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One thing I learned at South By
Southwest (SXSW) is to occasionally have blog posts with a number in the
title. So, being I finally got home after an event-filled eight days, yes, I
counted them, and thought, why there is my blog title! Woo Hoo! I originally
wanted "Dead To Me" but thought definitely too negative. I'd really rather
concentrate on the positive this Read More...
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I've been to a lot of conventions, both fan-run and "professional", and I'd like
to say how much I love what Marc Lee and his group of volunteers have pulled off
here at the first official Leverage CON-con event. As with all conventions, each
person will have a different experience. For the first half day, mine has been
fabulous.
Traveling Read More...
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Well, sort of.
In their own ways, both of these men inspired me while I was writing my new
book, SOMETHING ABOUT
YOU. First, let me start by telling you a little about the book.
Here’s
the blurb:
FATE HAS THROWN TWO SWORN ENEMIES. . .
Of all the hotel rooms rented by all the adulterous politicians in Chicago,
female Assistant U Read More...
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Featured on WCRF Radio, God at Work
Air Time 3/10 @ 2 PM EST
Listen Now: God at Work, Moody Radio, Part 1
Listen Now: God at Work, Moody Radio, Part 2
We all experience life-defining moments, where something happens that changes
us forever. In this Read More...
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As the market share for digital reading grows, and
more devices like the iPad and the just-announced
stylus-based e-reader from Samsung (SSNLF)
become available, the book as we know it -- text and images bound between covers
-- is obviously going to adapt.
Some publishers already Read More...
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Cartoonist Jen Vaughn is thrilled to announce her first SXSW InteractiviZINE!
From March 12th to March 16th, she will attend the SXSW (South by Southwest) Interactive Festival in Austin, TX
and will "cover" the event multimedia-style in her Interactivitizine! SXSW is
chock full of panels, events, and of course parties, related to social media,
convergence, video games, start-ups and anything Internet. Upon the conclusion
of Read More...
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Cathy Maxwell on THE
MARRIAGE RING:
"I am absolutely convinced the marriage ring means more toa man than it does a
woman. It's a symbol, a sign that he loves, that he claims this woman, she is
his.
"My first wedding ring was a gold band, but as my twentieth anniversary
approached, I wanted bling, especially since my anniversary coincided with my Read More...
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On All Things Considered 2/18/2010 host Margot Adler reported on her
reading of 75 vampire books and the associate film, televison shows. Here's her
list for your enjoyment!
1-4. The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
The four books — Twilight, Read More...
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Mr. Francis’s notable but blighted career as a champion steeplechase jockey for
the British royal family was eclipsed by a second, more brilliant career as a
popular thriller writer.
Read Dick Francis' obituary at New York Times
His recent works have been co-authored with his son, Felix Francis.
His booklist includes:
Dead Cert (1962)
Nerve (1964 Read More...
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Our nose-to-the-grindstone favorite mascot Peaches, found a missing evidence bag
for the NYPSD Homicide and Lt. Eve Dallas!
FANTASY IN
DEATH
The 30th book in the In Death series!
Eve Dallas has solved nearly 30 cases for the NYPSD Homicide division in the
last few years. In preparation for her 30th case, she noticed some important
pieces of evidence Read More...
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Today's the day! COLBY LOCKDOWN
launches the tenth anniversary of the Colby Agency!
Be sure to pick one up at your local bookseller! (or buy it here!)
Buy at Read More...
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Finally, after months of pent-up excitement, I’m able to announce that my BODY
MOVERS humorous mystery series has been optioned by Sony Pictures Television for
TV series development! The television division of Laura Zisken (of SUPERMAN and
AS GOOD AS IT GETS fame) will produce, and a writing team is working on a pilot
script now. The next step will be pitching to networks, so I appreciate any
good vibes you could send Read More...
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New York, NY—Dorchester
Publishing is proud to introduce its Publisher’s Pledge program, a bold,
new marketing initiative created to launch the careers of the next generation
of genre superstars. A privately owned publisher of mass-market original
fiction, Dorchester has a long, storied history of discovering the most
exciting names in genre fiction, including Victoria Read More...
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To celebrate the release of the next two books in my Angel's Bay Series, ON SHADOW
BEACH and IN SHELTER COVE, I'll be giving away five autographed
copies of SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER, book one in the series Read More...
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Four stories, four authors, one theme: that was the idea behind the
bestselling anthology It Happened One Night. Now, Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D’Alessandro
and Candice Hern Read More...
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The story behind NAKED
EDGE
The experiences that ultimately poured into Kat and Gabe’s story began on July
28, 1994, high on Mount Ida (12,844 feet/3,914.85 m) in Colorado’s Rocky
Mountain National Park. I’d gone backpacking with my father, a long-time alpine
and rock climber, hoping to spend four days away from the demands of Read More...
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There are still about six weeks before NAKED EDGE, the next novel
in my I-Team series, is released, but I’ve had several e-mails from people
asking me how I researched the American Indian aspects of the story. As with my
other I-Team novels, the research occurred long before the novel was a spark in
my imagination.
I first began covering Native Read More...
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J. D. Salinger, who
was thought at one time to be the most important American writer to emerge since
World War II but who then turned his back on success and adulation, becoming the
Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous, died Wednesday at his
home in Cornish, N.H., where he had lived in seclusion for more than 50 years.
He Read More...
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By BRUCE WEBER
Published: January 19, 2010
The creator of Spenser, a tough, glib, Boston private detective who was the hero
of nearly 40 novels, died Monday at home in Cambridge, Mass.
NY Times on Robert Parker's death Read More...
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By BRUCE WEBER
Published: January 20, 2010
Mr. Segal, 72, created two of the most enduring pop stories of the 1960s — he
wrote the novel “Love Story” and was a co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968
Beatles movie “Yellow Submarine.”
NY Times Erich
Segal Dies Read More...
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Thriller author Andrew Grant was born and raised in
Birmingham...Birmingham, England. Back home they cheer enthusiastically and
with gusto for their local football teams. The rivalries are well documented.
Grant is coming to Birmingham….Birmingham, Alabama. His speaking engagement at
MURDER IN THE
MAGIC CITY writers conference on February 6 at Homewood Library Read More...
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Noted historic fiction author Tasha Alexander’s TEARS OF
PEARL (St. Martin’s Minotaur) is one of four finalists in the Best
Historical Mystery Category for the prestigious RT Book Review Annual Career
Achievement and Reviewers Choice Awards.
TEARS OF Read More...
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Fans of paranormal fiction want to know they won't be waiting until June for the
next installment in the Anita
Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Berkley announced the February 2nd release of
a special (and unexpected) bonus novel from #1 New York Times bestselling
author Laurell K.
Hamilton: Read More...
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San Diego author Kirsten
Imani Kasai’s debut novel ICE SONG, about a uniquely gifted single mother’s
quest to rescue her abducted children, is lauded as one of the best books of
the year.
Selected from a pool of more than 600 titles, the School Library Journal listed
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