James Pruett Mysteries – Chapter One Excerpt

On January 14, 2013, in Uncategorized, WIP, by rsguthrie

  I’m trying something a little new here—I’ve just started my third book in the James Pruett Mystery Series that began with Blood Land. The second in the series, Money Land, released just at the end of December. I have written a few chapters but I thought I would share the first on the blog, I suppose primarily for […]

 

WIP: Do I Love Cover Design More Than Writing?

On August 4, 2012, in Book Covers, Indie Authors, New Books, STEPHEN KING, WIP, by rsguthrie

I have the paperback version of Dark Prairies done and I #ammarketing like crazy, so yesterday I started back in on the third Detective Bobby Mac book Reckoning. I’m really excited about this book. It may not be my magnum opus, like Dark Prairies, but it is going to be the book that ties the […]

 

What Is A “Magnum Opus” To You (And Have You Written One)?

On July 8, 2012, in Book Release, Celebrities, Events, Famous Writers, Great Reads, New Books, WIP, by rsguthrie

  As I prepare to release my third novel (and try not to notice that there are about ten new novels releasing in the next couple of weeks just within the smallish circle of writers I know), I take pause to think about a term I have always ascribed to this particular book, what it […]

 

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 […]

 

Springing Forward, Losing Ground

On March 11, 2012, in Miscellaneous, Parody, WIP, by rsguthrie

  It’s 6:44 AM here in Colorado and the forecast is Springlike. At least Mother Nature seems to be on my side today. But the problem for me today was never going to be the weather, good or bad. I’ve got a different nemesis this time of year, and he is a cowardly sort. He […]

 

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 […]

 

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 […]

 

Just Writing – Dark Prairies

On September 2, 2011, in WIP, by rsguthrie

Since I am a writer, and I am deep in the middle of my second book, Dark Prairies—and particularly since I feel like it is really starting to get some legs—I figured it was time to blog about it. To myself (this blog is so new, or so bad, that I still have only myself […]