Back Pain Sucks (or, Despite my Back, I’m Back) – Dedicated to Caleb

Wow. We had a wallop of a storm here a week ago and I tried to pretend I still had a little of the twenty year-old Herculean in me, running through the wind, downpour, and driving hail to save our basement from flooding. Oh, did I mention I was carrying a 27 foot extension ladder […]

 

Phreaky Phriday: Patti Carrigan, Phanged Phadoodle Gal Pal

On March 23, 2012, in Guest Posts, Indie Authors, Short Fiction, Teaser/Sample, by rsguthrie

There is a scene in one of my favorite movies of all time, The Breakfast Club, where Vice Principle Vernon is talking with the custodian, Carl, over a beer in the high school basement. It goes a little something like this: Vice Principle Vernon: You think about this: when you get old, these kids – […]

 

Teaser Train: Alex Laybourne’s HIGHWAY TO HELL

On March 15, 2012, in Indie Authors, Teaser/Sample, by rsguthrie

  This week I am hosting author Alex Laybourne and a teaser excerpt from his debut novel, Highway to Hell, the first in his horror trilogy. Laybourne presents the reader with the idea that Good and Evil, Angels and Demons, even Heaven and Hell are not as opposite as most think.         […]

 

Mimi Barbour and Par-Tay Time!

On March 14, 2012, in Events, Indie Authors, Teaser/Sample, by rsguthrie

My Cheeky Angel (1st book in the Angels with Attitudes series) Mimi Barbour        Annie is naïve and love-starved, she’ll soon to be celebrating her big 3-0. Something needs to be done! Celi, her ‘down-to-earth’ guardian angel appears to help kick-start Annie’s big change—her looks, her job, her whole life. By taking a managerial […]

 

My New Book – My Love of Writing (And a Glimpse)

On March 8, 2012, in Book Release, Teaser/Sample, WIP, by rsguthrie

Most often here I write about the market, offer writing tips, host wonderful guest bloggers. I really enjoying penning this blog. But it shouldn’t be too surprising for me to share that there’s nothing I love more than writing my books. Is there anything better than hunkering down and going elbow-deep in the art? Can […]

 

Amy Manemann: “Deadly Reunion” Teaser/Sample

On February 16, 2012, in Indie Authors, Teaser/Sample, by rsguthrie

TEASER TRAIN Amy Manemann   I am pleased to host author Amy Manemann and a teaser sample from her popular romantic thriller Deadly Reunion! Amy grew up in the rural community of Clinton, Iowa where she still resides with her husband and their two children. An active participant at her church she enjoys spending time […]

 

Dark Prairies – Chapter One

On September 17, 2011, in Teaser/Sample, WIP, by rsguthrie

I got a letter today, how you reckon it read? It said, “Hurry, hurry, yeah your love is dead”. I got a letter today, how you reckon it read? It said, “Hurry, hurry, you know that gal you love is dead”. Eddie “Son” House, Death Letter Chapter 1       SHERIFF PRUETT toed the edge of […]