27th March, 2010 - Posted by seb22277 - 13 Comments
I walked in the door last night to find a group of teenage boys huddled around my son’s X-Box. They sprawled on my furniture in a floppy mess of assorted crumbs, plastic wrappers and empty soda cans. I smiled at them fondly. These kids have been my child’s friends since they were in kindergarten. A » Read More
16th March, 2010 - Posted by Nancy Cohen - 10 Comments
Piracy is becoming an increasing concern among published authors. I am not referring to folks like Captain Jack Sparrow here. I mean Internet pirates, shady characters who offer unauthorized downloads of our books for free. Why does this hurt us authors? We’re not paid any royalties, for one thing. Secondly, those downloads don’t count towards » Read More
10th March, 2010 - Posted by Mary Ricksen - 9 Comments
Welcome to Russia. We are here to welcome Catherine The Great to our Blog. The Monarch is resplendent in her fabulous dress. It has a satin and brocade bodice with ruffled long sleeves, satin skirt with trailing brocade overskirt and gold metallic trim. Pompeiian in her decorating style, with it’s delicate violet glass columns crowned » Read More
4th March, 2010 - Posted by Lyn Armstrong - 3 Comments
Last weekend I attended Sleuthfest Conference at Deerfield Beach, Florida. Sponsored by Mystery Writers of America, the conference was perfectly executed…pun intended. LOL I have helped organized three conferences and have attended too many to count, but Sleuthfest really stood out as an amazing conference. With top speakers, NY editors and agents, and incredible screenwriters, I » Read More