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More Truth than Fiction

 

Sin Creek, new in the Logan Hunter mystery series by Susan Whitfield, is an eye-opener and a heart-breaker, but with the sweetest redeeming ending.

Having had a long-standing friendship with a detective, when reading Sin Creek, I felt a sense of déjà vu about events I know to be true. These foul crimes do exist and are proliferating all over the…

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Borders' list of store closures in effect by the end of April, they say:

 

http://www.bordersreorganization.com/Reorganization_Closure_List.pdf

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Seems amazon is arbitrarily removing book reviews from their site. Read the article first. Then, if you value your reviews for promo purposes, I suggest you copy and paste your review pages to your word processor. These reviews were "gifts" given to you to use. I wouldn't wait to do this.

 

http://www.readerviews.com/Newsletters/2011.01/31.html

My new interview and video trailer appears on the Apex Reviews "Above the Fold" page:

http://www.apexreviews.net/Above_The_Fold_-_8_4_10.html

If you missed my live interview on BlogTalkRadio, it has been archived in it's entirety. You can do this too. It's great promotion for your books. Hear it here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/extraordinarywomen/2010/02/18/novelist-mary-deal

I'm being interviewed tomorrow, Thursday, 2/18/10, on Blog Talk Radio, here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/extraordinarywomen/2010/02/18/novelist-mary-deal

Hope you'll listen in!

I'm so excited about this book. My professional reader said it's my best yet.



The Logline:



A woman’s search for her abducted child ends when she finds a young woman on Death Row months away from lethal injection for a crime she didn’t commit.



The Synopsis:



From the day her five-year-old was abducted, Abigail Fisher vows never to stop looking until her daughter is safely… Continue

This is late news. However, my thriller, River Bones, received an Honorable Mention in the Mystery/Thriller category of the 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. Though I wished it could have gone higher, as all writers wish, just making it into the top 10% of all books submitted is a real achievement. That is, River Bones beat out all romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre of books in the Commercial Fiction category. I'm happy. I'm on the right track with my writing.

It’s every serious writer’s dream to have a story nominated for the coveted Pushcart Prize, one of the highest honors in the writing world.



Publishers who publish stories and poetry can nominate up to six pieces of published writing per year to submit for a Pushcart Prize. While many publishers do this, being chosen out of all the pieces each publishes per year is, in itself, an honor.



I received a message this morning from Silver Boomer Books that they have nominated my… Continue

In October, I spent ten glorious days in California at various book signing parties and functions.



Later, Susan Reeve, Supervising Librarian at the Rio Vista Library, sent this letter:



"Thank you for bringing an excellent program to the Rio Vista Library. Twenty-four people attending is quite a crowd for us. I learned a lot about your craft and the discipline it requires. And you are clearly inspired, yet modest about your gifts."



The next evening after the… Continue

Aloha Everyone!



I've recently returned from a book signing tour and long-overdue family visit. Once returned home, I found orders for more books in the mail and have been joyfully handling that big job of autographing, packing and shipping. Had hoped to be back on TWB soon. However, I am now preparing to leave for another trip - to Honolulu for at least a week. That should be my last trip of the year. From then on, I've got two books that need a final run-thru before publishing. I've… Continue

On the island of Kauai in Hawaii, Old Hanapepe Town is a colony of artists of all kinds. Shop, galleries, and cafes fill every space along the one very long block. Friday is known as Friday Night Artwalk and all the businesses remain open from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.



September is our peak hurricane season. When we have no hurricanes threatening, we have rain. Do we ever! It's been raining hard off and on for days. I wasn't sure if the turn out would be great.



The store that… Continue