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Another Great Link

Ξ May 27th, 2008 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

I was surfing around and came across this great link to other links!

Just for writers…

http://www.musik-therapie.at/PederHill/Good_Links.htm

I’mmm Baaaacckkk…

Ξ May 23rd, 2008 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

Had a great conference!

Here are a few pics…

The view from the parking lot of Estes.

This is known as the Nangie 404 group.

Mentor Best Selling Authors Angela Hunt and Nancy Rue. (Nancy + Angie = Nangie)

We have been together for a few years now in an intensive critique/review/ writing training group.

Off to a writer’s conference

Ξ May 14th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

so just a quick post about

Healing Promises by Amy Wallace

Facing a new threat.
When FBI Agent Clint Rollins takes a bullet during a standoff, it might just save his life. But not even the ugly things he’s seen during his years working in the Crimes Against Children Unit could prepare him for the overwhelming powerlessness of hospital tests revealing an unexpected diagnosis. If only Sara weren’t retreating into doctor mode…he needs his wife now more than ever.

Frozen in fear.
Sara Rollins is an oncologist with a mission–beating cancer when she can, easing her patients’ suffering at the very least. Now the life of her tall Texan husband is at stake. She never let the odds steal her hope before, but in this case, the question of God’s healing promises is personal. Can she hold on to the truth she claimed to believe?

Faith under fire.
As Clint continues to track down a serial kidnapper despite his illness, former investigations haunt his nightmares, pushing him beyond solving the case into risking his life and career. Clint struggles to believe God is still the God of miracles. Especially when he needs not one, but two. Everything in his life is reduced to one all-important question: Can God be trusted?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1601420102

A Few More Writing Sites…

Ξ May 1st, 2008 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

www.armchairinterviews.com  Listen to debut and bestselling authors.

www.coolstuff4writers.com  novelty items for the writerly…

www.eighteenquestions.com view of experienced writers in a series of 18 questions.

www.noveljourney.blogspot.com collection of interviews with authors,editors and freelancers

www.writersfm.com online broadcasts of author interviews!

www.writesideout.com  free, printable posters, bookmarks, etc. from favorite authors.

How About a Plot?

Ξ April 27th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

For the aspiring writer…

A few plot starters, just for fun.

Occupation:  Give them a unique job or occupation. Is it one that they can get killed at? Or kill someone else?

Road Trip:  How about getting into a predicament on vacation? Some exotic location? New characters? New loves?

Romantic - Out with the old, in with the new: What about changing relationships. Breakups. Dump that boyfriend, find Mr. Right!

Close Quarters aka: I can’t get out!  You’re stuck. On a cruise ship. An Island. (Good premise: LOST  Bad premise: Gilligan’s Island)Stuck in a room - 12 Angry Men. In a snowed-in hotel - The Shining. On another island - The Storm of the Century. On a train - Murder on the Orient Express

I Can’t Help But Kill Again: The serial killer with the ticking clock as an ally. This one naturally turns up the heat.

Second Chances: The past rises and the character has to confront it.

I Didn’t Do It:  The character must prove their own innocence or the innocence of a friend or relative.  ie. - The Fugitive

I Said, No Police!:  Because they’re corrupt. Because if you go to the authorities, the kidnapped will be killed. Because of the legal ramifications. But the protagonist still has to solve the crime.

Forbidden Love: We must be together, but we can’t. Why? Because of: Family. Social Status. War. Proximity. Health. Another Planet (Venus or Mars?)

These are just a few that I’ve learned over the years, hopefully they will get your writing juices flowing…

Great Websites For Authors…

Ξ April 9th, 2008 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

www.brainyquote.com  Need a quote?

www.theteacherscorner.net/daily-writing-prompts/index.htm  Looking for inspiration?

www.m-w.com You can’t beat Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary

www.refdesk.com  “Of the day” trivia

www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames  Need a character name?

www.wikipedia.org  One of my favorites, it’s like the Borg Encyclopedia!

www.book-in-a-week.com  Write as much as you possible can!

www.nanowrimo.org   I’ve participated in this one, it’s fun!

www.agentquery.com  A free searchable database for agents.

www.authormba.com/resources/blog_insiders.htm  To improve your writing.

www.absolutewrite.com   Find helpful tips on writing.

more later…

My Soul To Keep

Ξ March 30th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

My Soul to Keep by Melanie Wells

Genre: Fiction/Suspense – Released 2/19/08 – ISBN 978-1-59052-428-2

As nasty as I knew Peter Terry to be, I never expected him to start kidnapping kids. Much less a sweet, funny little boy with nothing to protect him but a few knock-kneed women, two rabbits, and a staple gun…

It’s psychology professor Dylan Foster’s favorite day of the academic year–graduation day. A day of pomp, circumstance, and celebration. And after all the mortar boards are thrown, Dylan and some of her best friends will gather around a strawberry cake to celebrate Christine Zocci’s sixth birthday. But the joyful summer afternoon goes south when a little boy is snatched from a neighborhood park, setting off a chain of events that seem to lead exactly nowhere.

Police are baffled, but Christine’s eerie connection with the kidnapped child sends Dylan on a chilling investigation of her own. Is the pasty, elusive stranger Peter Terry to blame? Exploding light bulbs, the deadly buzz of a Texas rattlesnake, and the vivid, disturbing dreams of a little girl are just pieces in a long trail of tantalizing clues leading Dylan in her dogged search for the truth.

To purchase: http://www.amazon.com/My-Soul-Keep-Dylan-Foster/dp/1590524284/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206885058&sr=1-1

Genres and Sub-Genres

Ξ March 27th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

I read a great article in Writer’s Digest April 2008 that I thought I would share.

(This is not the issue)

Here is the link to Writer’s Digest, a magazine that I read religiously every month.

http://www.writersdigest.com/GeneralMenu/

I found this interesting about the definitions of the genres.

Under the category of Thriller/Suspense

1. Police Procedural

2. Horror

3. Historical

4. Forensic

5. Political Intrigue

6. Medical

7. Technological

8. Legal

9. Supernatural

10. Romantic

11. Comic

A revamping of the site

Ξ January 6th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

I am attempting to retool this portion of the site, have more about writing and authors and agents and helpful tips that I have learned through the years. So please bear with me. The holidays put me behind, more soon..

In the mean time check out www.daverhoades.org/blog

For the Brouhaha at Walmart

Ξ November 25th, 2007 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

click here  www.daverhoades.org/blog