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Shannon Wallace has done it this time!

Go on over to Sam Harper's place and see what he is in a dilemma about. You can bet Shannon Wallace is at the bottom of it!
http://samharpercrimescene.blogspot.com

Added by Kim Smith on February 10, 2009 at 9:39am — No Comments

Hijacking and Book Trivia

Hey y'all!
Come visit me over at As the Pages Turn and see what advice I have for the new President.
http://www.asthepagesturn.wordpress.com

and I am also hijacking Eve Summers blog today... and promoing my book...
http://www.yewalus.blogspot.com

This is day three for my book tour. Don't forget some lucky commenter will be winning prizes!

Added by Kim Smith on February 4, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

Review of Avenging Angel, A Shannon Wallace Mystery

Review by Aaron Paul Lazar

A great read doesn't have to be fancy, full of literary allusions or deep musings. Nor does it need a ritzy setting, plots that twist your brain into a pretzel, or elite protagonists.

What a great read does need is a story that moves, characters who linger in your mind, and a voice that calls you back to its pages. Avenging Angel by Kim Smith accomplished all three.

Smith has written a suspenseful cozy mystery set in the south in a… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on January 26, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

New acceptance!

After a long and trying journey, I finished A Will to Love and submitted it.

My editor just responded with kudoes on the writing and a shiny new contract! I am so thrilled!!!

Hope all my mystery fans will enjoy my first ROMANCE! It is a short novella or long short story, however you want to look at it.

More info coming~!
xxoox

Added by Kim Smith on January 19, 2009 at 11:20am — No Comments

Interview with Moi

In advance of my virtual book tour next month with Pump Up Your Book
Promotions, there was an interview out today at California Chronicle :
HERE

If you wanna go and see about it :)

Added by Kim Smith on January 12, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Jumpstart the Muse!

Register now for:

How to Jumpstart the Muse by Kim Smith

Have you ever had long stretches where your Muse goes on holiday and didn't invite you? Did it take off and didn't leave a forwarding address? I have too! Daily writing prompts and free-style writing can save the "empty mind" syndrome every time. Come and join in the fun as we "locate" the Muse once it takes a hike and leaves us still on the porch.

Date: January 26

Time: 7pm… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on January 8, 2009 at 3:49pm — No Comments

Radio Show TONIGHT!

Tonight, Lea Schizas will be my guest on Introducing...WRITERS! -- Lea will be talking about her books, her job as Editor in Chief to Red Rose Publishing, and life as a stay at home mom.

Join us, won't you?
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims
730 pm central
830 pm eastern

Added by Kim Smith on January 7, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

Blogging today at SRR

I am the blogger of the day (sort of like soup du jour!!) over at SRR --
come over and play!
http://simplyromancereviews.blogspot.com/

Kim

Added by Kim Smith on January 6, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Contest: Murder Mystery Edinner

Welcome to the Murder Mystery E-Dinner!

2nd PRIZE - ecopy of Avenging Angel and mention on the radio show!

1st PRIZE - $20.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com and mention on the

radio show!

How can you enter? It's easy!

1. First, email me at pubd2b at yahoo dot com with Murder Mystery E-

Dinner in the subject line!

2. Then I will begin sending out details for you to try and put the

mystery together!

See? It's easy to… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on January 2, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

Cheap reads and PROMO

Battling wintertime woes? Fighting the flu? Want a great book to keep you thawed out and entertained? Red Rose Publishing is having a half price sale on all ebboks for ONE day only. January 1, 2009 is the sale day and includes book being released that day also.

Why don’t you be daring and try out a mainstream fiction novel, a cozy mystery from me?

Here is a blurb for you and the purchasing info. I hope you will try out my book since it will be at the lowest price ever… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on December 29, 2008 at 10:36am — No Comments

Half -off sale!

After Christmas sales have started to pop up everywhere... here is one you will want to make note of !

Added by Kim Smith on December 23, 2008 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Blogging this week

Just a little heads up to my readers, I have a new interview up at Nancy Famolari's blog today and I will be blogging and visiting her site all week!
http://nancyfamolari.wordpress.com/
hope you will stop by and chat with me!

Added by Kim Smith on December 22, 2008 at 9:14am — No Comments

Avenging Angel, A Shannon Wallace Mystery now a BESTSELLER!

My book, Avenging Angel, A Shannon Wallace Mystery has made it to number ten on the Red Rose bestseller list! I am thrilled!

Added by Kim Smith on December 20, 2008 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Avenging Angel, A Shannon Wallace Mystery now available

I have waited for so long for the release of my book! I am thrilled to tell you it is now available at Red Rose Publishing. Red Rose Publishing

I hope you will get it and enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it for you.

If you have thirty mins to listen, I was interviewed on the radio show, Introducing WRITERS! last night and the show is archived at the site. You will learn about the book, the process, and hear a fan read his… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on December 19, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Guest blogger and Interview

Jane Beckenham has posted me as her guest blog today over here:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=89209081 and my friend Pamela James has an interview with me here:
http://www.mayhemandmagic.com/reviewsandinterviews.html

I hope you will go and visit these sites and leave me a comment!

Added by Kim Smith on December 17, 2008 at 5:48am — No Comments

Counting down the days!~

Avenging Angel, A Shannon Wallace Mystery--Coming from Red Rose Publishing on December 18th! Excerpt now available

on the RRP site, under coming soon to EBOOK!

Blurb:

Shannon Wallace has lost something very important to her. She's in

trouble with the law. The law being Detective Salvador Ramirez. He's

still mad at her for something that happened during their college days.

If she doesn't find her missing item before he does, all hell will

break… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on December 9, 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments

Sit it out Saturday

Well, I did a little shopping, not nearly enough, and visited my baby boy bird to see his tree. He is so proud of his little two room apartment and with good reason. It is really sweet.

On a writing note, I have done none. I am totally ashamed.

12 days left until the book comes out. Time is going way slow!

Added by Kim Smith on December 6, 2008 at 4:47pm — No Comments

Interview

The interview done by Delores Walker is now available at her blogspot, http://deloreswalker.blogspot.com/ I hope you will click over and see what great
questions she pummeled me with :)

Added by Kim Smith on December 2, 2008 at 8:20am — No Comments

Release date!

I am very excited to be able to say that I have a release date for Avenging Angel! The book is coming out on December 18th, at Red Rose Publishing.

You can get it on the publisher's site at http://www.redrosepublishing.com

Added by Kim Smith on November 21, 2008 at 9:10am — No Comments

Marta Stephens Chat

on my radio show at ... http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims
She will be chatting about her latest release, THE DEVIL CAN WAIT, the contest she is offering and just good old chatting about writing in general.

We will be online at 730 CST tomorrow night.

Added by Kim Smith on November 18, 2008 at 8:35pm — No Comments