
he start slowly, writing short undemanding
things, things such as telegrams, flip-books,
crank letters, signature scarves, spot
quizzes, capsule summaries, fortune cookies,
and errata. Then, when he feels he is
ready, move up to the more challenging
items such as mandates, objective correlatives,
passion plays, pointless diatribes, minor
classics, manifestos, mezzotints, oxymora,
exposes, broadsides, and papal bulls.
XXAnd above
all, never forget that the pen is mightier
than the plow-share. By this I mean that
writing, all in all, is a hell of a lot
more fun than farming. For one thing,
writers seldom, if ever, have to get up
at five o'clock in the morning and shovel
manure. As far as I am concerned, that
gives them the edge right there."
~Willa Cather (1873-1947), American
author of 12 novels, including Oh,
Pioneers! and My Antonia and
winner in 1923 of the Pulitzer Prize for
her novel, One of Ours
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The Cover for the 2nd Book in The Public
Eye Series |
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At long last, here's the cover for
Book 2 in The Public Eye Mystery Series,
which stars Leo Reese and her intrepid
sidekick, Thom.
I'm hard at work getting it ready for
publication.
This time Leo is stuck with a puzzling
situation at a juvenile detox/rehab
center. In her private life, however,
she's got even more puzzles to deal
with!
This one will be out November 10th,
and the cover was done by the amazing
Donna Pawlowski who has done so many
great covers for my books.
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Updated
4/26/12
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WRITES OF SPRING is Out and It's
an Excellent Anthology! |
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I highly recommend this anthology
for readers of mystery stories and
finely crafted prose.
It features two previously unpublished
stories by Harold Adams, and tons
of other pieces by 33 other authors.
Edited by Gary Shulze and Pat Frovarp,
the collection is published by Minneapolis's
Nodin Press.
My story is called "A Darker
Shade of Green."
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4/1/12
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A Delay in The New "Gun" Book... |
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I had hoped to have Jump The Gun
out this summer, but between the
process of moving and some health issues,
I missed the deadline for editing. Uh-oh!!
The book is delayed and bumped forward
now, and I'll be playing catch-up so
that it will come out very early next
year.
Meanwhile, the 2nd book in The Public
Eye Series is still on track for November.
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Major apologies to
fans
of The Gun Series!
Mea culpa!!
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Updated
3/31/12
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Good Review at Reviewing The Evidence.com! |
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a very nice review of BUYER'S REMORSE
at Reviewing
The Evidence by Wayne "Gunn Shots"
Gunn. I feel blessed that he read and
reviewed the book and had kind things
to say! |
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Updated
3/21/12
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Update After Another Week Has Passed... |
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I'm making good progress unpacking.
The kitchen and bathroom are organized,
and the dining area and living room
are gradually becoming unveiled as I
open boxes and put things away. My office
is all set up, though every surface
has junk sitting on it waiting to be
filed or put someplace. But things are
coming along. I ought to be in fairly
good shape by the end of the month <crossing
fingers!>
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Updated
3/11/12
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Good Lord! Moving is HARD! |
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fatigued, bruised, and cranky, but everything
is moved from my apartment, and I'm now
living in disorganized squalor at my new
house. I slept several days on twin mattresses
in the dining room, and FINALLY last night
I got my bedroom painted, tidied up, and
the bed set up. I slept soooo well! Today
I finally got the internet up and running
consistently. Oy vey! This has been exhilarating
and completely maddening at the same time.
But hey---I'm in my own little castle!! |
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Updated
3/5/12
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I Bought
a House!
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New Article at Savvy Authors |
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at Savvy Authors is called "A
Purr-fect Place to Boost Your Writing
Skills" and it's about getting
the most out of conferences you might
attend. CLICK
HERE to read it, and please let
me know what you think! |
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Updated
1/23/12
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Different Dress |
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Lovely review of one of my older books,
Different Dress, at Terry's Lesfic
Reviews.
CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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Updated
1/20/12
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Bringing Out Your Backlist & Older
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writing for years and possess a "secret"
drawer - or hard drive - full of unpublished
manuscripts? Or did you publish some books,
they went out of print, and now you have
the rights back?
There's never been a better time to
resurrect old manuscripts and out-of-print
books and convert them to digital/electronic
books. In the last two years, e-books
for e-readers have become extremely
popular. It's time for you to get with
the new program!
See
more on this topic in my blog at
"Babbling
About Books, And More."
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Updated
1/18/12
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Buyer's Remorse at Gay/Lesbian
Fiction Excerpts |
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The latest novel is featured at the
Gay/Lesbian Fiction Excerpt site.
CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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Updated
1/2/12
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The Final Just About Write Article |
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Here's
my last article for Just About Write.
JAW is going into permanent hiatus. God
Bless Nann Dunne for being at the helm
of such a terrific e-zine for the last
eight years!
My article this month is called "Writing
Suspense: Techniques, Pacing, and Things
to Avoid." CLICK
HERE and scroll down a little
bit, and there it is. Let me know what
you think! |
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12/1/11
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Great Time at Murder By The Book! |
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Had a terrific time at Portland's mystery
bookstore. We had a nice-sized crowd,
and the lively audience asked a ton
of good questions. One of the owners,
Barbara Tom, is pictured with me below.
I highly recommend MBTB's wide selection
of new and used crime fiction, great
service, knowledgeable staff -- it's
just a lovely store!
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CLICK
HERE for more information about
Murder By The Book at the bookstore
website.
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NaNoWriMo Begins |
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November is National Novel Writing
Month, and I'm going to do the crash
course to get as much of JUMP THE GUN
out as possible. It's only two hours
into Day One, and I've got 1,470 words
to count (which are added to the nearly
15,000 I already had), so I'm working
it!
Wish me luck!
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Updated
11/1/11
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New Just About Write Article |
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It's the second to last article I'll
ever write for Just About Write. I'll
do one more for December, and then JAW
is going into permanent hiatus.
The article this month is called "SENSES
AND SENSIBILITY: Ways to Appeal To All
Types of Readers." CLICK
HERE and scroll down a little
bit, and there it is! |
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10/1/11
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New Interview at WOMEN & WORDS |
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Amazing author Andi Marquette interviewed
me recently. Check out the interview
by clicking
here, and find out some things
about me that you may have never known.
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Updated
9/17/11
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On Blogtalk Radio with Lara Z |
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If you missed hearing
the July 14th interview on Lara Z's
"Readings" program, CLICK
HERE and you can listen to the
On-Demand Episodes in the archives.
I had a great time chatting with Lara,
and she asked some great questions. |
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7/15/11
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Video of Jessie Chandler & me at True
Colors |
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When I was in the Twin Cities last
month for a joint appearance with Jessie
Chandler at True Colors Bookstore, the
Women Unlimited MN gals had a camera
crew there. They put together a video
clip that I have only just now seen!
I think Jessie was mostly hiding in
a corner though.
CLICK
HERE to view the short video.
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Updated
6/25/11
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For excerpts: Click cover or
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Very
Public Eye
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Date: 11/10/12
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Jump
The Gun
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Date: 3/10/13
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excerpt
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This is Book #1 in "The Public Eye Mystery Series."
Book #2 is A Very Public Eye.
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Movie
Trailers
for the Books
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Brenda Adcock's wizardry, there are now movie trailers,
complete with music, for my last two books. Click below
to see and turn on your speakers: |
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Shimmer
& Other Stories |
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Snow
Moon Rising |
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Bound/Printed
Books
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can be purchased through any bookseller or online. If
a store doesn't happen to have copies on hand, they will
order them for you. CLICK
HERE if you want to contact me to get autographed
copies. |
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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution
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| The gals at Bella carry books by an
enormous variety of authors, and they're distributing
my eBooks and print books. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi, Sony, ePub,
and PDF formats. |
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Rainbow
E-Books
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| Rainbow Ebooks also carries a huge
variety of LGBT books by a variety of authors. CLICK
HERE to get my books in Mobi, HTML, and
ePub formats. |
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Kindle
E-Books
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| Amazon.com carries my books in the
Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader. |
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B&N
E-Books
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| Barnes & Noble - BN.com - carries
my books in their Nook E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Nook eReader. |
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Recent
Online Interviews & Articles
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| A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry. |
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Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI, has featured
a memoir piece I wrote called "There is
No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."
CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it.
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featured a long interview with me about writing,
creativity, book themes, etc. There are several
great stories featured in this issue as well as
other podcasts and interviews by a variety of terrific
authors. |
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I wrote three lengthy blogs at Lee
Lofland's site, The Graveyard Shift, about
firearms, law enforcement, and weaponry for PIs,
cops, sleuths, and bad guys. Click on the parts
below to read. Check these out:
Part
I - Guns, Guns, Guns
Part
II - Outfitting Your Sleuth(s)
Part
III - Outfitting Your Crooks -
and Yourself
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