The International Book Fair in Beijing!

Well, the time is drawing near when “The Mango Tree Cafe, Loi Kroh Road” will be on display at The International Book Fair in Beijing. The book is scheduled to be shown by the Jenkins Book Group to various book retailers that are looking for books to stock on their shelves.
I can tell you that [...]

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Politics as usual?

Political campaigns are in full swing, and these are just some of the thoughts I’ve been having as the time to vote gets closer. I’m sure there is much more to go into–and these thoughts aren’t likely to be anything “new”–but in the interest of time, I’m only going to highlight a few of the [...]

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The Angel’s in the Details

I wanted to share one thing from the SCBWI conference in Los Angeles I attended earlier this month. Walter Dean Myers was the keynote speaker the first day. His voice is like James Earl Jones’s and he has a marvelous, easy, natural delivery, and spoke about what distinguishes good writing from the other kind. He [...]

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A Good Cause

Coming Together For the Cure — something easy to do to help.
Author Alison Kent, is running a comment “contest” on her blog. Go Comment Now!
For every ten comments she gets she will buy a copy of Coming Together for the Cure and then give them away as prizes. So go and comment. It’s [...]

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Blog Carnival – Writers from across the blogosphere

Ready? Welcome to the August 22, 2007 edition of writers from across the blogosphere!

Hungry Writer presents R-E-S-P-E-C-T posted at Writing For Food.

‘Colorado’ Gumi presents Chap. 1 – ‘Proto-Gin’ posted at The History of Gin, saying, “This Blogger, who ‘claims’ not to be a famous writer, says it’s a biography of a young woman [...]

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The Book Crawler: Revvell Interviews Author Taryn Simpson

What a fascinating time I had with Taryn. Originally we were going to have her co-author join us from China yet, unfortunately he was on call on his regular job yet Taryn has a wealth of knowledge about whether to self-publish or not, what a ghost writer is, collaborating by email ~ which she and [...]

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POD: Print-on-Demand or Print-on-Denial?

The debate still rages on the viability of self-publishing through POD (print-on-demand) outfits.  Some say authors who use these avenues instead of traditional publishing as a “stepping-stone” are in a state of denial.  Others feel it is a perfectly legitimate option for those wanting more personal control over what happens to their book, and a [...]

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HUGE NEWS for “The Mango Tree Cafe, Loi Kroh Road”

Not only is the book reading like a Who’s Who, read below for the HUGE NEWS!
“The Mango Tree Cafe, Loi Kroh Road” is….
* Being shown at the Beijing, China International Book Fair at the end of this month
* Competing for Best Fiction Novel according to USABookNews.com
* Accumulating Interview Requests from
- Linda Della Donna (http://www.griefcase.blogspot.com/)
- [...]

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Summer Reading

Summer is a great time for catching up on reading.  This summer has seemed endless to me, as have some of the novels I’ve devoured during these lazy, hazy days.

Check out what I’ve been reading:
http://davethenovelist.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/my-summer-with-graham-kurt-and-william/
…and feel free to share what you’ve read this summer–other than Harry Potter!

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Becoming Jane – A Writer’s Story Movie

My daily struggle as a writer is to find enough inspiration to write the next story. It takes a lot of time and imagination to create something that would move me, I need to keep in mind that the story will only flow if I have it inside of me. It must be so powerful [...]

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