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Weekly
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February 5 - 11, 2012
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Punxsutawney
Phil says "Six more weeks of Lousy
Winter!"
XX"I
think people like puzzles. The element
of mystery is what keeps us reading any
book, but when you give it center stage,
I think you get a real leg up in grabbing
a reader's attention. Mysteries are entertaining,
but a good mystery goes further in exploring
moral questions. That's why I love fiction.
It helps us explore what it is to be human.
And also, in the mystery novel, you come
upon a world in chaos but you know that
by the end of the novel, you'll find a
solution. In that sense, I think you can
call them contemporary morality plays.
You may not move from sadness to happiness,
but you do find resolution, and that's
comforting. In our normal, everyday lives,
we don't get much resolution. Mysteries
give us what CNN can't."
~Ellen Hart, mystery writer, in an interview
with Lynne Jamneck, Fall 2005
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What's
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New Article at Savvy Authors |
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at Savvy Authors is called "A
Purr-fect Place to Boost Your Writing
Skills" and it's about getting
the most out of conferences you might
attend. CLICK
HERE to read it, and please let
me know what you think! |
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1/23/12
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Different Dress |
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Lovely review of one of my older books,
Different Dress, at Terry's Lesfic
Reviews.
CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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1/20/12
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Bringing Out Your Backlist & Older
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writing for years and possess a "secret"
drawer - or hard drive - full of unpublished
manuscripts? Or did you publish some books,
they went out of print, and now you have
the rights back?
There's never been a better time to
resurrect old manuscripts and out-of-print
books and convert them to digital/electronic
books. In the last two years, e-books
for e-readers have become extremely
popular. It's time for you to get with
the new program!
See
more on this topic in my blog at
"Babbling
About Books, And More."
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1/18/12
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Buyer's Remorse at Gay/Lesbian
Fiction Excerpts |
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The latest novel is featured at the
Gay/Lesbian Fiction Excerpt site.
CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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Updated
1/2/12
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Big Time Excitement Here!! |
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How cool is this??
Cover Art by the talented Donna Pawlowski
who has been doing wonderful covers
for me since 2002.
JULY 10, 2012 can't come quickly enough
for the publication of this new book!!!
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Updated
12/30/11
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One of My Stories is in a New Anthology! |
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Writes of Spring is
set for an April release with the
launch party on April 7, 2012, Noon
- 4:00, at Once Upon A Crime Mystery
Bookstore in Minneapolis. It's being
published by Nodin Press.
My story is called "A Darker
Shade of Green."
CLICK
HERE to find out more at the
Once Upon A Crime website.
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12/18/11
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The Final Just About Write Article |
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Here's
my last article for Just About Write.
JAW is going into permanent hiatus. God
Bless Nann Dunne for being at the helm
of such a terrific e-zine for the last
eight years!
My article this month is called "Writing
Suspense: Techniques, Pacing, and Things
to Avoid." CLICK
HERE and scroll down a little
bit, and there it is. Let me know what
you think! |
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12/1/11
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Great Time at Murder By The Book! |
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Had a terrific time at Portland's mystery
bookstore. We had a nice-sized crowd,
and the lively audience asked a ton
of good questions. One of the owners,
Barbara Tom, is pictured with me below.
I highly recommend MBTB's wide selection
of new and used crime fiction, great
service, knowledgeable staff -- it's
just a lovely store!
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CLICK
HERE for more information about
Murder By The Book at the bookstore
website.
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NaNoWriMo Begins |
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November is National Novel Writing
Month, and I'm going to do the crash
course to get as much of JUMP THE GUN
out as possible. It's only two hours
into Day One, and I've got 1,470 words
to count (which are added to the nearly
15,000 I already had), so I'm working
it!
Wish me luck!
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11/1/11
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New Just About Write Article |
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It's the second to last article I'll
ever write for Just About Write. I'll
do one more for December, and then JAW
is going into permanent hiatus.
The article this month is called "SENSES
AND SENSIBILITY: Ways to Appeal To All
Types of Readers." CLICK
HERE and scroll down a little
bit, and there it is! |
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10/1/11
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New Interview at WOMEN & WORDS |
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Amazing author Andi Marquette interviewed
me recently. Check out the interview
by clicking
here, and find out some things
about me that you may have never known.
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9/17/11
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On Blogtalk Radio with Lara Z |
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If you missed hearing
the July 14th interview on Lara Z's
"Readings" program, CLICK
HERE and you can listen to the
On-Demand Episodes in the archives.
I had a great time chatting with Lara,
and she asked some great questions. |
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7/15/11
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Video of Jessie Chandler & me at True
Colors |
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When I was in the Twin Cities last
month for a joint appearance with Jessie
Chandler at True Colors Bookstore, the
Women Unlimited MN gals had a camera
crew there. They put together a video
clip that I have only just now seen!
I think Jessie was mostly hiding in
a corner though.
CLICK
HERE to view the short video.
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6/25/11
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site last updated on February 4, 2012
All contents of this
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Please contact lori (at) lorillake
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Jump
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7/10/12
Excerpt Coming Soon
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Movie
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for the Books
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Brenda Adcock's wizardry, there are now movie trailers,
complete with music, for my last two books. Click below
to see and turn on your speakers: |
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Shimmer
& Other Stories |
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Snow
Moon Rising |
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Bound/Printed
Books
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can be purchased through any bookseller or online. If
a store doesn't happen to have copies on hand, they will
order them for you. CLICK
HERE if you want to contact me to get autographed
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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution
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enormous variety of authors, and they're distributing
my eBooks and print books. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi, Sony, ePub,
and PDF formats. |
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Rainbow
E-Books
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| Rainbow Ebooks also carries a huge
variety of LGBT books by a variety of authors. CLICK
HERE to get my books in Mobi, HTML, and
ePub formats. |
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Kindle
E-Books
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| Amazon.com carries my books in the
Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader. |
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B&N
E-Books
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| Barnes & Noble - BN.com - carries
my books in their Nook E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Nook eReader. |
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Recent
Online Interviews & Articles
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| A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry. |
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Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI, has featured
a memoir piece I wrote called "There is
No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."
CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it.
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featured a long interview with me about writing,
creativity, book themes, etc. There are several
great stories featured in this issue as well as
other podcasts and interviews by a variety of terrific
authors. |
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I wrote three lengthy blogs at Lee
Lofland's site, The Graveyard Shift, about
firearms, law enforcement, and weaponry for PIs,
cops, sleuths, and bad guys. Click on the parts
below to read. Check these out:
Part
I - Guns, Guns, Guns
Part
II - Outfitting Your Sleuth(s)
Part
III - Outfitting Your Crooks -
and Yourself
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