Kicking it up a notch.

…with apologies to Emeril for stealing his signature line.

I’m going to be doing (and posting) an author interview here on my blog next Monday!  Donna Russo Morin is  a member of my beloved Rhode Island Romance Writers and a newly published author.  Her book, The Courtier’s Secret, is a Kensington release.

Which made me think.  Gosh.  I know a lot of other published authors that I’d love to write about.  You know, since my blog is SO popular.  ;)

Anyhow, if you’re a published author and you want to use me to promote you, please let me know.  I’d be glad to help.  I’m planning to post an interview each Monday.

 

But it’s got no illumination.

Yesterday I wondered what the monks who calligraphied those beautiful illuminated Bibles said about Gutenberg:

“Those mass-produced Bibles will never catch on. Would you want one of those in your church?”

“There aren’t any pictures.”

“It doesn’t smell like vellum and parchment. I like that smell.”

“I don’t know. If you don’t get ink all over your fingers, it’s not the same.”

“But there’s no idividuality. Every one of those books is exactly alike.”

And so on.

I’m seeing more and more articles and information about ebooks out there, and I have a feeling that we’re on the verge of something exciting. Get ready to roll, folks.  For every one of those folks who say, “I like books made out of paper! I like the texture/smell/taste (whatever) of the paper and ink,” there are five others who are happy to go green and save a tree by buying an electronic book. Incidentally, they also “reduce their carbon footprint” by not driving to the store to buy a book shipped by truck in a cardboard box filled with styrofoam peanuts, but by instantly downloading a book from the publisher.

I’m just wondering how long it will be before the Sony e- reader or the Kindle stop costing so much and become just one more gadget you can grab for $30 on your way past the register at Target.

I wonder what Gutenberg would think…?

 

Reviewed

It’s one of those moments you never forget.

I’d just finished writing the blurb for Dog-Gone But Not Forgotten, and I got my first review!

My toddler ran over, coughed, looked surprised– and threw up on my laptop.

I hope it’s not an omen.

 

New Year, new contract!

What a great way to start the new year!   I’ve got another contract, this one for my novella, Doggone  But Not Forgotten.

One woman.
One man.
One dog.

And one dead, but not-quite-yet-departed, matchmaking grandmother. . .

Journalist Carrie Moore left Rhode Island twenty years ago, determined never to return. When she inherits all Nana’s worldly possessions, her plan is simple. Sell them off and get back to Texas before she bumps into anyone she knows. Especially Jack, the boy who took her virginity the night of the senior prom and then took her best friend home, instead. But then she discovers Nana had one more possession that no one—not even her lawyer—knew about: a year-old Irish Wolfhound that is as large as pony and runs like one, too.  But when the beast runs into Jack—repeatedly—she starts to wonder. Especially when she starts to hear her Nana’s voice in the dog’s yips and yowls.  Is Ellie channeling Nana? And is Nana trying to right a 20-year-wrong with the man who broke her girlish heart?

When Animal Control Coordinator, Captain Jack Radigan, learns that the giant dog terrorizing his jurisdiction belongs to the lost love of his life, he’s more than on the case, he’s ready to live the “to protect and to serve” slogan painted on the door of his kennelized pick-up. Carrie needs protection from and for her out-of-control pet.  And it is his job to serve.  First, he’ll put his animal control techniques to work, and teach her how to tame the furry beast.  And then, he’ll teach her that this cop isn’t a bad dog, serving up the love he’s been keeping hot since high school.

It will be published by  Blade Publishing, a fairly new e-pub with some great ideas:

[Blade] was approached with an opportunity that [it] could not turn down. Cover model and actor Michael Elan has founded a non-profit organization called It’s Meow or Never, a rescue and sanctuary for animals. Blade will be supporting Michael’s organization through a series we have named, “PAWS For Thought.” Michael is thrilled with the project and will be gracing our debut covers.”

Doggone will be available sometime in 2009. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, check out Blade for some other great titles (particularly those of my critique partner and friend, Debora Dennis). And don’t be a pussy–check out It’s Meow or Never! (Oh, Lord. That was a real dog of a pun…[bwah-ha-haha..)