Thursday, April 3, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
What Makes You Attend A Book Signing? Inquiring minds want to know.
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| Jeanne Guzman signing Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Child Of The Dragon |
Inquiring minds want to know. Seriously. I was recently at a
writers conference that advertised their book-signing and no one showed up but
the authors signing books. I even went as far as walking the streets and
telling perfect strangers to stop by, but NO ONE showed up. Is it me? Am I doing something
wrong? As a reader, what would you suggest I do?
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| Bridge Over Troubled Waters |
As an added incentive for your advice, everyone who leaves a comment will be placed into a drawing for a signed copy of my book, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, currently a finalist in The Carolyn Readers Choice Awards.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Monday Madness-Helping Others
I
was just sitting here thinking, what can I do to help myself to be a better writer,
and you know what? I figured it out. By helping someone else. Seriously. There’s
this boy I know, he just turned thirteen, and he wants to be a writer. So I’m
helping him, and by helping him, I’m helping myself. Seeing the newness of a budding
writers words brings to mind where my writing is and where I can improve.
So
here’s my question, or should I say challenge, for the week. Are you helping
someone be all they can be? If so, how are you helping? If not, find someone
who is asking for help and take them under your wing and watch those karma
points add up.
For those interested in my boy, I'll be posting about him more as his book takes shape, so stay tuned!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Monday Madness—A Must Read with C. A. Szarek
What Can I tell you about C.A. Szarek? So many things but I
don’t think she would want me to mention them here. So Why am I blogging about
her today? Because she’s an amazing author and I just had to brag about her new
book, Collision Force!
Also, Because I want this to be all about C.A., and the
first in her Crossing Forces series, I’m giving you the basics and letting you
see what I already know. This is a MUST READ!
Crossing Forces:
Small Town Texas doesn’t always mean small time crime.
Welcome to Antioch, population fifty thousand.
With a police department full of detectives and officers who are good at what they do, throw in the occasional FBI agent, and the bad guy doesn’t have a shot, no matter how big the crime.
They work together and fight together. Relationships will be forged and changed along the twists and turns.
When fate intervenes, love and happiness can be found in unlikely places.
Small Town Texas doesn’t always mean small time crime.
Welcome to Antioch, population fifty thousand.
With a police department full of detectives and officers who are good at what they do, throw in the occasional FBI agent, and the bad guy doesn’t have a shot, no matter how big the crime.
They work together and fight together. Relationships will be forged and changed along the twists and turns.
When fate intervenes, love and happiness can be found in unlikely places.
Book One in the Crossing Forces
series.
If you loved The Heist: A Novel by Janet Evanovich and Fatal Error by Colleen Thompson, then you will not be able to put down this absolute treat!
Bad boy FBI agent and feisty widowed police detective collide pursuing a human trafficker in small town Texas on their way to true love.
Bad boy, married to his job FBI agent Cole Lucas always gets his man. So when the unthinkable happens and one gets away, Cole grits his teeth and hunts human trafficker Carlo Maldonado all the way to Antioch, Texas, where he collides with Detective Andi MacLaren.
Cole doesn’t do small towns and doesn’t get involved with women he works with, but Andi tempts him in ways he doesn’t want to acknowledge.
Two murders, her partner shot and leading the investigation on her own, the last thing Andi needs is a cocky FBI agent who sees her as no more than a tagalong.
Widow and single mother Andi is used to being on her own. When Cole gets stuck without a place to stay, crashing on her couch puts them in dangerous territory.
Attraction and passion bring Andi to a place she’d left behind when her husband died. Her three-year-old son quickly wiggles his way into Cole’s heart, and he starts contemplating things—family, love—that he’d never planned for himself.
Can being forced to work together make them stronger or will their differences jeopardize their case and their hearts?
If you loved The Heist: A Novel by Janet Evanovich and Fatal Error by Colleen Thompson, then you will not be able to put down this absolute treat!
Bad boy FBI agent and feisty widowed police detective collide pursuing a human trafficker in small town Texas on their way to true love.
Bad boy, married to his job FBI agent Cole Lucas always gets his man. So when the unthinkable happens and one gets away, Cole grits his teeth and hunts human trafficker Carlo Maldonado all the way to Antioch, Texas, where he collides with Detective Andi MacLaren.
Cole doesn’t do small towns and doesn’t get involved with women he works with, but Andi tempts him in ways he doesn’t want to acknowledge.
Two murders, her partner shot and leading the investigation on her own, the last thing Andi needs is a cocky FBI agent who sees her as no more than a tagalong.
Widow and single mother Andi is used to being on her own. When Cole gets stuck without a place to stay, crashing on her couch puts them in dangerous territory.
Attraction and passion bring Andi to a place she’d left behind when her husband died. Her three-year-old son quickly wiggles his way into Cole’s heart, and he starts contemplating things—family, love—that he’d never planned for himself.
Can being forced to work together make them stronger or will their differences jeopardize their case and their hearts?
C.A. is originally from Ohio, but got to Texas as soon as she could. She is married and has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice.
She works with kids when she’s not writing.
She’s always wanted to be a writer and is overjoyed to share her stories with the world.
C.A. Is giving away a free download of her brand new book,
Collision Force, so don’t forget to leave a comment. I’ll be drawing a name
tomorrow morning so you have time to tell you friends to stop by as well.
More about C.A. go to
Other Books By C.A. Szarek
Sword’s Call
Deep In The Hearts of Texas
Monday, May 13, 2013
Monday Madness—Now What?
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| This is an old picture, but the weight is the same. |
I’m sitting here, wondering what I should write about, and the only thing that comes to mind is—food. I’m hungry, but what I want—bacon, eggs, hash browns, ect.—isn’t on my list of what I can eat. You see, I’ve put myself on a diet—again.
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| Yes, I was a skater girl |
I’m over weight—there, I’ve said it. I stepped on the scale yesterday and started
to cry. Never again will I be that athletic girl who could eat
anything she wanted and not gain an ounce.
SOOOOO, here’s my madness. As a writer, I sit on my butt for
hours at a time, shoving whatever is easiest to make for a meal into my mouth.
I need advice. I need easy, quick meals that travel well and won’t give me that
just-gave-birth look that I’m currently experiencing.
Any suggestions?
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