Archive for June, 2010
ConCarolinas Day Two
No, there wasn’t a Day One report, mainly because there wasn’t a whole lot to say. Can you guess how discouraging it is for a bookseller or any other vendor to man the tables for 6 hours and end up with hardly any sales? Seriously, folks, we didn’t even cover our Thursday night dinner bill [...]
June 6, 2010
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Growing Into Mysteries
Psst…look over there on the right. See? It’s a new poll! The last poll I ran, to choose your favorite genre, had some interesting results. At one time, about six weeks ago, I pointed out that hardly anyone had chosen any of the young adult/middle grade categories, which I found very surprising, but then quite [...]
June 5, 2010
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The Magic of Place
Carol Pepper wrote Beyond Blood, her first book, over a five year period while she traveled the globe lecturing to wealthy families. She drew on her extensive experience in the wealth management arena when writing this novel. Published in 2009, Beyond Blood is a Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist as well as an editor’s [...]
June 4, 2010
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ConCarolinas or Bust!!
Well, we’ll be leaving for ConCarolinas in Charlotte this morning, our first trip to this gathering of speculative fiction afficionados. The Guest of Honor is Jerry Pournelle, author of a bunch of science fiction books, many in collaboration with Larry Niven, and one of them is a favorite of mine. Lucifer’s Hammer is on my [...]
June 3, 2010
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A Writer’s Responsibility
Beth Terrell (writing as E. Michael Terrell) is the author of Racing the Devil, featuring Nashville private investigator Jared McKean. Beth is a member of MWA, Sisters in Crime, and the Private Eye Writers of America. She is also the Executive Director of the Killer Nashville Crime Literature Conference. Several months ago, our local Sisters [...]
June 1, 2010
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