All Blog Posts Tagged 'author' (185)

Thanks to everyone!

Hello everyone,

I am a new author recently published on Amazon. I live in Red Lion, Pa. I am a wife of forty years, mother of four and

grandmother of six.

I have been reading since school days and always wanted to write a book.

Finally back in 2007 I had an idea for a mystery/thriller fiction novel

and began writing.

I entered the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest but did not make it to

the second round. However, my book has been published and… Continue

Added by Donna Lee Comer on March 30, 2010 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Author Disclaimer

As an author, my mind views everything I see, touch, taste, hear, and observe as potential material for a story-line. I don’t want to make you nervous, but I’m out there and I’m observing and jotting down notes about your clothes, your attitude, your humor, your kindness, or your quirkiness mixed together with somebody else’s traits. Be careful… check out my short guest blog on Tony-Paul's site. I'll introduce you to my sisters Detective Leslie Bolt and her twin Tasha from my novel Bolt Action,… Continue

Added by Victoria Roder on January 22, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Book Tours Not Just Ego Tripping

Not long ago a friend of mine commented that my travels to promote my books must be a great pleasure to me. “You just have to talk about yourself,” he sneered. “You must like that.”

I ignored the implied insult (until now). But it struck me that people might think book tours are literally ego-trips. Wrong on two counts.

First, it’s only on book tour that people will frequently come up to you and say that you look better in your jacket photo. In Aachen last year,… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on January 10, 2010 at 10:28pm — 3 Comments

It's shaping up to be a busy 2010

2010 is already shaping up to be a busy year with lots of writing activity, talks and book signings to look forward to. Here is the line up for the first six months of the year as it stands at the moment. There is a new Calendar of Events page on my official web site and all my events, book signings and publications will be posted there throughout the year, as well as here.

On 27 January I start the year… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on January 1, 2010 at 10:49pm — No Comments

Darden North interviewed on "Mystery Lovers Corner"

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Check out my latest interview on "Mystery Lovers Corner" and register for a chance to win a copy of my third novel FRESH FROZEN.

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Added by Darden North, MD on December 4, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments

ROGUE MALES INTERVIEW SUBJECT #13: DANIEL WOODRELL

Number 13 of 16 ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS & CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE essays now up.

Added by Craig McDonald on November 21, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

Darden North answers the Dames's Dozen.

Mystery and Suspense Author Darden North Interviewed by Christy French on "Dames of Dialogue."

This is the link to the my interview posted September 23, 2009, on the "Dames of Dialogue" blog. The piece was billed as "This author delivers! Author & OB/GYN Darden North is in the house today on the Dames of Dialogue blog" -…

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Added by Darden North, MD on September 24, 2009 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Darden North to be interviewed live on "Coffee with an Author" Sept 21 at 10am CST on BlogTalkRadio

Mystery/suspense/medical thriller author Darden North to be interviewed live on "Coffee with an Author" by host Naomi Giroux on BlogTalkRadio.

Interview time for the hour-long interview: Monday, September 21, 2009, at 10:00 am CST.

http://tobtr.com/s/686165

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/I-just-finished/2009/09/21/Darden-North-on-Coffee-with-an-Author

Added by Darden North, MD on September 21, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

I See Dead People, Life of an ER Nurse

They say truth is stranger than fiction, I can tell you coming from a nursing point of view this is very true. I am reminding of this at least three times a week while I'm working in the Emergency Room, If I used any of these examples I would have to water them down because most people would think I was really off my rocker if I told the truth. With the release of my new book "The Well Meaning Killer" I'm starting to roll in some reviews, and some reviewers are questioning Megan McKenna's… Continue

Added by Miranda Phillips Walker on September 8, 2009 at 2:32am — No Comments

I just signed a new book contract!!

I am thrilled to announce that after my agent, Sandra Bond, spent over a year and a half diligently trying to sell my new mystery series to various publishers in this disastrous economy, she has finally succeeded in finding a home for it at Midnight Ink Books ( http://midnightinkbooks.com/ ), the mystery imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide ( http://www.llewellyn.com/ ). We were getting feedback like "the concept for this series is fabulous and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the manuscript" followed by… Continue

Added by Beth Groundwater on September 5, 2009 at 2:40am — 9 Comments

BookRix - community connects writers to readers

www.bookrix.com - a social network for writers and readers, where everyone can convert novels, non-fiction, poetry, comics, poems etc public as an e-book in own design.

You can edit your books with a special tool, or simply upload your doc and pdf-files. It's free to read books online. You can even download e-books for e-reader or smartphones for free. Find community features like individual user profiles, forum, groups etc and make new contacts, discuss with like-minded people or just… Continue

Added by Nils on August 26, 2009 at 12:28am — No Comments

Another great review for TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET

I'm thrilled that Caryl Harvey, a reviewer at the I Love A Mystery website, gave my second Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET, a great review and recommended it to the website's readers. I especially liked the last paragraph:

"TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET is Beth Groundwater's second gift-basket-designer mystery. Groundwater's familiarity with Colorado ski resorts adds realism that roots her readers into her mystery. Her heroine Claire is great fun as an… Continue

Added by Beth Groundwater on August 13, 2009 at 10:41am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #11, LEE CHILD

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Stephen J. Cannell, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Craig Holden and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on August 1, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

Writing "How To" Books I Recommend

At my blog (http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/) today I discussed books about writing that have been useful to me in my career and may be useful to other fiction writers. The list is below. To see why I recommended each one, check out my blog!

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

How to Write a Damn Good Mystery by James Frey

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler

Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain

Writing the Fiction Synopsis by Pam McCutcheon

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Added by Beth Groundwater on July 14, 2009 at 1:49am — 6 Comments

My northwest book signing tour

For a description of my 2-week northwest book signing tour, complete with photos, go to: http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/

I had a great time meeting readers who came in to chat with me!

Added by Beth Groundwater on June 29, 2009 at 12:05pm — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #9, KINKY FRIEDMAN

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Craig Holden and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the next few weeks, I’m sharing a little bit about each… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on May 31, 2009 at 12:06pm — 3 Comments

New Video Uploaded-The Inspiration Behind In Cold Daylight

I've uploaded a new video. In it I discuss the inspiration behind my fast-paced crime thriller novel, In Cold Daylight. I'm also reading the prologue from the novel.

Here is a short blurb about In Cold Daylight- there is more about the book on my web site

Was fire fighter, Jack Bartholomew's death an accident or arson? Who is determined to stop him from discovering the truth… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on May 27, 2009 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Darden North, author of medical thrillers, is featured on Mysterious People

Mysterious People --- Interviews with mystery/suspense/thriller/crime authors as well as articles written by them ---

Sunday, April 19, 2009 ...

A Conversation with Darden North, MD, author of FRESH FROZEN

Hosted by author Jean Henry Mead

Darden North, a practicing obstetrician, is a graduate of Ole Miss and writes award-winning medical thrillers from John Grisham territory.…

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Added by Darden North, MD on April 21, 2009 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Strange Ways To Kill and Other Juicey Tidbits: An Interview with M.J. Rose

Reader’s Entertainment joins bestselling author M.J. Rose to talk about raising the dead, strange ways to kill and what book she wish she’d written!

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Question: Using the Twitter method of answering (140 characters or less) tell us what kind of

books you write.

M J Rose- I hope I’m writing good books that people can’t put down and

that leave them satisfied, thinking and wanting more.

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Question: What is the strangest… Continue

Added by Sheila English on April 11, 2009 at 2:27am — No Comments