Thanks to Tor Books I won a copy of the novel FlashForward through a contest on Twitter. I’ve also been watching the series on TV (actually on the ABC site as Thursday nights have way too much on at the same time! I’m a week be

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When my gaze came across the man-sized raven I thought my heart would stop. It walked through the death shrouded streets as if the Grim Reaper could not touch it. A wide brimmed black hat adorned its head, the ensemble filled out with black cloak, black leggings, a touch of white at the cuffs and a ruffle around his neck. Its glassy, oversized eyes stared at everything around it, its long beak as dark as night. There were no wings that I could see. But it didn’t need them. It walked the streets… Continue

Audio Books are becoming all the rage of late. But there’s one thing about them I do not understand. The pricing!

My husband started looking into them because he has a long commute to work plus he doesn’t have a lot of free time to read. He picked some up from Half Price Books to check them out to see if they were something he might like. And he did. Then I started looking at what he was paying for the things even devalued and almost had a heart attack.

The pricing on these things is insane! A… Continue

WOW! Women on Writing Sponsored E-Course: New Class Starts September 7, 2009.
PUBLISH THAT BOOK: How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal That Sells

Nowadays, big publishers simply don't read unsolicited material. They depend on agents to muck through the "slush pile" in search of the gems. If you want to get a book published, knowing and using the correct format for a book proposal is paramount.

Nonfiction books -- a market easier to break into than fiction -- are the backbone of publis… Continue

The deadline to take John Foxjohn’s class, 8 Steps to Murdering a Manuscript is May 27, 2009.

KOD, an online chapter of RWA, offers the class and more information or sign up is at this link:

http://www.rwamysterysuspense. org/coffin. html

The class begins June 1 and lasts until June 30.

John has taught this class many times in person and online, but for one day or a week—this will be the most comprehensive writing class he has taught online.

The class will include opening hooks, pace and fl… Continue