OOPS, CORRECTION!

I recently discovered that the manner in which I’d set up to order my book through CreateSpace, had an extra ‘p’ in it, and therefor would not take you to the right place. I have corrected that and made it an easy link to click on, so I hope that those of you who’d like to order MOTHER LODE that way will be able to do so with ease.

I am looking forward to my reading from my book Thursday evening with other authors at Why There Are Words, at 3333 Caledonia, in Sausalito. If you live in the Bay Area would love to see you there at 7:00.

Coming up next: More on these later.

A reading at Book Passage March 18,                                                                                   Marin Fringe Festival–performing 3 monologues I wrote, various dates in April.

Blessings,

Carol

 

IT’S ALREADY FEBRUARY!

Hi Everyone,

I guess I’ve been delinquent in keeping up my blog–not a good way to start out the new year. Well, here’s the news from my end.

I will have a reading from MOTHER LODE this Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7:00, along with some other authors at 333 Caledonia in Sausalito. This is sponsored by Peg Purcell, and the prestigious series she sponsors called Why There Are Words. I’m quite excited about this. There’s always a full house, and Peg brings in some excellent authors. I’m honored to have been chosen. If you’re in the Bay Area, please try to come.

I have two people who are looking for a film maker for MOTHER LODE. They feel the material is so graphic and has to be a film! If any of you reading this know of someone who might be interested in this project, please let me know.

If you’re a writer, please leave a comment, and let’s get acquainted.

Blessings,

Carol                                                                                                               ”Believe, define and create what you desire.”

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sunset, Oceanside, CA

As I say good-bye to 2011, I give thanks for the rewards of my creative endeavors. MOTHER LODE, my first novel was published. A play of mine was produced, and I read my poetry on a Bay Area Radio station. I am very grateful for the response to all my creative endeavors.

As I look forward to 2012, I hope to have another year of artistic creations. I will share with you that I have begun a new novel, (Don’t hold your breath.) I’m sure those of you who enjoyed MOTHER LODE will appreciate another story with Sheriff Earl Foster. I will tell you more as I move along inside the year of 1913.

In the meantime, I wish you all a year full of adventures, happy surprises, good health, happiness and prosperity. Be kind to yourselves, and read.

Love,

Carol

Reading of MOTHER LODE in Oceanside, CA.

Hi all,

My friend and I are in Southern California for the week–just as cold as Northern California! But we’re right on the beach watching incredible sunsets, and listening to the surf roar in. We’ve watched lots of skilled surfers too–amazing the dance some of them can do on the waves. It’s fun to watch them.

Stuart encouraged me to offer to do a reading of MOTHER LODE here at the resort. They ‘loved’ the idea, and I had a chance to promote it at a wine and cheese Happy Hour here last night, as well as posters around the place. This should be kind of fun–Friday evening at 7:00.

For you writers out there, I’ve found I sell more books at non-book functions than at book organizations or fairs. I sold six at a party last week. Next I may try retirement homes in the Bay Area. Would love to hear your ideas.

Yesterday we went to Balboa Park to see the I-Max movie of Under the Sea. Tomorrow we’ll be at an Art Museum, Saturday we’ll see a live production of Annie. Sunday we start home.

Read, write. even though you may never plan to publish, and remember books make great holiday gifts!

Happy Holidays,

Carol

Cougars in Michigan?

Hi Everyone,

Did you know about the Michigan cougar? They’re no longer native to Michigan, but animals as well as people migrate, so read below.

HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) — A cougar that officials believe migrated from the western U.S. has been caught on camera for a third time in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday the wildcat was photographed by a trail camera Nov. 13 just north of Hancock. They say it’s probably the same animal that was photographed twice in September. (Hmm, that’s when I was there.) The first time was in Ontonagon County and the second was in adjacent Houghton County, about 15 miles south of Hancock. The cougar was wearing a radio collar. Western states are the only ones that have collared cougars for research, so officials assume the Michigan cat came from there. The last known wild cougar in Michigan was killed in 1906, but there have been several verified sightings in the U.P. in recent years.

Are you getting ready for Christmas? Don”t forget to put books on your list . If you have any children on your list, books make wonderful, lasting gifts for the kids.

I’m off for warmer climes next week–a week in S. California at Oceanside, right on the beach.  (No, it isn’t that warm in the Bay Area, but we have had a lot of sunny days. I will be taking my laptop, so we can stay in touch.

Happy Holidays to all,

Carol

Books for Christmas

Books have always made wonderful gifts with my family and friends. It’s not too soon to be thinking about what you’d like to give your favorite people this holiday season. Books are a great idea–especially if you know what kind of book your special people like.

I enjoy mysteries of any kind and novels in which I learn about another culture, another time, in a pace that keeps me involved, and a skill in writing that doesn’t insult my intelligence.

MOTHER LODE is such a book. It’s a mystery. It’s an historical novel. A lot of research went into it–”on location”, as they say, as well as in books. In MOTHER LODE you learn what it was like living in a mining community in the cold north of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the late 1800s. You learn the way they spoke, food (see my blog on pasties,) the mores of the day, living conditions of the poor vs the wealthy, and the press. You’ll read about the mixture of cultures from many different countries–how they got along or didn’t, what happens when there’s no such thing as Child Protective Services. All this education within the excitement of reading a good mystery–one that many readers have said they couldn’t put down. So why wait? Get it for yourself and for others now, in time for Christmas.

And Happy Holidays to you! I hope you are gifted with some good reads.

Carol

Nifty Marketing Sites

For you writers out there, and anybody else trying to sell something, you probably have heard–over and over–that Social Media is essential if you want to catch the attention of prospective buyers. I admit I didn’t jump on the bandwagon of Facebook, etc. when it came out–in fact I stayed away from it. But everything I read and heard from the experts told me, “Hey, if you want to be noticed,  you have to do it.” OK. So I started with this blog, and I’m a Facebook (sort of). But I know I have to do more with these sites. An url I discovered tonight called Hubspot has a way of integrating all these sites together, so you only have to write once! I’m going to look into this.

At a BAY AREA INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION (BAIPA) this Saturday the speaker, Patricia V. Davis,  gave us several sites which would be useful in learning more about Social Media. I offer a couple to you here:

dani@blogtour.com and www.janefriedman.com. She also said Morris Rosenthal’s book, Print on Demand Publishingis a must if that’s what you’re planning to do.

‘Til next time,

Carol