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Grace’s New Blog
My cousin, Grace DeLuca, is a great person and a fine writer. Her first book, a YA called Betwixt and Between, was published in May by MuseItUp Publishing. Grace now has her own blogsite By Grace at http://gracedelbygrace.blogspot.com/. Pop on over and see it and leave a comment. Thanks and have a great day!
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Book By Book
The first book of the Alvarez Family Murder Mystery Series, Murder is a Family Business, is finally in print. As my book was published by a small, independent epublisher called MuseItUp, there were and are no provision made for marketing print copies of books. Actually, the fact it has come out in print at all…
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How to Write The Perfect Mystery
Naturally, that’s a teaser. I’m not sure there is a perfect anything, certainly not the perfect hairstyle. I know; I’ve felt the pain of that one. But back to writing mysteries. I guess if anyone has penned the perfect mystery, it would have to be Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd or The Daughter…
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Pump Up Your Book Blog Tour
My PUYB blog tour is over as of today. It was nearly a month of whirlwind landings here and there, reading interviews or Q&As I’d forgotten I’d given, reading reviews that were mostly sensational, and being exposed to readers I might never have been exposed to any other way. The tour was upfront a lot…
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Kirstie and Oprah, my kinda gals
For those of you who are fans of Dancing with the Stars and The Oprah Winfrey Show, you know better than anyone that we will no longer be tuning in to see either Kirstie and Oprah strut their stuff. Kirstie didn’t win the glitter ball trophy, and even if she had, it’s done and over.…
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Murder is a Family Business has been getting great reviews!
I’ve been doing a virtual book tour – ah! the modern world of the internet – and my book has been getting wonderful reviews. check out the latest: Pretty in pink – That would be colors of the blog site, The Phantom Paragraqpher, who gave me a great review. http://tinyurl.com/3q32goc
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Just Finished Reading Pat Dale’s Sleeping With Her Enemy
And thought I would let you know what I thought of it. Sleeping With Her Enemy, by author Pat Dale, is a novel about a beautiful, bitter widow; a handsome, sad widower; a precocious, adorable nine-year old; and a darling, rambunctious dog. Deftly written, this story satisfies the reader from beginning to end, with large…
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So the Blogger Was Down
I’m sure that shocked a lot of people. It occurred to me that in this day and age, you can’t trust much. One of these days, your car isn’t going to start, you’ll be charged by your bank for a withdrawal you didn’t make, and your cat’s going to poop in the bathtub. That just…
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Five Things You May Not Know About Me
Putting aside your main question might be, why would I? I thought I would share an article about me appearing in The Hot Author Report: 1 – I have to stop writing at 12:00 noon no matter what to watch the soap, All My Children. It calms me, lets me shake everything out, realign myself.…
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By Grace Is On Its Way
Talented writer, Grace DeLuca, author of Betwixt and Between, which debuts May 20, will be starting her own blog called By Grace. Please join me in welcoming Grace – my cuz, you know — to the wild and whacky world of blogging! I know she would appreciate the support and good will!
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Laura and Heather, Heather and Laura
Hi Everyone! Take a gander at this short, sweet, and fun interview I did with Laura Novak, author of the Clari Drake series. Don’t you just love her hat? Here’s the website: http://www.lauranovakauthor.com/1/post/2011/04/quick-take-tuesday-heather-haven.html Laura got a lot out of me in two quick questions! She’s across the Bay in Berkeley but we’ve never met. We…
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Writing With Cats
I am sitting at my computer, pecking at the keys with one hand, because the other hand is balancing a Siamese cat on my shoulder. His name is Yulie. I’m getting good at this one-handed thing. I’m also getting good at talking on the telephone over a purring, talkative Siamese, who has much to say…