tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2034339266640575471..comments2024-03-29T02:21:55.153-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: The Scoop!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21209540788183961222013-12-30T12:59:16.145-05:002013-12-30T12:59:16.145-05:00I'm trying to catch up on the Reds' blog, ...I'm trying to catch up on the Reds' blog, as I've had family and grands for the past five days. Today, I get some quiet time.<br /><br />As I read through all of the upcoming books and events for the Jungle Red authors, I truly felt like a kid in a candy shop. So many delicious treats popping up for me to grab. Lucky for me and the rest of your readers, you ladies don't seem to have an off button. Last year was the year I became acquainted with this power group of talent, and I now have so much to look forward to every year. <br />Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17608526814719610002013-12-29T19:34:44.088-05:002013-12-29T19:34:44.088-05:00Very exciting, Mary! Crossing fingers!
And we ar...Very exciting, Mary! Crossing fingers!<br /><br />And we are so excited for Annette, too!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62985153157698792452013-12-29T19:17:03.861-05:002013-12-29T19:17:03.861-05:00Sounds like my 2014 is going to be filled with rea...Sounds like my 2014 is going to be filled with reading. And helping friends celebrate their new releases, including my friend Annette, whose debut book comes out in March from Henery, and the second comes out in the fall.<br /><br />As for me, the print version of my first middle-grade should be out, as well as the third volume in the series (digital and print). I want to submit more short fiction to various places and finish my first Laurel Highlands novel. Oh, and I AM going to attend Lee Lofland's WPA in the fall.<br /><br />I am also (gulp) going to start more aggressively marketing for freelance copyediting/proofreading, as well as book formatting for those who want to go indie, but hire out the formatting. It's slightly scary, which as a friend of mine would say, means it's probably the right thing to do.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70841516435769619082013-12-29T18:49:30.891-05:002013-12-29T18:49:30.891-05:00Kim, hmmm....good plan! xo
Kim, hmmm....good plan! xo<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63647874106158254332013-12-29T17:10:34.556-05:002013-12-29T17:10:34.556-05:00No, I have no household help (and you'll know ...No, I have no household help (and you'll know it when you visit my house)! And I sleep 7-8 hours/night. Maybe I'm efficient? Sure doesn't feel like it sometimes... But thanks for your support and cheers, friends.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35434778436370261482013-12-29T16:56:24.359-05:002013-12-29T16:56:24.359-05:00Hank, I've invited myself to the Tucson festiv...Hank, I've invited myself to the Tucson festival the past 2 years in a row :)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354719566758459929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85568861200984293492013-12-29T16:40:23.593-05:002013-12-29T16:40:23.593-05:00YAy, Fran! Keep us posted...
And paulabuck, that ...YAy, Fran! Keep us posted...<br /><br />And paulabuck, that sounds fascinating!<br /><br />Tucson festival? LOVE to go...maybe they'll invite me some time!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38563633168597963842013-12-29T16:39:38.446-05:002013-12-29T16:39:38.446-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84626532125072040042013-12-29T14:43:24.509-05:002013-12-29T14:43:24.509-05:00Deb, I hope to see you in Tucson - I will be on 2 ...Deb, I hope to see you in Tucson - I will be on 2 panels (1 mystery and 1 lit) and possibly moderating one of the mystery panels. I believe Rhys will also be there. Anyone else? It would be so wonderful to meet face to face!!<br /><br />And Lucy, I'm definitely productive when it comes to organizing :) It's the execution that requires the extra nudge!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354719566758459929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67438749008395002972013-12-29T14:39:51.444-05:002013-12-29T14:39:51.444-05:00Good luck Fran! fingers crossed...
Kim, delighted...Good luck Fran! fingers crossed...<br /><br />Kim, delighted we could inspire--sounds like you're pretty darn productive anyway...<br /><br />And Kay--congrats on the audio stipend!<br /><br />And Karen, I one time got paid a dollar a word for a pretty big article in GOLF FOR WOMEN. I think it paid more than the advance on my first novel LOL. And the best part was, the subject was about my golf mysteries. The editor kept emailing to say we want more about the stories and the character and your research. So, paid well to blab about myself!<br />Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47426619547694470622013-12-29T14:11:21.157-05:002013-12-29T14:11:21.157-05:00*gulp* The book I've been writing with my son ...*gulp* The book I've been writing with my son (first in a series, prequel and part of book 2 in process) will be ready to shop for an agent and publisher. Now the scary stuff starts!<br /><br />Happy New Year, each and every one of you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948961876922235502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24727340493019320562013-12-29T13:24:57.239-05:002013-12-29T13:24:57.239-05:00Edith, your titles crack me up! Farmed and Dangero...Edith, your titles crack me up! Farmed and Dangerous! And I agree, you must never sleep. I want you to come and organize me.<br /><br />We are a busy bunch, and I am, as always, inspired by all of you.<br /><br />I forgot to mention that THE SOUND OF BROKEN GLASS was voted one of the Best Mysteries of 2013 by iTunes! Pretty cool. And that I will be at Tucson Festival of Books in March, and then Left Coast Crime in Monterrey. And Bouchercon next fall, too. Hoping to see some of you along the way.<br /><br />(And no, none of that is my news, so you'll just have to wait another week or two:-))Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37461427908526611652013-12-29T12:10:28.848-05:002013-12-29T12:10:28.848-05:00Looks like reading is on my resolution list! Since...Looks like reading is on my resolution list! Since many books are still boxed up from the move I will have to shop for new ones...Darn! <br /><br />My project this year is to put down on paper my swirling mess of ideas for a presentation (or twelve...I have a lot of ideas!) on the importance of play in preschool and how play can be used to meet learning standards in early childhood education. (It will be more interesting that than description. Really!)paulabucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24043346288435795782013-12-29T11:35:27.674-05:002013-12-29T11:35:27.674-05:00Of course, Hank! Wish I could make some of the ear...Of course, Hank! Wish I could make some of the early-in-the-year mystery conferences this year. Would love to see you sooner than Bouchercon, but I'll just have to be patient :)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354719566758459929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15165363198305000582013-12-29T11:07:47.256-05:002013-12-29T11:07:47.256-05:00Miss Edna is glad to hear about so many great book...Miss Edna is glad to hear about so many great books coming out in 2014!Susan Elia MacNealhttp://www.susaneiamacneal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80626716354468951512013-12-29T10:57:16.588-05:002013-12-29T10:57:16.588-05:00Yeah, writing is generally not the way to wealth. ...Yeah, writing is generally not the way to wealth. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57104009244643942012013-12-29T10:51:02.843-05:002013-12-29T10:51:02.843-05:00Kim! Love to see you..and of course you'll blo...Kim! Love to see you..and of course you'll blog on Jungle REd about EVERY one of those, right? xoxo<br /><br />Can't wait to hear details..Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33757056457387263242013-12-29T10:34:13.857-05:002013-12-29T10:34:13.857-05:00I have to tell you, reading this post just gave me...I have to tell you, reading this post just gave me the inspirational boost I need. I always spend the last week of each year looking back on what I have accomplished and setting goals for the upcoming year. It can be a daunting exercise, but everything I hope to do feels much more achievable after reading how devoted to and enthusiastic you all are about the books you're working on. <br /><br />I will be finishing up a women's fiction novel (to be published under a pen name); writing the first volume in my new LA 1970s mystery series; and continuing work on next Asia novel (which I foresee being done in about 2 years). <br /><br />I am so grateful to all of the Reds, and to everyone who comments here, for being so candid and generous with their writing lives. Many thanks to you all, and Happy New Year!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354719566758459929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4283299768661520782013-12-29T10:27:01.764-05:002013-12-29T10:27:01.764-05:00Joan E, thank ou! That's exactly what we rely ...Joan E, thank ou! That's exactly what we rely on..xoxoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41316375182570183542013-12-29T10:26:10.085-05:002013-12-29T10:26:10.085-05:00KAren in Ohio? Fifty cents a word, huh? SOunds kin...KAren in Ohio? Fifty cents a word, huh? SOunds kind of good, actually...and what fun to se those articles be successful! That's a true talent..Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4255766509028553042013-12-29T10:24:24.982-05:002013-12-29T10:24:24.982-05:00Edith, amazing. I love the title Farmed and Danger...Edith, amazing. I love the title Farmed and Dangerous.<br /><br />Kaye, terrific!<br /><br /><br />Denise Ann..you never know, right? Love to your and your writing group!<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24156455734981222112013-12-29T09:41:36.886-05:002013-12-29T09:41:36.886-05:00So much fun reading everyone's news! (Debs yo...So much fun reading everyone's news! (Debs you are a minx). It is so cool to know such smart, successful women. Congratulations, everyone, on all these terrific accomplishments. <br /><br />We've just come back from a few days in Birmingham with Donald's family, and we'll be going back in February. I was invited to participate in Murder in the Magic City and am very much looking forward to it. And looking forward to seeing our Julia there.<br /><br />While we were gone I learned that Audible accepted WHIMSEY's stipend request, which means it is now eligible for a $100 per-finished-hour production stipend, paid for by Audible. That stipend is very helpful in attracting professional readers in my quest for narrators. Now I have to get busy listening to auditions and make a decision so I can get Whimsey out in its new audio version.<br /><br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40667908789566219272013-12-29T08:50:38.421-05:002013-12-29T08:50:38.421-05:00So much good news for the Reds. And Edith, I agree...So much good news for the Reds. And Edith, I agree with Hallie--you must be the most efficient person on the planet, and have household help. Or never sleep. <br /><br />I'm kicking off the new year with a writing assignment, my second for the same magazine. The editor asked me to write several articles last year for a new, once-a-year domicile edition, and one of the articles (on kitchen & bath trends) got rewritten for the show program for the kitchen & bath show. My article was the only one in the program. This assignment is for the upcoming home & garden show program for the same promoter, who happens to be an old, old friend of our family. (Total coincidence, but a lovely one.)<br /><br />It doesn't pay gobs of money, just 50 cents a word (half of what I got paid for articles in the 80's, sigh), but it's fun to exercise that part of my brain again.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10915046453392281482013-12-29T08:45:33.604-05:002013-12-29T08:45:33.604-05:00Congratulations, all you Reds!! Like Joan, I expec...Congratulations, all you Reds!! Like Joan, I expect to be busy reading, reading, reading.<br /><br />I am in a writing group, "Falmouth Fiction," and am working hard on a mystery. Someday . . . <br /><br />Meanwhile, visiting grandbabies.Denise Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790883493798517829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81667785196833859032013-12-29T08:27:11.682-05:002013-12-29T08:27:11.682-05:00Congratulations on all that news Edith!
Julia, bu...Congratulations on all that news Edith!<br /><br />Julia, but waiting for your book is such sweet, agonizing anticipation...<br /><br />Debs, you're killing us!!!!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.com