Well it's been a long time since I've been on this forum but life has been kind of crazy of late.



My illustrator submitted my cover for my first book, State of Wilderness, to the Coveys back in August and she got notification last weekend that the cover would be posted this week. So, please everyone, jump over to the… Continue

Part of this could be a horror story - my friend thinks so and I think in the horror area, comes the crime of rudeness by hotel staff - so this is my crime related story and I'm sticking to it - lol - Actually, I have cross posted this on my other ning groups and done this in a 2-part posting on my regular blog - http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com



Book festivals are fun - you get to meet new authors and some more familiar ones alike. You get to renew friendships and acquaintances… Continue

Hey everyone - stop by <a href="http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com">my blog</a> today and leave a comment for Lea and be entered in the drawing for an ebook copy of "Rock of Realm", a YA fantasy novel that is being republished in print this year. See you in the postings - E…

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Well, since I've contracted for the state stories, figured I needed to create a blog about the stories and the characters themselves. So I have created a new blog that will be dedicated just to the state mystery stories themselves. Check it out at http://jgdsseries.blogspot.com - Leave a comment, let me know what you would like to see as the stories progress towards publication - E :)

Well, I have a contract in the works for my state stories - it is a 50-story/5-year deal with about one new state a month coming out. As per the publisher's info, I will probably see my first story sometime in September or October and then hopefully one a month after that. See a write-up about the series on http://willowravenillustration.blogspot.com/, Aidana WillowRaven's blog, and let her know that she is doing a great…

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Randy O'Kane posted a looking for 5-minute mysteries ont the Short Mystery Fiction Society forum on yahoo. I have had contact with both Randy and his partner, Tom - who works for an educational publisher. This looks to be an excellent opportunity if you can write very short stories - no more than about 4 or so pages (1500 words is probably too much as far as reading time goes)

Anyway if you are interested - here is the information that was posted and remember even though they…

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