Still going strong on the virtual book tour. Today’s stop is a short review on BCF Reviews. http://bcfreviews.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/one-small-victory-by-maryann-miller/ Yesterday I forgot to list one of the stops, so here is a link to that one. http://www.thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/ Here I got to write a bit more about how the central character was developed. I always find it …
Day five of my virtual book tour. Or it could be day six, I don’t know. I’ve lost track. I admire folks who can keep up with a jillion things at one time and make it look so easy. Me, I have to spit my gum out so I can type. Anyway, the tour is …
Welcome to the Blog Train Scavenger Hunt, chugging from url to url. I hope you enjoy this brief stop at my blog. Somewhere on this page, you’ll find a hidden word, plainly labeled, that is part of a famous saying…not too famous though, so you’ll have to use some brain power to assemble all the …
The tour started up again today after a weekend off. Today I am featured athttp://www.thebookmuncher.blogspot.com/ I got to post about a crazy booksigning event at a senior center. We writers must choose our audiences carefully. 🙂 And don’t forget the “Blog Train Excursion” starting today. This is a great chance to win a bunch of …
A writer friend came up with this great idea for a new contest. It’s called “Blog Train Excursion” and it’s a scavenger hunt for words. Contestants will visit a series of blogs to find words to complete a famous quote and the winner will receive a virtual prize basket containing sixteen e-books, one of which …
I am starting a virtual book tour this month to promote my new book, One Small Victory. This is a new twist on the standard author tour that used to take authors across the country to meet readers in bookstores and other venues. Publishers used to arrange the tours, especially for big name authors, and …
A growing health problem in the United States is people who cannot get medical care because they don’t have a primary doctor for referrals. An article in the September AARP Bulletin addresses the shortage of primary care doctors and it doesn’t bode well for the future. It doesn’t bode well for the present, either. More …
My good friend and fellow author, Laura Castoro, once told me that women are the heart of a home and no matter whether we like it or not, we set the tone for the atmosphere at home. We were both bemoaning the fact that husbands can get mad and storm around and everyone has to …
I had to check the date of the newspaper to make sure I had not somehow picked up an April 1st edition and this was a joke. But it wasn’t. The Dallas Independent School District has released new grading policies, which officials there say will help students excel, but has many parents and young people …
This morning while reading some news items on CNN online, I ran across this announcement: “A U.S. District Court judge lifted travel restrictions Thursday for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick so he can attend the Democratic National Convention August 25-28 in Denver, Colorado. The judge also said the beleaguered public official could remove his monitoring device. …
