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Should I or Shouldn't I?

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Kate Duffy

I receive this sad news in my email this morning. It brought tears to my eyes; I adored the woman. Just received word, Kate Duffy, editorial director of Kensington Books has died. Kate was fighting cancer, having had surgery to remove the tumor. ...

September 28

C. J. Parker commented on C. J. Parker's blog post 'Rambling Mind'

LOL Thanks, Mark. I'll sit back with my glass of wine and glance around at the rest of us doing the same thing, and thinking the same way.

September 9

Mark P. Henderson commented on C. J. Parker's blog post 'Rambling Mind'

"Do you ever sit back and wonder how you can be so confident in life, but so insecure in the pages of the novel you put so much of yourself into? I stress over every word, sentence, paragraph, and chapter..." Apparently you're a writer! That insec...

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Rambling Mind

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EPICon, EPIC Awards, etc

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EPICon 2010 Link

http://www.epic-conference.com/index.html Want to know who the speakers are at EPICon 2010. Click on the link. Want to know where to say while at EPICon 2010? Click on the link. Want to sign up for EPICon, 2010? Click on the link. Want to know...

August 9

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Me in a few words

My name is Charlotte "C. J." Parker. I live in New Orleans, La. I've been married forever to the same man. Have no children. I'm a member of RWA and SOLA (Local RWA Chapter).

I'm a published author of paranormal mystery, short stories and non-fiction articles.

When I'm not writing or reading, I do pottery, ceramics, I paint and on some days I just veg out.

Geesh, I'm boring, huh?
C. J.

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Should I or Shouldn't I?

I'd thought I'd wait before starting another book. Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance was released November 5th, 2008. Fugue Macabre: Bone Dance was released Sunday, October 25th 2009(www.sapphirebluepublishing.com), and Misty Dreams will be released by The Wild Rose Press (www.thewildrosepress.com) November 20th.

Ghost Dance is the first book of the Fugue Macabre trilogy, Bone Dance the second. The last b… Continue

Posted on October 30, 2009 at 2:15pm —

Begging

I'm sure you know by now I'm the Chair for EPICon 2010. Hard not to know when I've written about it so much.

If you're not sure what EPIC is all about, I'll try to explain. We are a non-profit organization hell bent on making life easier for electronically published authors and getting the good word out there that we are "real" authors with great novels, short stories, and novellas you'd love to read. Once a year we have a conference to celebrate our best and brightest and award them with EPIC… Continue

Posted on October 13, 2009 at 7:34pm —

Kate Duffy

I receive this sad news in my email this morning. It brought tears to my eyes; I adored the woman.

Just received word, Kate Duffy, editorial director of Kensington Books
has died.
Kate was fighting cancer, having had surgery to remove the tumor. She
was hospitalized a few days ago in an effort to fight a serious infection.
That's all I know right now.

Posted on September 28, 2009 at 10:14am —

Rambling Mind

I don't really don't have a topic tonight. Guess I just want to do something other than work on EPICon or read the first five pages of contest entries.

It's surprising how much you can tell about a book with just five pages. Out of the entries I've judged so far, two have great hooks. I mean "don't want this to end" hooks. Two others are bland. But one thing about judging a contest like this is it makes you rethink your own first few pages of your WIP. Do I have a good hook? Will I capture the… Continue

Posted on September 8, 2009 at 8:03pm — 2 Comments

EPICon, EPIC Awards, etc

EPIC's premier eBook competition needs YOU!

How you may ask? Let me tell you how...there are a few ways you can help this wonderful ebook contest out.

First, this contest is in need of entries. Last year you knew the contest as the EPPIEs but with the ever changing field of ebook publishing, EPIC has decided to revamp the contest and rename it more in line with what it has come to be to the industry as a whole. This is the best ebook competition out there and there are those within the finalis… Continue

Posted on August 12, 2009 at 2:43pm —

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At 2:51pm on July 27, 2009, Johnell McLean said…: Sorry it has taken me so long to send you a comment, but it is great to see someone from my "neck of the woods" on here. I would love to know more about EPicon. Send me any info you have. Thanks.

At 8:00pm on May 24, 2009, Viola Russell said…: You are so right, C. J. It's the greatest high in the world!

At 9:46am on March 11, 2009, Jennifer Helen said…: I just came across your profile in this network. I would like to extend an invitation to join Allvoices.com. It’s a citizen journalist site. We discuss, debate, post news and report news about everything under the sun. Allvoices also has an incentive program for writers and they can make money writing, earn up to $10,000 cash. Register at http://www.allvoices.com/journalism and start contributing.

At 9:40pm on February 17, 2009, Viola Russell said…: Hi, C. J.

Are you still chatting? I hope you do feel better. I think your book sounds fascinating. I'm really excited to be editing right now and can't wait for it to come out.
Viola

At 1:53pm on September 21, 2008, Aidana WillowRaven said…: Wow... congrats!

At 1:02pm on September 21, 2008, Aidana WillowRaven said…: Thanks CJ, how about you? Anything new?

At 9:16pm on September 20, 2008, Aidana WillowRaven said…: Hello,

Just wanted to stop in and get your opinion on my latest cover design posted to my blog...

I would love your input.

Aidana WillowRaven
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
901-325-1402

At 5:16pm on September 13, 2008, Dana G said…: Hey CJ!

It's good to see you back - whatever the reason. We're still here pluggin' along. Keep yourself safe during these storms!

Dana G

At 2:28pm on August 10, 2008, Aidana WillowRaven said…: Should I be worried... Leopards do tend to stalk their prey...lol, or maybe your the one being stalked... hmmmm.

Lol, ANYWAY, lol, It's good to see a familiar face -- or well -- you know.

Aidana

At 2:26pm on August 9, 2008, Aidana WillowRaven said…: Hello,

I am new to the group and wanted to introduce myself to everybody.

I am an illustrator/designer/agent and am looking forward to getting to know all of you.

If any of you are interested, my site is
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
and I have some sales going until school starts so be sure to check it out when you have time.

Let me know what you think of my work...

Aidana WillowRaven
willowraven.illustration@yahoo.com
901-325-1402

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