And Now For Something Completely Different...

“We are no longer the knights who say ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!”

* BOOK NEWS *

Seven steps of book marketing ideas J. Aday Kennedy

Tony tells us how to register a copyright at Marketing Tips For Authors

Joyce tells us other ways to earn money writing Books and Writers

Crystal gives us real examples of effective writing at Crystal Clear Proofing

And congratulations to Lindsay, who won my Mystery Man Contest!
She guessed correctly, as did many, and her name was drawn from the hat.
Her guess for the mystery man opposite Heather? Mark.
Book will be on the way to you soon, Lindsay!

* NERD ALERT *

And got this from Babbling About Books and More‘s blog post-

Nerd Alert has issued a fun challenge!

"Unpopular opinions: we can haz them. Sometimes you stand alone in loving a super niche-y run of a popular comic book series. Sometimes you’re the only person on the entire planet to ’ship a certain ’ship. Sometimes you simply Do Not Get a movie the rest of your geeky brethren is falling all over themselves about. And because a lot of fandom is about sharing loves and hates and communing with your fellow geeks, this can feel awfully lonely.That’s why we decided to challenge a bunch of nerdbloggers to spill their darkest secrets, their True Geek Confessions, for all the internet to see. Perhaps if we all confess together…well, we’ll feel just a little bit better."

And so here I admit my True Geek Confession:

Okay, I've got a lot of geeky things I could confess to, but let me tell you about my magazine collection...
The first ten years of Starlog and Fangoria magazines. Sealed in plastic. Kept hidden from the light. Most gingerly examined once before secluded in a special box.
To what ends? I don't know! A couple used to be worth several hundreds. Then along came a little thing called ebay...
Yup. I was a sci-fi and horror geek!



* AN AWARD *

I received the You Are My Sunshine Award from Helen Ginger The purpose of it is to acknowledge those that have a blog and spend endless hours ensuring that other bloggers get feedback on their blogs by leaving comments, adding themselves as a follower or dropping by just to let you know there are people out there. Thank you, Helen!

I’m supposed to name 5 bloggers to pass this award on to, and reading your comments, thoughts and advice really is the sunshine of each day.

The bloggers I “officially” pass the You Are My Sunshine Award to are:

Karen Walker
Marvin Wilson
Crystal
CC
Nancy J. Parra
Arlee Bird
Mason Canyon
Alex J Cavanaugh
Jemi Fraser

These are all fun, informative bloggers. If you’ve already received this award, congratulations! If not, accept it with my thanks for being such great blogger friends.

Yes, there's more than five!! I could keep going if you like...

* PHOTO OF THE DAY  *

Did that thing just ring????