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MWA Symposium Post

Sadly, I missed the MWA Symposium. But my writing buddy, Rhonda Lane forwarded me a great blog post written by Pat Remick about Lisa Scottoline’s talk on Protecting Your Candle. Personally, I find myself having to say no to more … Continue reading

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One Book Two Names Or Two Heads Are Better Than One

Today Shannon Duffy co-author of,  Stormy Knight Prom Queen of the Undead, is guest blogging about her experiences co-authoring a book. One Book Two Names Or Two Heads Are Better Than One By Shannon Duffy As most any writer can … Continue reading

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Lemonade Mouth–Movie Review

When I’m feeling sick, the Disney channel becomes my favorite channel. I want light, fun tv. No violence. And a guaranteed happy ending. Easter weekend, when my friend and I were stuck inside feeling blucky, I caught Lemonade Mouth on … Continue reading

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Writing Great Books for Young Adults–Book Review

I was one of the first 100 contestants for Gotham Writers’ Workshop recent YA contest and I won a copy of Writing Great Books For Young Adults. Winners to the contest will be posted February 2011. But in the interim, … Continue reading

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Fatal Fixer-Upper–Book Review

I just finished Jennie Bentley’s first book in her Do-It-Yourself series! I know a couple years late. LOL. But I just picked it up this summer. Fatal Fixer-Upper doesn’t disappoint. Avery is a plucky, likable protagonist (and a believable Manhattanite sans the … Continue reading

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Crimebake–Guest Blog on Talking About Your Book on the Radio and Creating Podcasts

Today is the first guest blog ever by my amazing friend and fellow author, Nora LeDuc. I met Nora at the Backspace Conference last May. She went out of her way to help me work out some of the issues … Continue reading

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A Cutthroat Business–Book Review

I started reading Bente Gallagher’s novel, A Cutthroat Business, after meeting her at Killer Nashville. She’s a totally cool person and her book intrigued me from what she mentioned during her panel about blending romance and mystery. Then I read … Continue reading

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My Unfair Lady–A Book Review

This is a great travel read. I was headed to Killer Nashville on a tiny 80 seat plane and it made the flight fly by. I was looking for a distraction that wouldn’t tax my mind and a fun read. … Continue reading

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What to Do in the Northwoods in a Day?

What did we do besides stay at the amazing Deer Haven Lodge? We had a fun packed day hiking 2 miles at the Copper Falls State Park. The water is dark brown and made me long for a root beer … Continue reading

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Deer Haven Lodge–The best Wisconsin Vacation Getaway

We pulled up at 6:30 after about 6 hours of driving from Milwaukee. OL and I started smiling the minute we turned into the driveway for Deer Haven Lodge. I stopped the car and demanded he takes pictures. As we … Continue reading

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