September 2010 Blog Posts (209)

My latest blog posting: http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/persistence-pays-off/

Blessings,

Lynn

www.shootthewounded.org

In an effort to bring different novels to light I have found something a bit different for me, a self- help non-fiction novel that has nothing at all to do with sports. I ran into the author, Betty Otter Thompson ,

on Goodreads. I personally enjoy Goodreads for many different reasons and

suggest that if you enjoy reading you should give that website a try; it is

addictive. Anyway, the novel is an excellent exercise for the mind and the

soul. Here is a…

Today one door opened, and another shut in my face. The open door was an idea by a library in a nearby city to have me attend some local high schools and discuss 'Abernethy' when it's back from the printer. The one that shut was in the form of an email received from a regional newspaper I contacted to ask would they consider doing a review and an interview (to be conducted by telephone). I live in regional New South Wales. The newspaper I contacted was in a nearby region. The person to whom…

Recently, I was a approached by a former publisher of mine to write my memoirs. I was, to say the least, surprised that anyone was interested, and who know, they may not be!I told my publisher that the problem with writing an auto biography was that I had…

How do they do it? How do authors make us care?

When you read a book, do you get all of the symbolism or subtle messages the author tries to send you? Or are you happy to just read and let the story wash over you, not really caring about the deeper meaning that

might be flowing through the pages?

I’m not saying one mindset is better than the other. Sometimes, when I’m really…

If you are a writer, author, or a friend of either please read:

http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/if-you-love-a-writer/

Blessings,

Lynn

www.shootthewounded.org

I was just on a marketing panel at Killer Nashville. One of the panelists pooh-poohed the whole idea of little marketing give-aways. Heck, I

love them and love coming up with something creative. Mine usually

center around food: miniature boxes of raisins because my books are

set in the Fresno area, Raisin Capitol of the World. I also ordered

fortune cookies from Oriental Traders with my name…

Welcome to inaugural Self Published Sunday. I am really getting a groove on this. Why, you ask, is this so? My reasons are simple as I am not a very complex being. You will notice today that I am doing something

each time with these posts that I don’t do too often with my other posts that

come from a more “traditionally” published author. That aspect is including

information that they, the author has placed on different areas of the jacket.

My point with…

What Is Art and What Is It For?

A man who works with his hands is a laborer;…

I have mentioned this before but here goes again. On my website I review movies, new ones and old, for those who dont get a chance to see whats out there. Here is my latest.

I know these movies are ridiculous in every way. Video games redesigned for movies aren't what you might call the best options for original material but sometimes it works. The first Resident evil was weird and a little…

Leaves floating in the pool always signal the end of summer for me and the beginning of…

First Trip: Sex, Drugz, and Rock & Roll in the 70'z

Cheryl Taylor

AuthorHouse (February 23, 2010)

978-1449074937

220 pages





A troubled fourteen-year-old girl runs away in 70’s California and meets an outlandish assortment of individuals including cannibals, warlocks, and bikers as she settles into a world of drugs, promiscuity, and life on the street…

It is that time of the week again as I try to bring you some fun in the digital short world. Stories that are compact, concise and feel like you just held a firecracker in your hand right until it exploded. Today is Tor

Richardson and his 5500 word digital short Starting

Over. I really enjoyed the way he laid this one out. Before we get into it

though, just know that you can support this author and his fun work by clicking

on the cover…

You have talked to your co - workers or



You have talked to librarians or



You have talked to printers, movie directors, literary agents, graphic artists or



You have also talked to your students or



You have talked to members of…