August 2007 Blog Posts (247)

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Is romance a forgotten Art? I write this because I'm promoting Chef Robert and Barb Catherine's romantic cookbook called Romantic Dinners For Two. The first year of sales has been ok, selling 5000 copies. The majority of these sales have been through small retail, book festivals, internet, independent book stores.

We have distribution in place and are now finally getting into the major book stores. Chef Robert and Barb are always seeking book festival invitations and show…

Today I am visiting Climate of our Future, a wonderful site that is dedicated to informing and education people on all aspects of our envirnment and how it affects our world.

When Climate of our Future first asked to host me on my ‘Touring the World’ virtual book tour, I hesitated. Not because I don’t like the site (I DO!), but because I was trying to think of a way to segue their theme into Whale Song, writing or my other suspense novels. I’ll…

Feeling attacked?

A friend just called and said, "I'm being attacked from all sides, wish I could go under my covers and hide."…

Hai folks

I am padma and i love this site and i would love to interact with every one and write to every one but through this i would like to talk to you

I a midle age married woman with two adult sons and i have lately entered the field of writing

presently i have written a script titled Finding my father . The log line of the script is the girl a protoganist is in search of her biological father . Her mother impregnates herself with super athletes…

'Those who wait for the dead man's shoes, must first go about bare footed.'

Odds are what often stand as seemingly insurmountable oppositions to your goals;they are the strange things you need to contend with to be able to achieve success. This book is written to encourage you to defy all the odds that stand on your way up and stopping you from living a purposeful life.

Be optimistic, as you cannot be pessimistic and expect an optimistic result.…

Here's something helpful for when life gets hard for those that you care about and want to help but don't know how.…

Stacie Penny at Raspberry Latte has this to say about Whale Song by Cheryl Kaye Tardif:

"Eleven year old Sarah moves to Canada with her parents when her father accepts a post to study whales off the coastline. Even though she leaves everything behind, Sarah discovers that life can become complicated in a heartbeat. Or in the absence of one..."…

Check out the first trailer for "Your Portable Empire!"

I hope that some of you on BookMarketing Network are following my virtual book tour. My intention with posting it here is that you may feel inspired to try one. They are a lot of fun! But don't think they aren't a huge amount of work. I am up early and go to bed late. But a VBT does have its advantages. If you search online you'll find some great articles on holding a VBT. :)

Now...here's a short story you'll want to read with the lights on. Inspired by true events,…

http://www.fwointl.com/artman/publish/article_1003.shtml

For those who have been following my virtual book tour, the information in this interview won't reflect anything new, but I've very pleased to have a write up on this website. I found this site via my publisher.

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…