Formatting in Word

I've been getting quite a few questions about formatting lately. Even I have to admit, it can be a tricky sucker. For many years (many, many), I've dealt with formatting documents in Word and various other word processing software, including teaching people how to format. One key thing that few realize is that every key stroke you make adds code to your document. Now in the old days, that was extremely important because we had very little space to save documents. So you didn't want your document bloated with unwanted code.

Poll for Review

Okay, Everyone, Tobi over at Forget the Housework I'm Reading Blog has a poll going to help her decide her next book to review. She's got a gift card and it's burnin' a hole in the drawer, she's so eager to spend it!

Silver Demon Cover Reveal

The day has finally arrived! I have been looking forward to releasing the cover for Silver Demon and here it is! 

 So, what do you think? Please comment and share your thoughts (as it's never too late to make a few changes)!

Indie Author Blog Hop WINNERS!

And the winners are:

Vengeance of the Wolf: Emmalee Clark

Zombies for Breakfast: Rachel Vessar

Historical Romance Collection: Lisa Cox

Congratulations all!

Feature: Zombies for Breakfast by Rebecca Boshee

Check out this cool author I've found recently along with her new novel:

Description from Goodreads:

Payson is a pharmacist with a penchant for the underdog. Sean is the underdog who tries to rob her of prescription sleeping meds but winds up warding off another thief instead. Before Payson can decide whether to thank Sean for the unexpected heroics or turn him in for attempted robbery, she learns a disturbing truth: chivalry may not be dead, but Sean is.

Indie Author Book Hop

Welcome to the Indie Author Blog Hop!

June 13 - June 19

Write What You Know

Everyone is always saying, "You should write what you know." But what is that? People know a ton of information and can look up gobs more on the Internet. I suppose most of the information we know is quite useless or so common that everyone already is aware of it. So that leaves us with the question, What should we write about?

A New Look for My Website

Check out the new look for my website! Here's the banner:

Very similar to the blog header...which it was supposed to be. I wanted to try to have a consistent look for the blog and website. 

Be sure and check out the spinning book and let me know what you think!

Review: Restoree by Anne McCaffrey

I love, love Anne McCaffrey's writing, and the book I've chosen for this post is one of my favorites (and I didn't even realize it was her first novel until just today).

Description from back of my paperback:

She was a Restoree!

Kidnapped: Torn from Earth by a bizarre and nameless black force, Sara had no idea where she was or why she was in a beautiful new body...

Enslaved: Controlled by brutal guards and tamed by terror, she could not comprehen her role as a nurse for a man who appeared to be an idiot...

Awakened: But once she discovered that the planet she had been brought to was Lothar and that the man she was caring for was its Regent, Sara knew they had to escape--and fast.

And when they did, they became fugitives on a world of multiple evils--bound together on a daring adventure that would either join them for all time...or separate them forever!

NOR: Summer Scavenger Hunt...and a Blog Bonus!

Reblogged from Ash Krafton:


Welcome, web hunters!

I'm thrilled to be a part of Night Owl Reviews SUMMER FUN WEB HUNT! I can't believe all the great prizes that are up for grabs. Talk about booty! Check it out folks!

Recipes from Cookin' Mimi

One of my blogging buddies has some awesome receipes out for the summer! Things like: Italian Grilled Chicken, Barbecue Salad, and Deviled Eggs! Umm, umm, umm!

So check out Cookin' Mimi!

http://cookingmimi.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/favorite-summer-recipes/

Life Gives Us Lemons!

I can't believe these parents! (It's sooo something I would do and probably did.) ;)
Poor little babies.






I hope this brightens your day, as it did mine!

Women Get the Vote

The 19th Amendment passed the Senate on this day in 1919!
American women gained the right to vote!

Feature: Smilodon by Alan Nayes

Feast your eyes on a new creature thriller by Alan Nayes today called Smilodon.

Thank you, Caron, for the opportunity to introduce readers to one of my recent releases. SMILODON is what I term a creature thriller. I’ve always found the subgenre entertaining and the stories—whether in book version or movie—never fail to capture the public’s attention. Popular examples are JAWS, the ALIEN movies, RELIC, JURRASIC PARK, and many more. You get the picture.

Since publishing THE UNNATURAL, my first creature thriller, I’ve been dying (pun only intended) to pen another one. SMILODON is my terrestrial JAWS so to speak. Like the huge prehistoric predator in the story, this book will grab on to the reader and not let go. The story is about a huge cat that goes on the rampage in the wilderness of north central Idaho.

Hope you enjoy it, and again, thank you, Caron, for having me on your blog.

Synopsis

Seven years after a near-fatal mauling by a grizzly bear, in which his only son was killed, Jason Bristol, a one time prize-fighter and expert animal tracker, is back in the woods tracking again--when he’s not nursing the nearest fifth of whiskey.

Witch World by Andre Norton

People are always asking me about my favorite books and what I enjoyed. Well, the book that really started it all for me was Witch World. Now that sounds as if it should be something like Witches of Eastwick but it's not.

Description from Goodreads:

Ex-colonel Simon Tregarth was a hunted man--and the hunt was beginning to come to its inevitable deadly end. Tregarth was desperate, and his situation required a desperate solution. His only alternative was wild beyond imagining--sorcery.

Simon was forced to give himself up to the mysterious Siege Perilous, the ancient stone of Power. It would judge him, determine his worth, and then deliver him into a world in which his mind and spirit should be at home.

Simon Tregarth's lot would pit him against an uncanny world where the laws of nature operated... differently. Where in fact, "magic" was science. For Simon Tregarth there would be no return, he could never escape from the WITCH WORLD