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Feb.23.2013 Boiling Emotions like a pot of of rice boiling on the stove. The heat builds, the lid rattles, 'till the steam bursts at the surface, and everything spills out making a giant mess all over the stove. © annettealaine-2013	Mar.29.2012 My Love Affair with Book Marketing I’m probably one of the few authors on the planet who enjoys marketing her books. For me, thinking up fresh ways to get the word out about my novels is almost as much fun as creating the story and the characters. For my first novel, FREEZING POINT, I held an online book launch party that simulated...
Mar.20.2011 What it's like to visit an active volcano In April 2009, I traveled to Chaitén Volcano in Northern Patagonia, Chile, the setting for my next novel. Chaitén Volcano came to life for the first time in 9,000 years on May 2, 2008 in a major rhyolitic eruption. The magma blasted 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) through Earth's crust in only about four...	Mar.19.2011 Blog Topic: Coming Through a Natural Disaster Most of us either have been through a natural disaster of one kind or another, or know people who have. For this week's creative challenge, please share an inspiring story on your Red Room blog (not here in the comments, please) about a time when life was turned upside down by such a catastrophe...
Dec.26.2010 How E-Books Are Changing the Economics of Writing Two years ago, e-books constituted 1% of total book sales, a figure that's now closer to 10%. As electronic media accounts for a larger and larger portion of the book business, consumers are benefiting from lower prices for books, and manufacturers are enjoying massive sales. But how is the e-book...	Dec.24.2010 Ready – Set – Action! I love action. Not in real life. In real life, I’m a writer, which means I spend 90% of my day sitting in front of my computer. Oh, once in a while I get up, stretch a little, put on my shoes, and walk out to the mailbox to see if the mailman happened to drop off a royalty check. Or I head into the...
Dec.19.2010 Listening to Literature: An Author Talks About Audiobooks Audiobooks are flourishing, yet most authors agree the proportion of audio sales to print is very small. So what's the advantage to an author to have their books in audio? "For me, audiobooks serve as teasers, or introductions to the series," explains Lee Child, #1 New York Times ...