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1. I am very impressed by your bio, and enjoyed the stories about your grandfather (see: www.graceehowell.com.) You’ve been a teacher, a librarian, a quilt maker and a Master Gardener, among other things. And by the way, just what is a “Master Gardener?” It sounds like an official designation. Master Gardener certainly is an official [...]
Continue reading about The Virtual Tour Continues: Grace E. Howell
Barely 48 hours until we lift off from Los Angeles Int’l en route to London-Heathrow. I am mostly packed already, and am antsy to get going! When you plan a big trip early on, and there’s nothing left to do, you can’t help but wonder what you’ve forgotten… A huge highlight for me will be [...]
Continue reading about Hail, Britannia! To the Land of Rowling and Burns
Last fall I wrote a short story as the result of a contest held by Echelon Press for its readers. When it debuted, I was immersed in the edits for POINT SURRENDER and didn’t give the story, or rather the marketing of the story, as much effort as I should have. WHEN HARRY MET SOLI [...]
Continue reading about Will the Real Harry Potter please stand…
Anyone remember the Beach Boys singing about those girls? Next month, Echelon author Dana Taylor and I will be those girls! Well, not actually *on* the beach… and we don’t exactly have long blonde hair… or surf boards. Hmm. But we are smart, and funny, and authors with something to say (and sell), participating in [...]
Six months without a post. Just sitting on Blogger’s servers, dormant, silent…passwordless. Yes, it’s true. I somehow got tangled up in the move to Google log in and I was lost. Now, Found! I’ve been so busy, I doubt I’d have had much time to post anyway. POINT SURRENDER has kept me hopping, or rather, [...]
Continue reading about Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy
It’s almost time! I’m so excited I need to run around the yard a few times each hour. Seriously, the galleys are done, the reviews have been requested, the cover art is, well, in progress. A little hold up on the photograph being used for the background. Now the doubts begin to creep in. What [...]
And being published! Big sigh of relief as December saw WHEN HARRY MET SOLI go live at Echelon Press. What a great experience this was! Not to mention challenging… have you ever tried to create a story about a complete stranger? Read more about WHEN HARRY MET SOLI below under “Reader’s Win.” While Ms. Michaud [...]
I am working on a new short for Echelon. This one is a romantic fantasy with ultra-sensual antics. It takes place in a Brightwater’s, a classic, mid-60′s style department store that is failing due to their failure to modernize. This store actually has carpet space since they don’t cram row upon row of clothing racks [...]
Karen came up with a great idea – to feature several lucky Echelon Press readers in short stories by Echelon authors. Many people entered the contest and Karen matched winners with authors who volunteered. I was paired with Lisa Marie Michaud, a children’s fantasy writer from Tampa, Florida. Lisa and I exchanged a few emails [...]
Wow. Long over, and I’m still thinking about it. Temperatures went into triple digits that day, and still we had a wonderful time. My gift basket containing STARCROSSED HEARTS was one of the first sales from our booth. Of course that was a thrill. All in all, to date, I’ve raised approximately $2,700.00 and the [...]
