Part 1: Honesty is the Best Policy by Susan R. Stoltz
  “It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”—Mark Twain.    As I’ve said in past blogs, in my quest for honest marketing I’ve run into many people who make claims that are patently untrue in the hopes that they will ‘snag’ readers and generate enthusiasm. Along that same vein I found it interesting that this week a judge r(..)

Two Books to Edit in One Week!   Well, I can honestly say that, although I write about 5,000 words a week, none of that is on novels. Magazine articles, newspaper columns and articles, blogs and short stories have been my major focus. But this week TWO, count em, TWO novels in one week. When you’re on a deadline for a publishing company you get things done on time and in order.    The first, The Part-Time Thief and Other Appraisal Stories Volume 1, went ou(..)

 Occasionally I take a break from writing to do some design work. This is something I used to do quite frequently for the magazine and for other organizations. It’s enjoyable and a nice vacation from words, words, words.   Deborah Kunzie, my illustrious Webmaster, is quite talented at formatting books for Amazon Kindle, and the many different e-book platforms as well as designing websites. She recently opened her own e-book publishing company called Garlic Press and aske(..)

I turned the knob and pushed it open.  There it was, coiled and ready. The large rattler was right in the front entryway in a patch of sunlight coming through the windows.

I shut the door as fast as I could but he struck before I had it quite pulled to. Missing his mark he coiled and struck again and again.  (..)

“Dave,” I said, “The house is within the fall zone of an electrical tower.” “What kind of electrical tower are we talking?” he said. “The great big metal kind that King Kong would climb,” I said in a snarky voice. “The kind that would crush a house and electrocute everyone within blocks.” “Well, are there other houses around?” he asked. “Yes.  What are you suggesting, that it’s better to be electroc(..)