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Red Lily Pixie and Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:41 PM
Once again, I've been given the opportunity to work with a favorite writer. Red Lily Pixie (@MiamiTrue on Twitter) is a formidable collaborator and one of the brightest minds I know. She came up with a great idea and challenged me to create a one-of-a-kind world and family with each and every email. Thank you, Lily! This was a great, fantastical roller coaster ride!! Can't wait for the next one! Please enjoy... Beautiful The night sky appeared as velvet nicked by the tridents of the Legions so the sun, in all her glory, could shine through; glittering and beguiling. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:36 PM
Three months ago, I dropped a bomb on Lily (Twitter name @MiamiTrue)…I suggested writing another short story with me that would run on Halloween… Well, we didn’t make the proposed deadline, but we did come up with a pretty good little tale here, and the driving force behind it all is Lily. All I did was send her seventy-five words, and she was off to the finish line. This work, I am proud and honored to say, is all Lily. Playingstraight man to such a formidable writer is amazing. To sit back and watch and see the talents reveal themselves can leave you breathless at times, but with a talent like that of Lily, you are driven to be better and give the very finest you have. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 7:52 PM
It’s just the end of 2012 that is upon us, and since the world didn’t end like my ancestors supposedly predicted, it’s time for my yearly wrap up of what I learned from the world around me. - The older things get, sometimes, the more sensitive they become.This goes for the earth, and all the people in it. Throughout my life, I’ve made it a point of not speaking my mind on two subjects because of their personal and extremely volatile nature: Religion, and politics. Nevertheless, this year, I found I couldn’t help myself.
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Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:21 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.ZachariasorZach,is a very special case because he is part fantasy character and part real life heavy metal hero. As a single woman in the dating world, I must say…it’s fugly out there. We live in a disposable society where it is very easy to become cynical about romance, but on the written page, and in the hands of a fantasy writer, love and all its benefits becomes a dream come true. Zach Neason is in all honesty, my dream man. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:47 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Bryant Mayne,Bry, orBryyyyyantis one character that really IS a character. Designed after a Southern cousin alter ego I used to pull out at family dinners, and named after a very good friend from high school who still to this day is like family to me,Bryis bigger than life and voiced by many at different times in the story. Big shoes to fill, but filled they are byBen Foster,Jeremy Renner,andSean Patrick Flanery. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, December 07, 2012 2:37 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Lilith DanteorLily, as you will come to know her in The Traveler, is hands down, without a shred of doubt,Angelina Jolie.And I chose her because of one, thirty-second scene. In “Girl, Interrupted” Jolie plays Lisa Rowe, a drug-addicted sociopath without an ounce of moral fiber in her body, who is a patient in a mental hospital, circa1960. Daisy; another patient there, mercilessly bullied and harassed by Lisa, hangs herself. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 1:28 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Robert BenoitorRob,is again a very personal character; drawn from several ex-boyfriends and even the one-that-got-away. It was important for me toinclude him in the cast of my books because I would not be the person I am today without him; therefore neither would Eli. Finding the right image to voice his dialogue took some research. One morning while getting ready for work, I turned on one of my favorite TV shows and there he was… |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2012 12:34 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Consuelo GuttierezorConnieis again a very personalcharacter (as are all The Kindred) drawn from friends and family, so it was a matter of finding a spitfire Latina with the right look and sound. One late Friday night, while watching a late night talk show, I found her inPaulina Rubio. Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantesis a Mexican singer, actor, host, model and businessperson. Several years ago during a visit on said late night talk show, Rubio walked on the set in a sparkly fuchsia pink outfit with matching shoes, and proceeded to tell a story about a very large, very amorous fan rushing the stage while she was singing. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 1:24 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Alessandro Marco Conti orMarcoas he is better known is another one of those characters drawn from real life. This part requires someone to fill the shoes of a very good friend and my very own brother.
Big shoes!
So it requires a larger than life actor.Bobby Cannavaleis the only man for the job.
You may know him as Gyp Rosetti on “Boardwalk Empire,” but I remember Cannavale as Roberto Caffey, the paramedic, on “Third Watch”…I also remember how I cried when his character was killed off. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Monday, December 03, 2012 11:43 AM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Peggilyn Young / Pegis a difficult person to cast with an actor because it is a mosh-up of several strong women in my life and at different points in the storyline, I see each and every one. But that is not the idea behind this blog. This blog is my visual casting. So, I need to say to myself, “if I were to make this into a movie, who would I cast?” I would need to take into consideration who I have playing Helen and cousin Claudia(character you are yet to meet, I apologize) because they would need to be similar in ways. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 10:37 AM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Sean Donohueis an interesting case.The character is drawn from a real, live police officer I know and love, so finding an actor to portray him isn’t easy because there is no onelikethe real thing. Based solely on a single moment of film, the only actor in my mind that comes remotely close isThomas Jane. In the movie “The Punisher” (the first one, not the ridiculous do-over), Jane portrays Frank Castle, the ill-fated Marvel character who is set on the road by the Saint family when Castle’s entire family is assassinated after a botched drug sale goes fatally wrong. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 12:44 AM
November was an interesting month filled with the three F’s…Family, Food and Fun… Here is what I learned this lastthirty days… 1. I don’t care how little the doggie is or how nice they are normally, if you bring it into another dogs home, there are going to be problems. 2. Thanksgiving is not a time to try out exotic things. Stick to the standards. The minute you change something, you will NEVER hear the end of it, and Thanksgiving will be forever remembered asTHATdinner. 3. Istill |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, November 30, 2012 12:39 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Corson Dantecreated a myriad of images, and the actors that could easily fill pieces of them. Corson is not just any villain. He is a lost lamb, psychotic child, a manipulated son, a power hungry, damaged fool, and a pawn. He is mad; about his mother and because of her. This part required someone with model-like features who could switch emotions in an instant, and wear them proudly with every part of his body and soul. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:46 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.David ReinhardtorDave, is not just a straight man to Bill. As his best friend, uncle to Eli and future chief of police, he possesses the command and strength of a wiser, older brother like Gary Cooper, with a dash of brash bravado like Errol Flynn. Without even thinking, I knew this wasHugh Jackman. In the movie “Kate and Leopold” Jackman portrays a man who travels through a time loop from 1876 to now, and struggles to exist in a modern world where manner less people walk around mindlessly and toasters are a menace. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:22 AM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Helen Young Dante, not only needed to have a certain look to coincide with Bill to make Eli, but she had to also posses a certain inner, quiet strength that you wouldn’t want to mess with in a dark alley. One rainy night, based on a recommendation from a friend, I rented a movie called “Vacancy” (2007) starringKate Beckinsale. “Vacancy” tells the story of a troubled couple, trying to hold their crumbling marriage together in the wake of the death of Charlie, their toddler son. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:20 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Ashteroth, or Ash,youngest of the Dante brothers, is a special case unto himself. He is virtually three characters in one at the start: young Corson, maturing Corson and Ash, therefore if played out on screen, would require one adept at playing out the pervasive mental disorder of Corson’s brain washing with ease and confidence, yet still be able to convey the fire and drive of the real Ash forging through. The day I “cast” Ashteroth, I happened to catch a movie on cable called “Adam”, starring |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 11:52 AM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues. Vassago Dante,orSage, goes through ad rastic and unwanted emotional and mental growth, which continues throughout The Kindred, and the entire Dante Chronicles series. Forced against a wall of time to grow up and be the King he was born to be, Sage struggles and learns the hard way with every mistake he can possibly make. Everytime I picked up my pen, only one face came to mind, and one particular role that actor portrayed gave me the “white board” I needed to create the comical, sad, scared, angry and ultimately heroic character. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:12 PM
As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues.Belial, orBill Dante, was not one of the first characters designed, but he is one of the most important. He had to be the “cookie-cutter” image of my hero, who is also Bill’s child. I found all the visual and physical characteristics I needed in actor,Gary Oldman. Visually I drew from his look in“Lost in Space,”but beyond that, characteristically I drew from his performances in several movies:“Nobody’s Baby,” “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” “Air Force One” |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:37 AM
Each year at this time, I think back over my life and look at all for which I am most thankful. The obvious and constants are always my family, but there are other things in this world that sometimes prove to be almost as important as that loving and crazy group of people with which I happen to share a bloodline. Here is a small sample: - Bad drivers…for if you did not exist, the rest of us wouldn’t look as good as we do!
- Undisciplined children…you are still the BEST birth control available.
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:19 AM
Been a different month with a lot of fun things and some not-so-fun things…but through it all, I’ve learned a lot about me and the people by my side on this journey. And after all, isn’t that what life is all about? - I bleed Green and Gold in Spring and Summer; Teal and Black in Fall and Winter, and those colors do not change. I am not a bandwagon jumper. I am not fickle. Please don’t ask me to stray to another side just because my team didn’t win or because of the proximity?
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, September 28, 2012 3:00 PM
Another month has come and gone and with it, all the handwritten pages of Book III, THE TRAVELER…the baseline is complete and I have moved into EDIT mode. This is really the fun part: refining things, finding the missing links, tightening the storyline, stream-lining and cutting things that just don’t work, changing a single word to make a dialogue have more impact to the story. This isn’t the cherry on top, but more like the hot fudge and whipped cream on a sundae. The cherry comes when I sit down with my editor and talk through the tale from beginning to end. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, September 07, 2012 7:59 AM
A funny thing happened to me the other day…well, I thought it was funny. The person I was speaking to was genuinely serious and I may have hurt their feelings a bit (Sorry!) but I was certain they were just kidding. They asked me, “How do you write a book?” After I got up off the floor and wiped the tears from laughter off my face, I sat down and told my friend the truth,“You don’t. The book writes you.” I know that sounds cryptic, but it’s true in more ways than one. It all starts with an idea, and then all hell breaks loose from there. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:11 PM
It’s been two months since I last wrote about my work and the learning experiences I’ve earned. Probably because it’s been a very trying and scary two months…but there have also been many roses amongst the thorns. So what exactly have I learned? Let’s see… - No matter how hard you try, how hard you work, or how much time you spend, you can’t make everyone happy…that includes family and friends, unfortunately.
- A bloody nose should stop with consistent pressure.
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Deborah Rae Cota/A.Slawson: Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2012 3:29 PM
Since releasing my first novel two years ago, I’d been wanting to collaborate with another writer on a short story or two. I knew I wanted it to be an independent writer, someone with their own mind and with a distinct, declarative style. It didn’t matter to me if they were published or not, I just wanted it to be someone unique. A.Slawson, author ofDaemian PenDragon's Vampire Journalon Twitter (@SlawsonTony) was that person. I happened upon Mr. Slawson via another Twitter follower’s recommendation and was immediately hooked by his Vampire Journal. |
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Louise Crawford: Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2012 5:15 PM
I was perusing Louise Crawford's website ( www.louisecrawfordbooks.com) to gather info to comprise an intro for her blog entry, but found that I couldn't tell you about her any better than is stated there: "Louise Crawford holds an M.A. in Psychology – handy in developing characters and their murderous motivations. She started writing 16 years ago and is an award-winning author of over 14 books. For fans of her Blaize/Zoloski mysteries featuring psychologist Blaize McCue and Detective Stephanos Zoloski, her fourth in the series, Blaize of Trouble, will be out soon. |
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Gail McGonigle: Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:11 PM
Gail McGonigle is a retired Occupational therapist with 25 years experience with elderly patients, who provided care for her father in his home as he aged and could no longer live alone. Her book "Dad's Home Alone" (www.DadsHomeAlone.com) looks at a subject that we will all face at one time...some of us are facing it now. "Dad's Home Alone, Caring For Your Elderly Parent, is a guide and resource for everyone with elderly loved ones. It presents aging chronologically, from independence, to progressively declining function, to death, and the tasks that follow. |
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Stephanie Etcheverria: Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:04 PM
Stephanie Etcheverria is amazing. I asked her for a write up of her experience as an invitee at CalExpo California Author's Invitational...and instead, she tells me a story of something near and dear to her heart that involves some even more amazing young writers. "The California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom is excited to be part of the California Author Exhibit at the California State Fair. Four state winning authors from the 2011Imagine this… Story Writing Contest |
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Elaine Macko: Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 9:39 PM
Presenting a guest blog by fellow California Author Invitee, Elaine Macko I always wanted to be a writer. I also always wanted to travel and finally, in my early thirties, I made the trip across the Atlantic for a one-week tour of London. That one-week trip ultimately turned into a twelve-year odyssey that took me to Belgium. Toward the end of my stay in Europe I found myself out of a job and bored. A friend told me this time was actually a gift and that I should do something I always wanted to do. |
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Michelle Hamilton: Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 9:28 PM
Here is a guest blog by one of my fellow invitees, M.L. Hamilton, called "State Fair Musings"
Two years ago I heard about the author booth at the California State Fair. I wanted to be a part of it, but I wasn’t really sure what the experience would be like. I thought I’d sell a few books, meet some nice people, and eat some unmentionable fried concoction. Two of those things happened – my waist wants me to avoid fried unmentionables.
This year I returned to the fair with delight, knowing that I would meet so many unique people, especially my fellow authors. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 9:02 PM
There is a California Author Invitee this year who is my new hero…she is a ballroom dancer who just happens to be married to a chef! Jennifer Walker, author ofBubba Goes National, and the sequel,Bubba to the Rescue, spreads her time over several areas including business writing, virtual book tours, showing her Arabian stallions and something very near and dear to my heart…she performs ballroom dancing. When she’s not writing, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband, Greg Walker, who started his writing career in the early 1980s while at the University of California, but let it take a backseat to his pursuit of a lifelong dream of becoming a professional chef. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:16 PM
“When I was eight, my dream was to be a super cool detective like Nancy Drew, racing around town in a sky blue roadster. At sixteen, my goal was to be an awesome mystery writer like Agatha Christie. A few decades and diversions later, I was a newly divorced Mom and CEO, driving my kids to cheerleading and soccer practice. In a sky blue SUV.” So opens the website of Cindy Sample, an invitee of the California Author’s at CalExpo. Only having met Cindy via email and from reading (and re-Tweeting to my following) her first chapter of |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:28 PM
Having met Jennifer personally, and knowing the full story behind her novel,The Huna Warrior: The Magic Begins, I was already intrigued…had I not, and happened upon her website, I would be immediately struck bythe opening sentence: “In the Polynesian language, the word Huna means that which is hidden and refers specifically to knowledge of the spiritual nature of man.” I asked Jennifer to tell me a little about her time at Cal Expo for the California Author’s Exposition and she had this to say: |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:02 PM
For the next two weeks, I will be posting and hosting short bits, blogs and long journals from the author's I am featured with at the California Author's Invitational at CalExpo. Their numbers are many, and their talents run deep. Please enjoy and be sure to check out their works. Cheerz! |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012 11:23 PM
What did I learn this month? This month, I learned one really big, hard lesson…That sometimes doing nice things, although meaning well, can come back and slap you silly up one side and down the other. Why? Simple. It involveschange, and people; even the so-called flexible types; do not fair well with change. Change makes people nervous because it leaves you temporarily vulnerable. For some, any amount of helplessness or exposure is too much. It causes stress, which leads to a bounty of other problems. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 8:20 PM
This week’s Friday Night Feature, is once againnot an author...well, not of printed words at least, but through his eye and artistry, he speaks volumes in a single frame. If you venture toJOEL ROBISON’S website (http://joelrobisonphoto.wordpress.com) you’ll read many comments by readers and fans praising his works with such platitudes as wonderful, stunning, whimsical and the much used ‘inspiring’, which are all very true...but this patron (humble way of saying ardent fan) sees much more than those adjectives. |
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Laura Cota: Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 8:19 PM
This weeks Friday Feature Writer, unfortunately was delayed due to my May 5th event in Lodi...but hopefully, she will forgive me. If not, I'll just tell our Mom. You see, she is my sister Laura (I call her Lori, and at one time Yo-Yo) She writes a colum on child development and advice to parents on parenting issues for Examiner.com. Shehas been working in the Early Childhood Education field for twenty years, is a mother of four, has a grandson and is a cancer survivor. She has done many things in her life that she is proud of. |
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Eileen Gonzalez: Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 8:19 PM
My Friday Night Feature Author is Eileen Gonzalez (Life According to Me;AuthorHouse, January 30, 2012,ISBN:9 78-1468545234). When I asked Eileen for a little something for me to write an intro for her guest post, she told me I could use her Bio from Facebook…but what she sent me after that was far more personal and touching than anything I could write. Her honest words always highlight my day and inspire me to go ever forward in reaching my goals. She said: “I can tell you that today, I am a person who will do anything or try anything that I feel or believe I can do. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 8:18 PM
This week’s Friday Night Feature is not an author as usual, but several “artists” who are very influential, and a great support to my work. It wasn’t until someone outside my circle pointed it out to me that they are all women…They weren’t chosen out of some need to fulfill a feminist goal…it just happened that wau. But lucky for me…it did! Sharon Smith (Editor) My right arm and Grammar Goddess, Sharon is a retired educator of over thirty years. So dedicated to helping me with my series, she has been known to drive all the way from her home in Oregon to spend a week in the BayArea to get the job done. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 8:16 PM
Friday’s Feature Author, is not an author, but an artist. A haute couture designer named J-na… My first contact with J-na was via a tweet that she post where she simply said,“Dreams heal!” I’d read this shortly after a bad dizzy spell from the benign tumor residing in my ear. I had been writing and was having trouble focusing afterward. Frustrated, I instead picked up my phone to play a game and get my mind off of the episode, when I received a tweet from a friend. While there I happened upon J-na’s words. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:26 PM
Slow month...but boy oh boy am I glad it's behind me! 1.Sometimes time is just not on your side. May was a frustrating month of stops and starts, broken promises, delays, missed appointments, cancellations and pretty much any other speed bump, and roadblock life could hand me. So many in fact, that I stopped writing…Completely. Eventually, after an extensive review, I re-worked my outline which absorbed an additional week of time that should have been spent with pen to paper creating. |
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Jeremy Laszlo: Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2012 11:06 PM
This weeks Friday Feature Author is Jeremy Laszlo (The Blood and Brotherhood Saga, Clad in Shadow) When I first opened Jeremy’s website, I was struck by his choice for cover art: dramatic, strong, passionate, dark. Yet, when I read his bio, his first sentence showed me an entirely different man. “First and foremost I am a father and a husband.” Fans of The Dante Chronicles know how I feel about family, and its importance to me...from the moment I read Jeremy’s opening statement; I knew I had to feature him here on my site. |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Monday, April 30, 2012 1:35 PM
"We knew no time for sadness, that's a road we each had crossed
We were living a time meant for us, and even when it would rain
we would laugh it off.
I've got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet
I've got pieces of April, it's a morning in May." - Dan Loggins; Performed by Three Dog Night April, was a very trying month in many ways, but it also carried with it a sense of awakening. 1. Never take family and friends for granted. |
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Doug Simpson: Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:10 PM
Today's guest blogger is Doug Simpson. Doug's writing is a pure, breath of fresh air, and lives up to his title. A retired high school teacher who has turned his talents to writing, his first novel is a spiritual mystery titled Soul Awakening, and was published in the United States in October of 2011, by Book Locker (http://booklocker.com/books/5754.html). His magazine and website articles have been published in 2010 to 2012 in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. |
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D. J. Quarles: Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:50 AM
Today’s guestauthorisD. Jean Quarles.As a devout reader, D. Jean Quarles spent her young years with a book in hand. Later she owned a bookstore and while writing was something she did, it wasn't until her children were grown that she completed her first women's fiction book, Rocky's Mountains. She is also the author of Perception, Fire in the Hole and her latest book, for young adults to be released April 19, Flight From the Water Planet. You can find her books at: Amazon.com |
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Amy McGuire: Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 3:30 PM
Today’s guest author’s blog is from Amy McGuire. Amy lives in Toronto with her husband and their young daughter. She fell in love with English Literature in high school but was creating poems and stories almost as soon as she could pick up a pencil. Her first published novel,Sweet Love, a young adult romance set in British Columbia, was released on Amazon and Amy's site on February 12, 2012.
As the weather becomes colder in the fall and warmer in the spring I always either look forward to a vacation in Florida or look back on the one I just experienced with my family. |
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Emma, the Westie (Maxi Shelton): Posted on Friday, April 13, 2012 5:29 PM
When I asked Maxi Shelton (author of "Sold into Marriage"; AuthorHouse:ISBN: 9781467889568)to participate in my Friday Night Feature Author Blog, her response was, "I'm not confortable talking about myself." Little did she know, her Westie, Emma, is quite the talker and had no problem coming to Maxi's rescue. Here is Emma's telling of how Maxi Shelton became a published author. I’m a Westie but my humans call me Emma. I like the name Emma, so Emma I will be. |
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Maggie Singleton: Posted on Friday, April 13, 2012 1:04 PM
Maggie Singleton has been freelance editing for the past four years, and has provided professional technical editing for an Army contractor for the past 10 years... all while caring for three great kids under that age of seven! She is now discovering life on the other side of the red pen as a writer. She tells me she “couldn't be happier!” I say, “Me, too!” Her debut book, “Milk Diaries”, should be finished some time this summer, and I for one can’t wait. Good luck, Maggie! I have this rather nasty habit when I run. |
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James Strait: Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:47 PM
James Strait is not just an author, pilot, broadcaster, avid cyclist, and devoted husband…he is a survivor who meets life head on and doesn’t take prisoners. I am so incredibly honored that he agreed to guest blog on my website. His moving and honest words come from his heart and soul. I know this because he has touched mine deeply. As a lifelong rule, I’ve refrained from tooting my own horn. I’ve always perceived myself as competent at everything I’ve done, but I’ve always baulked at promoting myself. |
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Betsy A. Riley: Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:42 AM
Today's Guest Blog was written by Betsy A. Riley. Betsy lives in Maryland, where she works for the federal government. In April of 2011, she ventured into self-publishing using CreateSpace’s Print On Demand (POD) option (Woo-hoo! Yeah, team!!). Since then, her imprint (Blue Dragon Press) has published 6 books. Betsy’s poems and short stories have also appeared in several magazines and anthologies by other publishers. Her Author site can be found at http://brws.comand her imprint site is |
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Deborah Rae Cota: Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2012 11:45 PM
Looking for all authors, bloggers and wanna-be writers willing to share a bit of your time pontificating about something memorable to you. Would love to see some posts on: cooking, hunting, tattooing, writing, reading, teaching, college days, love, martial arts. family, children, travel, and life in general. Posting will be on a first come, first serve basis and will post in-between my own. Please give me some info on yourself also, so I can give you a brief but uplifting intro to my readers. |
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