Give a Positive Shout Out!!!

I'll be honest, I need a pick me up! It's cold as Anartica (exag.) here in Mississippi- around 35 degrees--and I stayed up until, get this, 2 am reading the latest Charles Martin novel. Boy, can this man write!

Aywho, since you are here, why don't you tell us what you are feeling positive about? I'm listening and reading! Smooches!

Authors behaving badly

Yesterday, I read a commentary by a fellow author and was struck at the nice-nastiness of it all. Apparently, she and another author share the same name but one was traditionally published (indignant one) and the other self-published (totally unawares). Well, the traditionally published author left not a trace of hide on the SP author's unaware back as she made sure everyone understood that the other author's work was inferior just because they were not traditionally published. In fact, she urged her readers to return any book they accidentally purchased in "that other author's name" as well as write a strident letter to Amazon.com letting them know how miffed they were at the mistake. In fact, indignant author had written a letter to Amazon.com demanding that they take steps to seperate the two authors.

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. In our irritation, it always pays to remember that there is no need to trash another just to promote yourself. There is room for every good writer, self, trad, e-pub, audio, etc. Like the old saying goes, "If you can't say something nice...just hush."

Y'all have a good one!

National Girlfriends Day!

You know I'm a sucker for animals...and a great friend! I'll be the first to admit, the crazy, wild-eyed dog sponged what sense I had out of my head when I saw it. Kind of funny since, this would be the animal I'd already know we would need to muzzle when I laid eyes on it at the clinic. LOL. Submissive exercises send help!

But, ladies and gents, remember your girlfriends, sister friends, friend girls and sweeties today. Small gestures reap huge rewards! Smoochies!!!!!

Yes, I mean EVERY^^^ word!!!

Psst...Want to be my Publicist? [Contest]

Help me spread the wonderful message contained in Devil's Orchestra and win a great prize to boot! How to enter? It's fairly simple. Use your vast creative imagination to let folks know about Devil's Orchestra. It can be via email contact, group announcements, placing notices on various reader sites, etc. Whatever strikes your fancy, I say give it a try. Just CC me (sydneymolare@yahoo.com) whenever you send out an email and/or send me an email listing the links directly.

So...what do my top five (5) volunteer publicists win? A MP3 Player!

That's correct, the 5 persons who email me with the most "contacts" made wins one of these MP3 players. There is no purchase required, in fact, if you look below, I've tacked on a synopsis and a link to a "meaty" excerpt to boot!

Contest ends midnight, 2/28/2007. Thanks for your help and good luck to all!

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Read Excerpt Here

Devil’s Orchestra

How far would you go to get what you want?

Tab McGrifth- #1 radio personality on the Eastern seaboard. He made his money the old way--by stepping on one person at a time. He's lied, cheated and "misrepresented" whatever needed to be as he clawed his way to the top of the pile. Now the man that taught him everything he knows, his old mentor Whitey Ford, has returned....

Deva- Hip hop princess extraordinaire. Many are under the impression that she is just a gorgeous airhead. But nothing could be further from the truth. With her shrewd business mind and amazing "luck", Deva is worth somewhere in the upper nine digit range. Deva, like all of us, has her faults. She loves the money--and what accompanies it--just a bit TOO much. In fact, she is slap out of control. When an old friend from back home, Ed Burris, confronts her about her lifestyle, things get explosive...

Juan Rodriguez- gay author and proud of it too. With his life partner, Zeus and son, Loam, Juan's life is definitely on track. That is, until Bodie pops back into his life. Bodie. Blond, beach boy tan, Juan's first lover. He put the w-h-o-r in whore...and doggonit if Juan wasn't still feeling him...

And then there's Luke...

Devil’s Orchestra…whose side are you really playing for?

www.sydneymolare.com; www.devilsorchestra.blogspot.com

2007

Happy new years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!