Here’s a sneak preview of some of the mystery novels that will be coming out this year.
Cleansed by Fire by James R. Callan and published by DWB Publishing, will be out in January. It’s the first book in the Fr. Frank Mystery series.…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on January 13, 2012 at 7:30am —
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If you’re looking for a good book, look no further. There’s something here for everyone.
Behind the Redwood Door by John M. Daniel was published in November by Oak Tree Press.… Continue
Added by Patricia Gligor on January 6, 2012 at 7:29am —
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My dictionary defines punctuation as “the act, practice or system of using certain standardized marks and signs in writing and printing, as to separate sentences, independent clauses, parenthetical phrases, etc., in order to make the meaning more easily understood.” Punctuation creates order out of chaos and provides us with clear, universal communication. Consider this: I love punctuation! Or, the alternative: I love…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on December 21, 2011 at 2:14pm —
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Do you know the song, Getting to Know You? It was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein and first sung by Deborah Kerr in the 1956 production of The King and I. Julie Andrews sang it in the 2006 remake. “Getting to know you. Getting to know all about you. Getting to like you. Getting to hope you’ll like me.”
In…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on December 9, 2011 at 7:04am —
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Words have power. They can make someone’s day. (“You have beautiful eyes.”) Or, they can break someone’s heart. (“I don’t love you anymore.”) We writers know about proper sentence structure and how to place our carefully chosen words within a sentence to create the effect we want. And we strive to do that in our novels.…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on November 29, 2011 at 5:30am —
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In one of my favorite movies, Misery, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, James Caan plays Paul Sheldon, the famous author of a popular historical romance series. Paul decides that, if he’s ever going to be a “real” writer again, he needs to produce something else. He goes to his usual writer’s retreat, a lodge in the mountains, and completes a new novel, as yet untitled; he’s very proud of the book. The new novel depicts life as he knew it on the streets of New…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on November 12, 2011 at 7:45am —
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I love to travel and I love a mystery! That's why, whenever I go on vacation and visit a city that I've never been to before, I search for a local bookstore where I scan the shelves, looking for mystery/suspense novels by local authors. I do this for two reasons. First, I think it's important to support writers everywhere (maybe someday, someone will return the favor) and secondly, because, when I come home and return to my daily life, I can open the pages and escape to the place I've just…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on October 27, 2011 at 8:26am —
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I find it interesting and a bit ironic when I think about how the two little words "what if" can be both harmful and beneficial. In our daily lives, if we constantly ask ourselves that question, we will become chronic worriers. "What if I loose my job?" or "What if he/she never speaks to me again?" The list can go on and on, taking on a life of its own, overwhelming us. We are tense and stressed, which wears on our health and… Continue
Added by Patricia Gligor on October 20, 2011 at 2:30pm —
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Several months ago, my mom and I were talking about my writing career. She asked me what name I planned to go by, what pen name I was going to use. “Maybe,” she said, “you should choose a name that’s easier to pronounce than Gligor. Don’t most writers do that?” Our conversation reminded me of an article I once read. It was an interview with actress, Jacqueline Bisset. When the interviewer told Jacqueline that he’d heard several variations on how to pronounce her last name and asked…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on October 6, 2011 at 7:33am —
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I admire established authors who "pay it forward;" in other words, who use what they've learned, and the contacts they've made along their own road to publication, to encourage and support aspiring authors. I've had the privilege of meeting some of them both in person and online and I'm grateful to them.
In this dog-eat-dog world, with the state of the economy and the constant changes in the publishing industry, it's easy for first-time…
Added by Patricia Gligor on September 22, 2011 at 8:48am —
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