Thursday, April 26, 2007

A Serendipitious Meeting

Ok, so my book is being published by Publish America and they have message boards for the authors to talk, kibbitz, etc. A fellow author was looking for a review of her work, and I volunteered if she would review Mohican Lake in return. She agreed and we began.

Nancy Lindley-Gauthier's soon to be published book "A Case of Over-Kill" is well worh the read and a great mystery. She gave Mohican Lake a stellar review as well - you can read it on www.freewebs.com/mauraclegg.

After the reviews were done we were chit-chatting - both books are set in NH and we both grew up in MA. I told her that I grew up in North Reading, and her response... get ready - she grew up in NR too. Very strange......

Shows that you are never too far from your home town...at least if you are from North Reading you aren't

Monday, April 23, 2007

Authors Den

I have to say I didn't realize the size of the community of authors out there on the interst. There are so many of us with the same dream - to share our work with the world.

I just joined authors den and it is a wonderful place to read and meet new authors. I am looking forward to a great time there.

I have posted a couple of my older articles there to share with the community and have received some positive feedback.

It is a great feeling

Bringing Sisters Together


We went this past weekend and brought Riana to meet up with her 2 sisters for the first time in many years. Ashley is in the front and is 15, Alyssa is in the back with Riana and she is 13. They all look so much alike, but by looking at Alyssa we can see what Riana will look like when she gets older - except the other 2 girls have wavy/curly hair and Riana's is pin straight.

It was an interesting visit once I got over my initial nerves. The girls both are lovely and seemed to be very happy to have Riana back in their lives and I am glad that we did it.

We are looking forward to continuing the relationship so the girls will have each other for as long as they want.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Nothing New

Really, nothing new has happened.

Antoine's OTC was sustained in court the beginning of the week, so no changes there.

Riana is on vacation this week, so she is home with me and we have had at least 1 good day. I am realizing that the is a "spirited child" and I am going to read the book recommended to my by her doctor to help us to understand her better.

I finished the edit on Mohican Lake early this week with the help of Pleshette and Russell (yes, Russell helped me out A LOT). So, now I am waiting for the next phase of publication to begin.

Just joined www.authorsden.com - another resource for writers & readers

Monday, April 9, 2007

Easter

 


We got all dressed up and went out to dinner with my mom Saturday night for our pre-Easter dinner since mom was working all weekend. Riana and Antoine both looked almost too cute for words.
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Thursday, April 5, 2007

News on Mohican Lake

The publishing journey seems to be moving along a but quicker than I assumed. Mohican Lake has already been assigned an ISBN number and it is being sent back to me so I can check it for necessary editing - after that is completed it'll be about 6-8 weeks until publication.......