Review of Daisy Chain February 28, 2009

 
Review of Daisy Chain, by Mary E. DeMuth: 
A few years ago, I read Watching the Tree Limbs from the fresh new literary voice of Mary E. DeMuth. Immediately I found myself drawn to her artful prose and looked forward to her next offering. I was happy when her next novel, Wishing on Dandelions came out six months [...]

Novels of Hope Contest Winners! February 27, 2009

 
Congratulations to the winners of my Novels of Hope contest! If you didn’t win, come back because we’ll have another big contest soon to celebrate the upcoming release of Rose House.
I used an online randomizer to come up with the winners and here they are:
First Prize: Dahn
Second Prize: Jennifer Ingersoll
Third Prize: Camille
Here is the long [...]

Guest Post at Writer Interrupted February 24, 2009

Today I posted about Getting Organized Before You Get Published over at Writer Interrupted.
Quick Update: There were a ton of entries for the Novels of Hope Contest. I’ll contact and post the winners by end of week.

Wyoming Women Writers February 19, 2009

I’m very excited to be featured in the latest issue of Wyoming Library Roundup, published by the Wyoming Library Association.
You can read it here: Wyoming Library Roundup: Wyoming Women Writers.
The article about me is on page 20 and 21, but the whole issue is dedicated to women authors in Wyoming, including Alexandra Fuller, Tina Welling, and others. [...]

Inspiring Fiction and Family Secrets February 18, 2009

 
Inspiring Novels: We’ve been talking for the past few weeks about novels that inspire readers (Visit the  Novels of Hope Contest Link here to see the comments. Last day to enter is Feb. 20th). There have been some really interesting novel ideas left. Several of you mentioned The Shack, which I also liked. Others mentioned Eat, Pray, [...]

How Do You Brainstorm? February 16, 2009

(If you are looking for the contest click this link: Novels of Hope Contest.)
One thing about finishing my latest novel, Rose House, and it being sent off to press is that I find myself strangely with no deadlines. All I can do is write. Imagine a writer having nothing to do but write!
One of the things [...]

Novels of Hope Prizes February 10, 2009

I’ve put together a list of the prize packages for the Novels of Hope Contest.
HOW TO ENTER: Click  Here or scroll down to the next post to enter. (I’ll count your entry here, but prefer you leave it on the actual contest post.)
Grand Prize Box of Books:
You Could Win! Enter by February 20th.
Daisy Chain (autographed copy!), by [...]

Novels of Hope Contest February 9, 2009

                                                             
Simply leave a comment about a book that really inspired you if you don’t want to do any of the other steps. For EXTRA points, just follow the directions below.
Click here to see  the Grand Prize, as well as 2nd and 3rd Prizes including a ton of books and a few DVDs!
This is how the works:

Leave a comment telling me [...]