by scottd | Oct 29, 2009 | Coffee, Keurig
Several months ago, I bought (after years of coveting) a Keurig coffeemaker. Maybe you’ve seen them? They just recently started advertising the product on television (in time for the holidays so Satan can get his claws on more caffeine-addicted souls). My Keurig...
by scottd | Oct 21, 2009 | Editing, Katherine Brandon, Kismet's Revenge, Nobody's Business
I iz editing Katherine Brandon’s second historical for The Wild Rose Press: Kismet’s Revenge.For me, the edit process is a little like getting ready for a big party. I play with different looks, put on lots of jewelry and then take pieces off, make sure my...
by scottd | Oct 16, 2009 | appearances, Author Talk
Visit the Dunes & Dreams blog for a great post by fellow speaker and chapter Vice President Debora Dennis. Despite heavy rain, a rental car, and (at one point) hydroplaning on a dark country road, the co-founders of Dunes & Dreams delivered the goods for our...
by scottd | Oct 15, 2009 | appearances, Author Talk, Booksignings
Join the members of Dunes & Dreams RWA at 6:30 tonight at the John Jermain Library in Sag Harbor for a very special roundtable discussion on the Ins and Outs of Publishing and the Eternal Appeal of Romance. I’ll be speaking with my bestest writing buddies,...
by scottd | Oct 10, 2009 | Booksignings, commercials, Television, Writing and authors
It’s early in the morning, cloudy outside and I’m not ready to get out of bed. So I click on the television and a cell phone commercial comes on. You know the one–where the guy’s watching some little girl post flyers of her lost dog. He clicks...