Tag Archives: John W. Howell Author
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
I was very fortunate this last weekend to be able to attend the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference. This is an annual affair held in beautiful Corte Madera California which is in Marin County north of San Francisco. The agenda was extremely full and beginning on Thursday July 24th at 4:00 to Sunday July […]
Top Ten Things Not to do When You Need a Rest Stop
Here is the 56th installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do and want you to know, I’m pretty much going it alone. With all the summer travels, I thought I would offer some advice on what not to do when you need to stop. I hope you enjoy. Top Ten Things Not […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday
Here is my contribution to the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt as described by Linda Hill: http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-2514/ The prompt is to end with a question and extra credit for an exclamation point. Here goes: “Holy cow! Did you see that car?” “What car you talking about?” “The one that just went by. The red […]
TGIF Friday – JohnKu
Another week of hard labor has been put to bed (after the next eight or so hours) and it is time to celebrate. As you read this I am in the San Francisco area attending the Passages Book Store Mystery Writers conference. This year’s faculty is pretty impressive. There is John Lescroart, Anne Perry, […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA Hump Day
I was going to put a title on this piece that read Sexual Discussion NSFW, Pictures Included but chickened out. The title would have been a draw but then the content would not have lived up to the expectation. Y’all would boo and hiss and call me names and I just can’t have […]
Love: Lost and Found by Pamela Beckford Book Tour
So happy to be part of the Love: Lost and Found Tour. Pamela is such a talented poet who can inspire all of us. Alone (double cinquain) Alone So incomplete Gazing at the moonlight Wondering just when you’ll be here Nearby With me To start our lives Never to leave again Becoming whole and […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do While Trying to Attract Other Authors to do a Top Ten List
Here is the 55th installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do. I decided to publish this list in case anyone wants to do a Top Ten you will at least know some thought has been put in how to behave. Of course, the person who needs to behave is ME. If […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday
This post is to try to fulfill the prompt “side” which was presented today (Friday) on Linda Hill’s blog: http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-1914/ Here it is: Side by John W. Howell copyright 2014 “Give me a side of potatoes.” “Sorry sir the potatoes re extra.” “How much extra?” “One dollar.” “One dollar. I could go to […]
Friday JohnKu and TGIF
Looks like Friday has hit us once again. It is a very good thing to be smacked by good ol Friday since the weekend is to follow shortly. I guess the best part of Friday is the realization that within a few hours the choices of what to do are right in your hands. During […]
Wednesday Story Day
Wednesday story day again. This week’s story is based on some of my experiences in writing query letters to agents. I have to admit for the most part the responses I had from agents were cordial and for the most part to the point, although one hundred percent of the letters I sent out […]
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