I met Ni'cola who is originally from Jamaica when both of us were on an authors panel in Las Vegas. I was quite impressed with her "can do" spirit and asked to interview her. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/nicolamRead more... )

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Spotlight: Introduction to First Chapter Plus and two new books

exm.nr/choices2Writer's Tricks of the Trade - Making a choice - Part II Todays column explores tricks writers can use to draw the reader into the character's emotions. Dreams and delays are discussed in this ongoing series. Tricks of the Trade runs every Tuesday in the Las Vegas edition of www.examiner.com

Spotlight: Sabrina Sumsion helps spread the word - Publicist Sabrina Sumsion is in the Spotlight this week. She really knows the business of publicity and promotion.

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Here is the link to the Spotlight in today’s Examiner.com: http://bit.ly/SpotJun15Read more... )

Today my Spotlight on Examiner.com is on Las Vegas Clark County Library and Julie Okabayashi. They offer such tremendous support to Las Vegas authors and provide great free entertainment and educational programs to the community. I wanted to talk to Julie and make people aware of what the behind the scenes people do to bring all of this to the ( Read more... )

With more and more readers writing book reviews on sites like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, other on-line bookstores and their own blogs, here are a few tips that will make it easier ( Read more... )

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As Thanksgiving draws closer, I realize that for the very first time none of my children (adults now) will be at the dinner. In fact, this year we will have the smallest dinner we've ever had -- only eight to ten people ( Read more... )