Hang 'Em High!

Author Tristi Pinkston is excited to announce the release of the third novel in her Secret Sisters Mysteries series.

Titled Hang ‘em High, this novel takes place on a dude ranch in Montana. When Ida Mae’s son invites her to come for a visit, of course she brings Arlette and Tansy along with her. They are expecting to spend the week looking at horses, avoiding the cows, and making amends in Ida Mae’s relationship with her son. What they don’t expect is to be stuck on the ranch in the middle of a blizzard and to be thrust headlong into the middle of a mystery.

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Help Tristi celebrate her new novel in two ways. First, come participate in the two-week-long blog contest, where you can win a book nearly every single day! All the details are up on Tristi’s blog.

Second, come to the book launch!

You are invited to an

August Authorama!

Saturday, August 13th

Pioneer Book, 858 S. State, Orem

12 – 4 pm

Games, prizes, balloons, face painting,

and Dutch oven cobbler

prepared by world champion cook

Keith Fisher.

Authors Tristi Pinkston, J. Lloyd Morgan, Cindy Hogan,

Nichole Giles, and Heather Justesen

will all be there to sign books.

This is one book launch event

you will not want to miss!

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Harry Potter is not dead

Who says Harry Potter is dead, books or movies or otherwise? Not me. Not my kids. Three of the four are rereading different books from the series. They all want to watch HP 7 part 2 again. What an amazing empire Ms. Rowling has created!

Want to see a list of ALL the characters from the Harry Potter's series? It's from Wikipedia so it may not be totally accurate but it's still fun to scroll through:

Harry Potter Characters

I say music, you say quiet

Are you a music lover? What kind do you love?
Do you listen to music while you clean? Do certain songs feel like summer to you? (I Wear My Sunglasses at Night; Boys of Summer)(totally dating myself?).

Big question: What do you listen to while writing?
There's an app on my iPhone that sounds like I'm relaxing and writing on the beach: waves, seagulls, and a soft wind.
I also tune into classical music. I understand it helps make me smarter so it can't hurt, right? I love Mozart and Sate. Sometimes I forget to turn on the noise and quiet works for me too.

I first came across the idea of a playlist with Stephenie Meyers. The music fit with the mood and characters of the book. Many of her songs on the lists also made it into the movies.
Every few days I like to mix up my writing with a playlist I made for the story I'm working on.  I'm submitting a YA Sci/Fi this month so some of the songs are not ones I normally listen to but they fit.
My playlist is below. If you have any suggestions, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear them!

Does your story have its own playlist? Wanna share it? Give us a link to your blog or music list so we can take a listen.
Or do you have favorite songs remind you of summer? 



Here's my playlist:
Taffy's Playlist


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You'll never look at a mop the same way again...

Tyler Whitesides has brought a fresh voice to middle grade books (and it's his first book!) in JANITORS. Funny, intriguing and lessons/consequences learned.
I was lucky enough to get a SIGNED ARC from Tyler and I'm passing it along to you! I only ask for a little help.
I posted the giveaway on Book Addict with a question for you to answer at the end. My book review blog has stopped at 57 followers for a few months. Would you mind going to The Book Addict and becoming a follower? Then answer the question at the end of the Janitors giveaway blog. THANK YOU!
Check out Tyler's website here.

Now a look at The Janitors trailer...








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Foto Friday

Found this little gem floating around the web:

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The Power of Letters

This Mother's Day letter looks like it says, "IOU Mom"

It really says, "I Love You Mom"

Ah! The power of letters and words.