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Hometown:
San Antonio, Texas
About Me:
IM me on Yahoo Messenger, rosec6984. I love to chat! I am 42, married 23 years to my high school sweetheart, am mom to two wonderful teens. I have always loved to write. I am currently working on two books, one nonfiction, working title: Veiled Hearts, and one fiction book tentatively titled The Murder of Saint Charbel.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.rosecontreras.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Ann Rule, Daphne DuMaurier, Laurel Lee, Agatha Christie, Amanda Stevens, Faye Kellerman, William X. Kienzleskip, Vincent Bugliosi, Diane Mott Davidson, Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, MC Beaton, Iris Johansen

A new obsession: E-Books! Right now I'm reading Amanda Stevens' The Dollmaker (www.amandastevens.com/index.php), and Patricia Harrington's short mystery Antiguan Memories (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GH3K7C/ref=yml_dp)
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Discovery Times Channel, Cold Case Files on A&E, American Justice, City Confidential, FBI Files, Law & Order: Criminal Intent/SVU, Dominick Dunne, Dr. G Medical Examiner, The First 48

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"Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest." -- W.H. Auden

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When a picture changes

I'm trying to change this picture of myself to something not at all myself. I'm having trouble with this. I used the "change my profile photo" feature and uploaded the correct photo, but this fuzzy picture of me is still there. Oh well.

Still working on my book. It's still a skeleton, but the skeleton becomes more defined every day. That's encouraging. Imagine a pregnant woman having to create the child within her cell by cell, bone by bone, limb by limb, feature by feature, all on her… Continue

Posted on July 26th, 2007 at 2:40am — No Comments (Add)

Saint Charbel - some unexpected changes

I did some work on Saint Charbel yesterday, and I'm realizing that this is turning into something entirely different from how it started. It's one of those very familiar situations where my book is writing itself and I'm just trying to keep up. That's when I know I'm on a roll. I am resenting the usual demands on my time right now, because Saint Charbel is swirling around in my head. The next thing is that the title will definitely NOT BE The Murder of Saint Charbel, which is too bad because I r… Continue

Posted on June 16th, 2007 at 12:36am — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 2:28am on August 11th, 2007, Lyn LeJeune said…
Good writing and I love the quote from Auden. When you get ready to send your work out for a test see agentquery.com or maybe do it your self. You have the talent and this page makes me think you have the creativity.
At 8:16am on July 7th, 2007, Rose Contreras said…
My writing has really suffered with my summer school load. I'm done for the summer now, and I'm looking forward to adding chapters to my story.
At 3:20am on July 7th, 2007, Brian Thornton said…
What a terrific Auden quote. I've always thought of him as a sort of Robin to Yeats' Batman. Perhaps I'll need to revisit his work.
At 11:53pm on June 15th, 2007, Anne Brooke said…
Thanks for the invite, Rose - great to meet another Du Maurier fan here - she's wonderful!!

:))

A
xxx
At 1:58am on June 15th, 2007, Robin Burcell said…
Hi Rose,
Thanks for the invite! Word of warning: all those TV non-fic shows like Cold Case Files, AJ, FBI files, etc.? They're addicting. I know this first hand. :-)
At 7:41pm on June 11th, 2007, Shirley Wells said…
Hi Rose and thanks for the invite. Look forward to getting to know you. I love a lot of the authors you've listed.
At 3:57am on June 11th, 2007, Marta Stephens said…
Hi Rose! I see we have the same tastes in books and TV. :)
At 4:54pm on June 6th, 2007, Dennis Venter said…
Hi Rose, nice to meet you. So, Texas, hey? To someone so far removed from the US, Texas conjures up all kinds of TV-inspired images. Friday Night Lights has recently hit our screens - do you watch it? Is it a faithful depiction of small town Texas?
 
 

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