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Though most of you know I’m from Bolivia, my mom’s family is from Peru. We just received contact from my cousin who relates the following.…

Today I was viewing some posts on another writers site I pop in on from time to time. I was surprised to see a complaint from a writer regarding a harsh rejection letter he had received. Oh, I know thats nothing unusual, but he posted the letter as well and if what the publishers rep said was true, he should be ashamed of himself. The mistakes mentioned were of the type that would/could/ and should have been…

"Another wonderful Tardif novel shows her mastery of any genre. Tardif first enthralled me with Whale Song. What a magnificent transition she accomplishes here with Divine Intervention, a future-thriller, or speculative crime fiction, or sci-fi/mystery. Tardif shows that a great story and…

In researching for this Sunday's book review - Stamboul Train by Graham Greene, I discovered that his second and third books were a flop. So much so, that in later life he disowned them.

Now, I know that writing a book means it almost becomes a part of you like your child, but disowning it ...?

Well, he never disowned Stamboul Train, a book he called "an entertainment", something written to amuse author and reader alike.

Click here for my full review:…

A sad fact of publishing is that books go out of print. These days that happens rather quickly unless you’re She-Who-Is-Named-All-Too-Often or Stephen King or—well, you know. And when books go out of print, publishers first try to sell the inventory they have on hand at cut-rate prices. Copies they can’t sell, of course, are…

I really love this site...it is so warm and friendly. I am extremely new here and learning the ropes. I don't have a picture I can download so I tried an Avatar image. Guess that won't work. I don't know. If anybody knows if it will, can you give me a write and tell me how to do it? I would appreciate it. Thanks to all who've stopped by and said hello and invited me to be friends. You are all on my friends list. Happy writing!

Penni

Thanks John for the friend invite. Thanks for making this page available. I can say I've learned it's hard to get noticed. Wouldn't it be great to all meet at Oprah's with our book in hand for dinner. ha! It's draining but I keep trying to get a foot in somewhere for that one "good word" about my book.

john oarc

THE RIVER by bestselling author Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a "mile-a-minute pot-boiler mystery", according to the Edmonton Sun. Compared by fans to works by James Patterson, Dan Brown and Michael Crichton, THE RIVER is the story of Del Hawthorne and her search for a father she had thought long dead. As she travels with a group of near strangers along the mysterious Nahanni River, Del uncovers a world of painful youth serums, deadly nanobots and a conspiracy that threatens…

Hello everyone! I am having such fun with my career that I just had to tell everyone.

I write full time and have a part time job on the side. I love it. I am meeting so many new people all the time. Fans are emailing me and telling me how much they enjoy my first book. They're also trying to feed me ideas for more books lol. Let me tell you, some of those ideas scare me a little. I just got my first round of edits back from my second editor. She said it was written well but there were…

As time went by following Hurricane Katrina, and we talked with more people, we began to hear a recurring story. We saw and heard from many very good hearted people who were trying to do what they could to help in various ways, but were left feeling betrayed when the recipient did not act or react in the way that was expected. We heard questions such as, “Why…

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Many times when you're starting out in business, or changing direction in business, you become overwhelmed with just where to start, or who you can contact for assistance. You have many contacts, have belonged to a number of associations or groups over the years, and have spoken to numerous groups and associations in your career. The overwhelm often comes from knowing many people and many things but not having any centralized method to access all that…

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When I began my business back in 1999, I had a website, but did very little with it, as it seemed almost impossibly overwhelming to get noticed by the search engines and come up on any type of search whatsoever. Despite the fact that I helped my clients be found online, I simply used my website as an online brochure and did NOTHING to bring any attention to my site.

Fast forward now to 2007, and almost all of my…

Tardif Trivia:

• From an early age, I wanted to be "Mrs. Stephen…