December 2008 Blog Posts (183)

"THE COWBOY WAY"

Excerpt finally posted on my Tory Richards website. My third erotic romance, "THE COWBOY WAY" comes out in April 2009 in print and ebook. Blurb below.

Artist Lacey Owens comes home to her father’s ranch for a long over due visit, and to get a little work done on her next project. She’s not prepared for becoming the means for revenge against her father by an old enemy he helped send to prison. Getting involved with her father’s ranch foreman… Continue

Added by Tory Richards on December 17, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

CONVERSATIONS LIVE! RADIO Interviews Darden North

Please copy and past the link below to listen to the December 2008 interview by Cyrus Webb:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/conversationslive/2008/12/12/author-darden-north-talks-to-conversations-live

Added by Darden North, MD on December 17, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Book Release day approacheth!

I am so proud to be counting down the days now to my first book launch! Avenging Angel, a Shannon Wallace Mystery will be available as an ebook at Red Rose Publishing, http://www.redrosepublishing.com on December 18th ~! I hope you will come on over and help me celebrate my book's BIRTHDAY!

Added by Kim Smith on December 17, 2008 at 8:15am — No Comments

No Return?

Borders and HarperStudio have made a bold move to eliminate returns. I'll be curious to see how this plays out in the coming months, but I'm also curious to know what people in the book business think. Is this move good or bad?

Added by Sandra Ruttan on December 17, 2008 at 1:47am — 4 Comments

Televangelists?

I watch a lot of TV, but that isn't where I prefer to get my religious training. Unfortunately, I have some acquaintances who feel I am missing out by not taking advantage of the inspiration available from televised preachers. I usually let that conversation go about ten minutes before I start to explain just how I worship and why. It is about that time that I am generally reminded of faith-based rule #1:

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on December 16, 2008 at 10:39pm — No Comments

Who Deserves to Live?

The answer to that question has gone through several phases in my lifetime. When I was a kid, bad guys were shot dead left and right, and nobody gave them a second thought. Then we got into the idea of rehabilitation, and bad guys were arrested and led away with "Book 'em, Dano" or something similar. When cop/sleuths' personalities began to enter into fiction, we had to deal with the fact that they FELT like killing the really bad guys. For a while there, it became pretty common for the bad guy… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on December 16, 2008 at 10:14pm — 6 Comments

Number 1 Bestseller at Amazon.com (1,175 books in category)

My award-winning novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper is today listed as the number 1 bestselling Jack the Ripper Mystery/ Thriller at Amazon.com. there are 1,175 books listed in this category, so I can only say that I'm delighted, surprised, and very thrilled. The listing can be viewed at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 16, 2008 at 7:27pm — No Comments

The latest

The weekend signing experiments were not all equally successful, but all were fun and profitable. Our choice for Waldenbooks in Manassas Mall - Friday from 4 pm to 8 pm - may not have been the most profitable time selection. Still I signed a few books and had the joy of having one fellow buy one of my novels, wander off into the mall, and return an hour later to declare aloud in the store, "This is the best book I have ever read."

Saturday was a little better at Books-A-Million in… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on December 16, 2008 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Would You Like to Host a Thriller/Espionage Author on Your Blog?? If so, Read On...

I'd like to talk with you about hosting an interesting author guest on your site. In return, we would promote your blog as part of the tour. Some of the options include:

1 - Send interview questions for the author to answer (related to his book or writing).

2 - Hosts may require a guest post - about their book, writing, the background or a topic in the book.

3 - Post an excerpt from the book.

4 – If you have another idea, let me know. I love promoting – outside the… Continue

Added by Nikki Leigh on December 16, 2008 at 9:03am — No Comments

Mozart I Isn't

Rumor has it that Mozart wrote down his work only once; it sprung from his head complete and perfect. Well, that isn't me. I read, re-read, and read again everything I write, and each time come closer to what I want to say. It takes a lot of time and a lot of paper, because I have to have a hard copy for most edits. I suppose it's trial and error, and we all know that's inefficient, but it's how I like to work.

I enjoy watching characters slowly become themselves. At first mention… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on December 15, 2008 at 11:02pm — No Comments

Weekly Blog - Monday 15th December

In the course of the last week I finished my first read through of The Beholder. This initial edit was all about cutting out any extraneous verbiage, and it resulted in the total word count falling from 106,000 to 96,000. For the most part, the stuff that got the chop was either odd words or sentences that simply weren’t needed, as they over described either the setting or the action.

I then moved on to stage two, which was to work through the assorted notes and comments I made… Continue

Added by Steven Hague on December 15, 2008 at 7:03pm — No Comments

About 'The Nemesis Cell'

Since I placed my 'plea for votes' for 'The Nemesis Cell' in the current New Covey Cover Awards, I've had a few e-mails requesting more information about the book, as the title seems to have caught a number of people's imaginations, which is rather nice. So, I thought I'd just post this short blurb about the book to give eveyone an idea of what my forthcoming novel is all… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 15, 2008 at 6:23pm — No Comments

A Rolicking Good Time at Adams Mystery Playhouse!

Thursday evening, my hubby and I joined 28 other stalwart sleuths from the Rocky Mountain chapter of Mystery Writers of America for our holiday party at the Adams Mystery Playhouse, complete with dinner and a mystery play (http://www.adamsmysteryplayhouse.com/). The play was "Death for Dinner." It included a police detective who sounded like a cross between Borat and Inspector Clouseau and who had the audience in stitches with his impromptu asides. Our table was one of three who correctly… Continue

Added by Beth Groundwater on December 15, 2008 at 9:34am — No Comments

Don't Give Up the Day Job by Margot Justes

The holiday season is fast approaching and I noticed in my own every day life that the pressure to finish everything is on. There is the shopping, baking, cooking and cleaning to get the house ready for our annual get together with friends and family, and of course my day job; the one that actually provides a regular pay check.

But there is also the life of the writer and the functions that have be attended to get my name out there-where ever out there is.

Today was just… Continue

Added by Margot Justes on December 15, 2008 at 3:02am — No Comments

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL MY CRIMESPACE FRIENDS!

I'm still getting email replies to the Happy Valentine's greetings I sent out one at a time to all my CrimeSpace friends, so I've decided not to do individual messages this holiday season (though you got one if you're also my friend on MySpace). But I wish you all an abundant and joyful Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and/or Solstice. I'm celebrating my deal with St. Martin's for DEATH WILL HELP YOU LEAVE HIM, the follow-up to DEATH WILL LEAVE YOU SOBER. So I'm ending a year of tough up-and-downs… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Zelvin on December 14, 2008 at 1:05am — 1 Comment

Get your gift novels this weekend

As I told you, today I have a book signing at Books-A-Million, 6230 N. Kings Hwy, Alexandria, VA. from noon to 4 pm.

Not to abandon my Maryland friends, tomorrow's book signing is at the Borders Express in St Charles Town Ctr. Shoppers can meet me for their personalized literary gifts from 2 pm to 6 pm. The store is at 5000 Highway 301 S in Waldorf, MD.

And if you can't make either event, you can always order my books through… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on December 14, 2008 at 12:47am — No Comments

I'm Done!

Good lord, I just spent $250 on stocking stuffers and I am done Christmas shopping. I usually buy the girls, and by girls I mean my daughter and niece, the same stocking stuffers every year. They look forward to body lotions, toothbrushes, purse size hand sanitizers, nail polish and various other personal items. Of course they get candy, the good stuff, and my daughter gets a can of asparagus. She loves the stuff but it's so darn expensive. Gee, it was almost #3 a can this year.

This… Continue

Added by Tory Richards on December 13, 2008 at 11:11am — No Comments

Medusa--Trade Paperback

Medusa, Roland Longville number four, will be out by year's end. Lady Midnight will follow next year. I am currently finishing up the sixth installment, The Burning Day, and my publisher is so confident in my abilities that he is already advertising it for later release. I am lucky to have a great friend and co-conspirator in my publisher; he's a great writer himself, and in a similar vein, and I think he "knows where I'm coming from." I feel we are great friends and we… Continue

Added by Timothy C. Phillips on December 13, 2008 at 9:09am — No Comments

My Polish Publisher Comes Up Trumps

I have just received the Polish copy of my thriller, In Cold Daylight, renamed Fire and Water in Poland (Ogien i Woda) and it looks fantastic.

The cover image is very impressive and the book is a cross between a hardback and paperback with a very unusual flap extending from the front and back cover which you can use as a handy bookmark - a brilliant idea. There is a lovely illustration… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on December 13, 2008 at 4:00am — 3 Comments