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How to keep going during NaNoWrimo or anytime
This month, I’m sure many of you are typing away hoping to meet the goal of 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month. And you should be halfway there. Earlier this month, my writing friend Bonnie Dodge and I gave a presentation at our local library on the annual event, namely how to prepare, good…
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Stories from my book, ‘Red Ridin” hits the stage
http://www.facebook.com/events/322927704472122/?ref=nf
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Getting a prize from David Trottier, the famous script consultant
Receiving the best short script award from David Trottier, also know as Dr. Format, at the Idaho Writers Guild conference. A wonderful honor and David is a nice man. This took place earlier this year but had misplaced the photo.
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The Weeping Woman is unleashed and released
When children begin disappearing in San Antonio, Detective Blue Rodriguez discovers the case echoes an old Mexican ghost story. The detective must confront her own past and come to terms with her visions of the dying to find the stolen children. That is the story behind my new paranormal crime thriller THE WEEPING WOMAN, now…
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My new paranormal crime thriller arrives soon
When children begin disappearing in San Antonio, Detective Blue Rodriguez discovers the case echoes an old Mexican ghost story. The detective must confront her own past and come to term with her visions of the dying to find the stolen children. My new paranormal thriller, THE WEEPING WOMAN, will be available soon from Sunbury Press.…
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Hauntings from the Snake River Plain is here
The new ghost anthology published by The Other Bunch Press is off the presses. It features fiction, nonfiction, poems and essays from 27 Idaho authors. Check out at http://www.hauntingsfromtheplain.wordpress.com about where to buy the book and book signings. I am a partner in The Other Bunch Press and also a contributor. I am very proud…
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How my crush on Gregory Peck helped me become a writer
I can’t remember exactly when it happened, only that I do remember that I fell madly in love with Gregory Peck as a kid. Maybe it sparked when he was Atticus Finch, or as Captain Ahab. (I thought the scar made by the white whale was sexy even before I knew what sexy was.) Perhaps,…
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What makes a story great? Watch ‘Winchester ’73’
It is no secret I am an uber movie fan. But aside from watching movies for pure entertainment, as a writer I also pay attention to what makes a movie great, particularly the story. Recently, I again watched one of my favs, “Winchester ’73″on TV and again remarked to my husband, “This is one great…
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From book to play
The University of Arizona’s etc…Educational Theatre Company in Tucson will produce a play “Red Ridin’ in the Hood and Dos Cuentos” based on three stories from my award-winning children’s book, “Red Ridin’ in the Hood and Other Cuentos,” a retelling of traditional fairy tales with Latino characters and culture. The etc… production will feature The…