Gertrude Atherton – Shocking Victorian California by Kirsten Weiss The Californians, published in 1898, was my first introduction to Gertrude Atherton. The novel is creepy. The novel is gothic. And the novel was scandalous when first published. Gertrude wrote from life. Gertrude was born on October 30, 1857, in San Francisco. Childhood finances were sketchy…
Sounds like a bad riddle, doesn’t it? For me, they were the Fab Triumvirate of items that kept me sane during the past two weeks, while I was speed-writing with a group of fellow first-draft writers. We were writing the “Emotion Draft” – a program put together by the multi-talented Rachel Funk Heller, who designed…
Thanks to the fabulous Kirsten Weiss, a fellow Misterio Press author who writes the Riga Hayworth series of super-cool, humorous paranormal detective stories, I now have a book trailer for my debut mystery, Dangerous and Unseemly. I’ll tell you a bit more about Kirsten in a minute, after you check out the video: Isn’t that terrific?…
Hi, everyone! Yesterday, I had the privilege of giving a talk to two sixth grade classes about writing novels. The Language Arts teacher is just starting a novel-writing unit that’s really cool, where the kids will come out of the process with a 30-50 page novel of their own creation, illustrated, bound and “published.” So…
Hi, everyone! We’re nearly finished with the book tour, and it’s been a blast. Thank you all for taking the tour with me, and I hope you’ve enjoyed meeting the fab writers and bloggers along the way. Karen McFarland and I will get together over at her place on Wed, April 3rd, where I’ll announce the…
Hi, everyone! YA author and t.v. maven Tiffany White is interviewing me over at The Ooo Factor today. She’s a fab friend; I always enjoy chatting with her! Come join us – we’re talking about gardening, movies and t.v. shows (including our favorite, Survivor), and, oh yeah, my book! And Tiffany has the LAST TWO trivia questions for…
For the next stop in my book tour, I’m at the fabulous Lair Sapir’s site today, with my purple-prosey short-short story, “A Date with Death.” I was channeling posing as Mickey “Quick Gun” Marlowe at the time I wrote it, so it’s not in my usual “style,” so to speak. You probably remember Laird: she’s responsible for…
Hi, everyone! Time for my next stop in the book tour: writer Rachel Funk Heller’s “Social Alchemy” site. She and I are chatting about 19th century bustles, bicycle outfits, college classes, and more. Hope you get a chance to visit! Until next time, Kathy Be the first to like. Like Unlike
