Here’s the next guest for Write On Four Corners. The writers’ program airs Wednesday at 10:30 am MDT and Fridays at 2:30 pm MDT on KSJE FM 90.9. To hear Write On, tune to 90.9 or go to www.ksje.com and using Media Player, click on Listen Live in real time, at the time in your zone appropriate to 10:30 Wed. morning and 2:30 Friday afternoon MDT.
Ana Baca ‘Mama Fela’ is the story of a Hispanic family in the 1930s and its matriarch, Mama Fela, who makes the family go. The story is told by Mama Fela's grandaughter, who absolutely adores her grandmother, but is a little scared of her too, because Mama Fela always expects the best from her. That leads to some exciting adventures. 'Mama Fela' is an award-winning book. It's the story of family ties, both supportive and strangling. It's the tale of family glory and family warts. A truly great read.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, August 31, 2007
Upcoming Titles on Write On Four Corners
Here’s the latest group of writers for Write On Four Corners. The writers’ program airs Wednesday at 10:30 am MDT and Fridays at 2:30 pm MDT on KSJE FM 90.9. The Wednesday show is part of Roving with the Arts, our classical music and arts show, which runs from 8 until 12 noon Monday through Friday. To hear Write On, people can tune to 90.9 or go to www.ksje.com and using Media Player, click on Listen Live in real time, at the time in their zone appropriate to 10:30 Wed. morning and 2:30 Friday afternoon MDT.
9/5 Ana Baca ‘Mama Fela’ is the story of a Hispanic family in the 1930s and its matriarch, Mama Fela, who makes the family go.
9/12 Judy Gruen author of a column called Off My Noodle, a light-hearted look at life for the working mom, the signle lady, the caregiver, just about anybody trying to survive herself and care about other people at the same time. She is the author of the diet book 'Til We Eat Again,' '13 Tips to Keep Young Kids From Swearing,” and “10 Ways to Help Teens Stop Swearing.'
9/26 Renee Podunovich A southern Colorado psychotherapist and poet, she shares her writing with us, and its relationship to therapy.
10/3 Hal Jackson ‘Following the Royal Road A Guide ti the Historic Cameno Real’ is a guide to anybody who wants to travel part of the north-south route used by Hispanic soldiers, traders, and pioneers years before anybody thought of the Santa Fe or Oregon trails.
Coming on Write On: Hampton Sides on Blood and Thunder Max Evans Blue Feather Fellini and For the Love of a Horse local poet Pip Howard, and many more. Stay tuned.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
9/5 Ana Baca ‘Mama Fela’ is the story of a Hispanic family in the 1930s and its matriarch, Mama Fela, who makes the family go.
9/12 Judy Gruen author of a column called Off My Noodle, a light-hearted look at life for the working mom, the signle lady, the caregiver, just about anybody trying to survive herself and care about other people at the same time. She is the author of the diet book 'Til We Eat Again,' '13 Tips to Keep Young Kids From Swearing,” and “10 Ways to Help Teens Stop Swearing.'
9/26 Renee Podunovich A southern Colorado psychotherapist and poet, she shares her writing with us, and its relationship to therapy.
10/3 Hal Jackson ‘Following the Royal Road A Guide ti the Historic Cameno Real’ is a guide to anybody who wants to travel part of the north-south route used by Hispanic soldiers, traders, and pioneers years before anybody thought of the Santa Fe or Oregon trails.
Coming on Write On: Hampton Sides on Blood and Thunder Max Evans Blue Feather Fellini and For the Love of a Horse local poet Pip Howard, and many more. Stay tuned.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Here's a Writing Contest
Hey you writers who like to enter contests:
Anne Hillerman at Wordharvest in Santa Fe sent me this announcement.
Dear writers,
Wanted to let you know that the first batch of contest entries for the Cowboys & Indian Short Story Contest are with the judge. If you’d like to enter there’s still time... the 2500-word stories must be postmarked by Sept. 15. For the rules, see http://www.hillermanconference.com/contest.htm
Speaking of short stories, we’re taking registrations for the Sept. 22 workshop, “Sizzling Short Fiction” with Sean Murphy in Santa Fe. For info please see http://www.wordharvest.com/onedayworkshops.php and scroll to the end of the page.
Hope you all had a lovely summer!
Jean Schaumberg and Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman Conference: Focus on Mystery
Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque, N.M.
www.hillermanconference.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Anne Hillerman at Wordharvest in Santa Fe sent me this announcement.
Dear writers,
Wanted to let you know that the first batch of contest entries for the Cowboys & Indian Short Story Contest are with the judge. If you’d like to enter there’s still time... the 2500-word stories must be postmarked by Sept. 15. For the rules, see http://www.hillermanconference.com/contest.htm
Speaking of short stories, we’re taking registrations for the Sept. 22 workshop, “Sizzling Short Fiction” with Sean Murphy in Santa Fe. For info please see http://www.wordharvest.com/onedayworkshops.php and scroll to the end of the page.
Hope you all had a lovely summer!
Jean Schaumberg and Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman Conference: Focus on Mystery
Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque, N.M.
www.hillermanconference.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, August 24, 2007
Crafter's Nook Sells Gotsch Books
I hav e a neat new outlet for my books A Mouthful of Shell and Snap Me a Future, published by DLSIJ Press.com DLSIJ author Ellen McFall has a little shop in Shullsburg, Wisconsin called Crafters Nook, and she's got my books, and her own and other DLSIJ authors, so check 'em out. You can do it on line at http://crafters-nook.com or if you're in Wisconsin near Shullsburg, hop on over. You can also find Crafters Nook's link on this blog. You can click and go right to it.
Connie Gotsch host Write On Four Corners, KSJE Farmington, NM www.ksje.com and author A Mouthful of Shell and Snap Me a Future dlsijpress.com conniegotsch.com
Connie Gotsch host Write On Four Corners, KSJE Farmington, NM www.ksje.com and author A Mouthful of Shell and Snap Me a Future dlsijpress.com conniegotsch.com
Margaret Coel, Colorado Mystery Writer's New One The Girl with Braided Hair
Those of you who've heard Margaret Coel's interviews on Write On 4 Corners, will be pleased that she has a new book out The Girl with Braided Hair,set on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. She's taking it on a book tour. Here's her schedule. And her web site, which is also on this blog's web site list.
http://www.margaretcoel.com/
Coel brings her “trademark western flair to nonstop action.” -- Publishers Weekly
“Another wonderfully evocative story…” Kirkus
9/04 Denver Tattered Cover ,Colfax Store, 7:30 p.m.
9/05 Boulder High Crimes, 946 Pearl St., 7 p.m.
9/06 Denver Murder by the Book, 1574 So. Pearl St., 5:30-7 p.m.
9/08 Phoenix Poisoned Pen, 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd. 1 p.m.
9/09 Tucson Clues Unlimited, 123 So. Eastbourne, 3 p.m.
9/10 Albuquerque Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 7 p.m.
9/11 Los Alamos Otowi Station bookstore, 1350 Central Ave., 5 p.m.
9/12 Taos Moby Dickens, 124-A Bent St., 2 p.m.
9/15 Cheyenne Wyoming Book Festival,
Mystery & Crime Tent, 9 a.m.
Plains Hotel, 10 a.m.
Book signing, 11:30 a.m.
9/16 Orange, CA Book Carnival, 348 Tustin Ave., 11:30 a.m.
9/16 San Diego Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemmont Mesa Blvd., Ste. 302, 3 p.m.
9/17 Huntington Beach Barnes and Noble, 7881 Edinger Ave., 7 p.m.
9/18 Los Angeles Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Ave., 12:00 p.m.
9/18 Pasadena Vromans, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m.
9/19 Seattle Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St., 12:00 p.m.
9/20 Kansas City, I Love A Mystery, 6114 Johnson Dr., Mission, KS., 7 p.m.
9/21 Houston Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet St., 6 p.m.
9/28-29 Denver Mountains and Plains Convention
10/5-6 Telluride Writers in the Sky, Featured Author
11/1-4 Albuquerque Hillerman Conference, Keynote speaker
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
http://www.margaretcoel.com/
Coel brings her “trademark western flair to nonstop action.” -- Publishers Weekly
“Another wonderfully evocative story…” Kirkus
9/04 Denver Tattered Cover ,Colfax Store, 7:30 p.m.
9/05 Boulder High Crimes, 946 Pearl St., 7 p.m.
9/06 Denver Murder by the Book, 1574 So. Pearl St., 5:30-7 p.m.
9/08 Phoenix Poisoned Pen, 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd. 1 p.m.
9/09 Tucson Clues Unlimited, 123 So. Eastbourne, 3 p.m.
9/10 Albuquerque Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 7 p.m.
9/11 Los Alamos Otowi Station bookstore, 1350 Central Ave., 5 p.m.
9/12 Taos Moby Dickens, 124-A Bent St., 2 p.m.
9/15 Cheyenne Wyoming Book Festival,
Mystery & Crime Tent, 9 a.m.
Plains Hotel, 10 a.m.
Book signing, 11:30 a.m.
9/16 Orange, CA Book Carnival, 348 Tustin Ave., 11:30 a.m.
9/16 San Diego Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemmont Mesa Blvd., Ste. 302, 3 p.m.
9/17 Huntington Beach Barnes and Noble, 7881 Edinger Ave., 7 p.m.
9/18 Los Angeles Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Ave., 12:00 p.m.
9/18 Pasadena Vromans, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m.
9/19 Seattle Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St., 12:00 p.m.
9/20 Kansas City, I Love A Mystery, 6114 Johnson Dr., Mission, KS., 7 p.m.
9/21 Houston Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet St., 6 p.m.
9/28-29 Denver Mountains and Plains Convention
10/5-6 Telluride Writers in the Sky, Featured Author
11/1-4 Albuquerque Hillerman Conference, Keynote speaker
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Colorado Authors League
Hey, the Colorado Authors League is a neat resource for authors, and for readers looking for good books. Check out their website http://www.coloradoauthors.org/ or under the link list on this blog
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Arizona Author Ann Cummins and her Novel Yellow Cake on Write On Four Corners KSJE this week
On August 29 at 10:30 Mountain Time and August 31 at 2:30 Mountain time join Arizona author Ann Cummins for a discussion of her novel Yellowcake. What was life like on the Navajo reservation for uranium miners and mill workers, while on the job in the 1960s and now in retirement. Yellowcake's publisher is Houghton Mifflin.
You can hear Write On Four Corners all over the world. Go to the web at 10:30 am on Wed. and 2:30 pm on Friday Mountain Time. That means you will have to find the equivalent time in your own time zone. If you're in New York, for example, you will listen at 12:30 pm and 4:30pm. Using Media Player, click on listen live. Then enjoy.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
You can hear Write On Four Corners all over the world. Go to the web at 10:30 am on Wed. and 2:30 pm on Friday Mountain Time. That means you will have to find the equivalent time in your own time zone. If you're in New York, for example, you will listen at 12:30 pm and 4:30pm. Using Media Player, click on listen live. Then enjoy.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Like Futuristic? Try Utah Author Stephen Paul's Hollow Bones
Hollow Bones is a novel that takes place in the not-to-distant future, when purifying changes predicted by Native Americans are underway Matthew is searching for a new beginning too, after the death of his wife. Traveling with his friend Hope and her daughter Lilly, he faces the harsh realities of a failing culture, and kind strangers with vivid dreams.
Stephen Paul taught psychology and counseled at the University of Utah. He lives in Salt Lake City where he writes and speaks about living more simply. His web site is at www.circledancer.com Check it out on the right hand side of this blog. His news letter is in the list section of this blog.
Watch for him on Write On Four Corners on KSJE FM next spring.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Stephen Paul taught psychology and counseled at the University of Utah. He lives in Salt Lake City where he writes and speaks about living more simply. His web site is at www.circledancer.com Check it out on the right hand side of this blog. His news letter is in the list section of this blog.
Watch for him on Write On Four Corners on KSJE FM next spring.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
S.O.M.O.S. is a neat writers group out of Taos, NM. KRZA is neat, too, as is Tania Casselle
S.O.M.O.S. Writers on Radio . Hosted by Tania Casselle, airs on KRZA
88.7 fm, on the
second Sunday of every month. It is sometimes repeated on KVOT 1340 AM on Saturdays or Sundays at 9 - 10 AM, and also on KLDK 96.5 FM at various times. Or listen to this and other archived author interviews online at http://www.culturalenergy.org/somos.htm .
This is the website of Cultural Energy - a non-profit organization that produces this show with S.O.M.O.S.
Log in with a name and email address to see the full index of authors and hear interviews online - rest assured they don't share email addresses or send spam! It helps funding if you note in the comment box that you plan to listen to S.O.M.O.S. WRITERS ON RADIO.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
88.7 fm, on the
second Sunday of every month. It is sometimes repeated on KVOT 1340 AM on Saturdays or Sundays at 9 - 10 AM, and also on KLDK 96.5 FM at various times. Or listen to this and other archived author interviews online at http://www.culturalenergy.org/somos.htm .
This is the website of Cultural Energy - a non-profit organization that produces this show with S.O.M.O.S.
Log in with a name and email address to see the full index of authors and hear interviews online - rest assured they don't share email addresses or send spam! It helps funding if you note in the comment box that you plan to listen to S.O.M.O.S. WRITERS ON RADIO.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Monday, August 20, 2007
New Mexico Book Awards Dinner
HONORING
TONY HILLERMAN & RUDOLFO ANAYA
FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AS FRIENDS TO NEW MEXICAN BOOKS
FEATURING AWARD WINNING BOOKS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
MCM ELEGANTÉ
2020 MENAUL, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87107
Cash Bar Cocktail Hour 5-6 pm
Dinner 6pm
Awards for Best New Mexico Books & Best of Show
Dress: Boots, Bolos, & Broomstick Skirts Casual New Mexican Wear
Cost: $28 per person before October 1, 2007 After October 1 - $34 per person Deadline October 25, 2007
RSVP 505-344-9382
925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
Sponsored by the New Mexico Book Co-op, New Mexico State Library, Rio Rancho Public Library, Albuquerque Public Library, Santa Fe Public Library & Friends of the Library, Portales Public Library, New Mexico Humanities Council, Albuquerque The Magazine, ABQArts, Around 505, New Mexico Book Association, Sunbelt Shows, Borders, WordHarvest, Albuquerque Corral of Westerners, LPD Press/Rio Grande Books, Tradicion Revista Magazine
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Tradicion Revista
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
TONY HILLERMAN & RUDOLFO ANAYA
FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AS FRIENDS TO NEW MEXICAN BOOKS
FEATURING AWARD WINNING BOOKS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
MCM ELEGANTÉ
2020 MENAUL, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87107
Cash Bar Cocktail Hour 5-6 pm
Dinner 6pm
Awards for Best New Mexico Books & Best of Show
Dress: Boots, Bolos, & Broomstick Skirts Casual New Mexican Wear
Cost: $28 per person before October 1, 2007 After October 1 - $34 per person Deadline October 25, 2007
RSVP 505-344-9382
925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
Sponsored by the New Mexico Book Co-op, New Mexico State Library, Rio Rancho Public Library, Albuquerque Public Library, Santa Fe Public Library & Friends of the Library, Portales Public Library, New Mexico Humanities Council, Albuquerque The Magazine, ABQArts, Around 505, New Mexico Book Association, Sunbelt Shows, Borders, WordHarvest, Albuquerque Corral of Westerners, LPD Press/Rio Grande Books, Tradicion Revista Magazine
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Tradicion Revista
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Reminder for New Mexico Book CoOp Meeting
AUGUST 24 CO-OP MEETING — BOOK PUBLISHING A TO Z
Our guest at the August 24 Co-op lunch meeting will be Paul Rhetts, co-founder of the NM Book Co-op and publisher with LPD Press and Rio Grande Books, and Ruthie Francis, book marketing consultant; they will discuss everything you want (and need) to know about book publishing. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
THE FIRST NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS DINNER
The recipients of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at a public event honoring all 2007 winners on November 9 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd) starting at 5pm. Casual Dress. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books. Cost is $28 per person if reserved before Oct 1 (cost is $34 after that date).RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookaward.com/winners.html
NM BUSINESS JOURNAL IN SEARCH OF WRITERS
Doug Stine, editor of the New Mexico Business Journal, is looking for writers interested in reviewing business related books for the monthly publication. Contact him at dougstine@yahoo.com
EVENT CALENDAR
August 24 — NM Book Co-op lunch with Paul Rhetts and Ruthie Francis on Book Publishing A to Z
September 21 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Steve Robert Allen on Books and Reviews at the Alibi
October 19 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Harry Willson, Amador Books on what he has learned from author to publisher; and announcement of the finalists in the New Mexico Book Awards
November 9 — New Mexico Book Awards Banquet; winners will be announced at the event
November 16 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Derek Buschman, manager of Borders Cottonwood, on what sells
January 25 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Ruthie Francis, Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts on what we learned from the NM Book Awards
February 22 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
March 28 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
info@nmsantos.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Our guest at the August 24 Co-op lunch meeting will be Paul Rhetts, co-founder of the NM Book Co-op and publisher with LPD Press and Rio Grande Books, and Ruthie Francis, book marketing consultant; they will discuss everything you want (and need) to know about book publishing. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
THE FIRST NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS DINNER
The recipients of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at a public event honoring all 2007 winners on November 9 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd) starting at 5pm. Casual Dress. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books. Cost is $28 per person if reserved before Oct 1 (cost is $34 after that date).RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookaward.com/winners.html
NM BUSINESS JOURNAL IN SEARCH OF WRITERS
Doug Stine, editor of the New Mexico Business Journal, is looking for writers interested in reviewing business related books for the monthly publication. Contact him at dougstine@yahoo.com
EVENT CALENDAR
August 24 — NM Book Co-op lunch with Paul Rhetts and Ruthie Francis on Book Publishing A to Z
September 21 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Steve Robert Allen on Books and Reviews at the Alibi
October 19 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Harry Willson, Amador Books on what he has learned from author to publisher; and announcement of the finalists in the New Mexico Book Awards
November 9 — New Mexico Book Awards Banquet; winners will be announced at the event
November 16 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Derek Buschman, manager of Borders Cottonwood, on what sells
January 25 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Ruthie Francis, Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts on what we learned from the NM Book Awards
February 22 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
March 28 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
info@nmsantos.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Western Writer John Duncklee on Write On Four Corners August 22 and August 224 KSJE-FM Farmington, New Mexico
On August 22 at 10:30 Mountain Time and on August 24 at 2:30 pm Mountain Time, western author John Duncklee spins tales in the autobiography I Bit the Silver Spoon and Bull by the Tale, and no the last word in that title is not misspelled. If you like stories of the old and new west, you'll love these, published by Yucca Tree Press. John's from Las Cruces, New Mexico--in the south east corner, for thouse of you not familar with the area.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Corrales, New Mexico author Lisa Lenard-Cook Writers' Workshops
Lisa Lenard-Cook is a member of KSJE's Write On 4 Corners family. She's read her novel, Coyote Morning. www.lisalenardcook.com Her website is also on this blog. She also does writing workshops and does book tours, and here are a couple of her events coming up.
Weekend Intensive @ Narrative Art Center in Carson NM, September 21-23 (www.narrativeartcenter.com) (that may be sold out, but you can check)
A reading October 5 & all-day workshop October 6at Writer's Garret in Dallas (www.writersgarret.org).
Corrales, New Mexico, by the way, is near Albuquerque.
Connie Gotsch Host Write On Four Corners KSJE Farmington and author of the award-winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available dlsijpress.com
Weekend Intensive @ Narrative Art Center in Carson NM, September 21-23 (www.narrativeartcenter.com) (that may be sold out, but you can check)
A reading October 5 & all-day workshop October 6at Writer's Garret in Dallas (www.writersgarret.org).
Corrales, New Mexico, by the way, is near Albuquerque.
Connie Gotsch Host Write On Four Corners KSJE Farmington and author of the award-winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available dlsijpress.com
Monday, August 13, 2007
Check Out Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell
Hey, if you want to know about books by Write On Four Corners' host, me Connie Gotsch, go to www.previewthebook.com It's right on my blog site. This is a great new concept in book promotion, and as an author I'm going to try it. And hey, you other authors out there, you can check it out, too. Prices are very reasonable.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Author Tekla Miller Has New Book
Tekla Dennison Miller made a career as a warden in the Michigan prison system. She wrote a memoir called 'The Warden Wore Pink,' which will be on Write On Four Corners in February, 2008. Watch for it.
She has also written a novel LIFE SENTENCES, and a sequel INEVITABLE SENTENCES about life as a warden. Medallion Press has purchased INEVITABLE SENTENCES, the sequel to LIFE SENTENCES. It will be released some time in 2009.
Check out Tekla Dennison Miller's web site on this blog.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
She has also written a novel LIFE SENTENCES, and a sequel INEVITABLE SENTENCES about life as a warden. Medallion Press has purchased INEVITABLE SENTENCES, the sequel to LIFE SENTENCES. It will be released some time in 2009.
Check out Tekla Dennison Miller's web site on this blog.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Karen Villanueva Author Services
Attention Authors!
Now that you have your book out, you need a publicist, right? Let me recommend Karen Villanueva and her Author Services. She's given me some neat publicity materials for authors of the Write On Four Corners Family. Her web site is on this blog. But I'll also put it here. http://www.authorcare.com/ Check Karen out.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Now that you have your book out, you need a publicist, right? Let me recommend Karen Villanueva and her Author Services. She's given me some neat publicity materials for authors of the Write On Four Corners Family. Her web site is on this blog. But I'll also put it here. http://www.authorcare.com/ Check Karen out.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, August 10, 2007
Write On Four Corners for August 15 and August 17 Emmett Garcia Coyote and the Sky/UNM Press
KSJE FM's Write On Four Corners has an exciting program this week either at 90.9 FM or at www.ksje.com
On August 15 at 10:30 am Mountain Time and August 17 at 2:30 Mountain time, enjoy Albuquerque author, Emmett 'Shkeme" Garcia's Coyote and the Sky, published by University of New Mexico Press Coyote is always a trouble maker, and when the people move, they forbid him to come along. Of course he does anyway, and -- well come hear the program.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
On August 15 at 10:30 am Mountain Time and August 17 at 2:30 Mountain time, enjoy Albuquerque author, Emmett 'Shkeme" Garcia's Coyote and the Sky, published by University of New Mexico Press Coyote is always a trouble maker, and when the people move, they forbid him to come along. Of course he does anyway, and -- well come hear the program.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Upcoming Write On Four Corners Programs
KSJE FM's Write On Four Corners has an interesting line up of guests for the next few weeks either at 90.9 FM or at www.ksje.com
On August 15 at 10:30 am Mountain Time and August 17 at 2:30 Mountain time, enjoy Albuquerque author, Emmett 'Shkeme" Garcia's Coyote and the Sky, published by University of New Mexico Press Coyote is always a trouble maker, and when the people move, they forbid him to come along. Of course he does anyway, and -- well come hear the program.
On August 22 at 10:30 Mountain Time and on August 24 at 2:30 western author John Duncklee spins tales in the autobiography I Bit the Silver Spoon and Bull by the Tale, and no the last word in that title is not misspelled. If you like stories of the old and new west, you'll love these, published by Yucca Tree Press
On August 29 at 10:30 Mountain Time and August 31 at 2:30 Mountain time Join Arizona author Ann Cummins for a discussion of her novel Yellowcake. What was life like on the Navajo reservation for uranium miners and mill workers, while on the job in the 1960s and now in retirement. Yellowcake's publisher is Houghton Mifflin.
You can hear Write On Four Corners all over the world. Go to the web at 10:30 am on Wed. and 2:30 pm on Friday Mountain Time. That means you will have to find the equivalent time in your own time zone. If you're in New York, for example, you will listen at 12:30 pm and 4:30pm. Using Media Player, click on listen live. Then enjoy.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
On August 15 at 10:30 am Mountain Time and August 17 at 2:30 Mountain time, enjoy Albuquerque author, Emmett 'Shkeme" Garcia's Coyote and the Sky, published by University of New Mexico Press Coyote is always a trouble maker, and when the people move, they forbid him to come along. Of course he does anyway, and -- well come hear the program.
On August 22 at 10:30 Mountain Time and on August 24 at 2:30 western author John Duncklee spins tales in the autobiography I Bit the Silver Spoon and Bull by the Tale, and no the last word in that title is not misspelled. If you like stories of the old and new west, you'll love these, published by Yucca Tree Press
On August 29 at 10:30 Mountain Time and August 31 at 2:30 Mountain time Join Arizona author Ann Cummins for a discussion of her novel Yellowcake. What was life like on the Navajo reservation for uranium miners and mill workers, while on the job in the 1960s and now in retirement. Yellowcake's publisher is Houghton Mifflin.
You can hear Write On Four Corners all over the world. Go to the web at 10:30 am on Wed. and 2:30 pm on Friday Mountain Time. That means you will have to find the equivalent time in your own time zone. If you're in New York, for example, you will listen at 12:30 pm and 4:30pm. Using Media Player, click on listen live. Then enjoy.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Mystery Writers!! Tony Hillerman Conference Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque New Mexico
If you're a mystery writer, check out the Tony Hillerman Conference Nov. 1-4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. www.hillermanconference.com You'll have a great time in the southwest, and learn from one of the master mystery writers of our era, Tony Hillerman. check out the web here, or on the side of this blog
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Writers Workshops
Word Harvest is a neat program operating in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. They do a lot of writing worhttokshops. Getting to the Southwest is a neat way to shttp://www.wordharvest.com/pend the weeked, so check out this member of the KSJE FM Write On Four Corners Family. Check them out here http://www.wordharvest.com/ or on this blog permanently.
Connie Gotsch Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM author Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM author Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available dlsijpress.com
New Mexico Book CoOp News
AUGUST 24 CO-OP MEETING — BOOK PUBLISHING A TO Z
Our guest at the August 24 Co-op lunch meeting will be Paul Rhetts, co-founder of the NM Book Co-op and publisher with LPD Press and Rio Grande Books, and Ruthie Francis, book marketing consultant; they will discuss everything you want (and need) to know about book publishing. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
BOOK CO-OP SPONSORS HOLIDAY BOOK & CRAFT FAIR ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2007
Holiday Book & Craft Fair at St. John’s Cathedral in Albuquerque, Saturday, December 8, 2007. This is your chance to get your books, crafts, or both in the hands of Christmas shoppers at an unheard of price. The fair is open to the public from 10am to 4pm and there is no charge to come and shop. There is free and ample parking and the atmosphere is good for families or those who want to get the perfect gift. Hurry and sign up now because space is limited. To get more info and the application form go to http://nmbookcoopcom/advent.doc
CALLING ALL HEALTH BOOKS
The Anita Salas Memorial Education Seminar sponsored by X-Ray Associates of New Mexico will be on Saturday, September 29, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the First Plaza Galeria in Albuquerque. They are looking for local book publishers and authors who would be interested in exhibiting at this health fair. Call Colleen Sullivan-Moore at 505 203-5889 for more information.
THE FIRST NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS DINNER
The recipients of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at a public event honoring all 2007 winners on November 9 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd). Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books.
Cash Bar Cocktail Hour 5-6 pm
Dinner 6pm
Awards for Best New Mexico Books & Best of Show
Dress: Boots, Bolos, & Broomstick Skirts
Casual New Mexican Wear
Cost: $28 per person before October 1, 2007
After October 1 - $34 per person
Deadline October 25, 2007
RSVP 505-344-9382
925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
EVENT CALENDAR
August 24 — NM Book Co-op lunch with Paul Rhetts and Ruthie Francis on Book Publishing A to Z
September 21 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Steve Robert Allen on Books and Reviews at the Alibi
October 19 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Harry Willson, Amador Books on what he has learned from author to publisher; and announcement of the finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards
November 9 — New Mexico Book Awards Banquet; winners will be announced at the event
November 16 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Derek Buschman, manager of Borders Cottonwood, on what sells
January 25 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Ruthie Francis, Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts on what we learned from the NM Book Awards
February 22 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
March 28 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
info@nmsantos.com
http://nmsantos.com
Our guest at the August 24 Co-op lunch meeting will be Paul Rhetts, co-founder of the NM Book Co-op and publisher with LPD Press and Rio Grande Books, and Ruthie Francis, book marketing consultant; they will discuss everything you want (and need) to know about book publishing. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
BOOK CO-OP SPONSORS HOLIDAY BOOK & CRAFT FAIR ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2007
Holiday Book & Craft Fair at St. John’s Cathedral in Albuquerque, Saturday, December 8, 2007. This is your chance to get your books, crafts, or both in the hands of Christmas shoppers at an unheard of price. The fair is open to the public from 10am to 4pm and there is no charge to come and shop. There is free and ample parking and the atmosphere is good for families or those who want to get the perfect gift. Hurry and sign up now because space is limited. To get more info and the application form go to http://nmbookcoopcom/advent.doc
CALLING ALL HEALTH BOOKS
The Anita Salas Memorial Education Seminar sponsored by X-Ray Associates of New Mexico will be on Saturday, September 29, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the First Plaza Galeria in Albuquerque. They are looking for local book publishers and authors who would be interested in exhibiting at this health fair. Call Colleen Sullivan-Moore at 505 203-5889 for more information.
THE FIRST NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS DINNER
The recipients of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at a public event honoring all 2007 winners on November 9 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd). Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books.
Cash Bar Cocktail Hour 5-6 pm
Dinner 6pm
Awards for Best New Mexico Books & Best of Show
Dress: Boots, Bolos, & Broomstick Skirts
Casual New Mexican Wear
Cost: $28 per person before October 1, 2007
After October 1 - $34 per person
Deadline October 25, 2007
RSVP 505-344-9382
925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
EVENT CALENDAR
August 24 — NM Book Co-op lunch with Paul Rhetts and Ruthie Francis on Book Publishing A to Z
September 21 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Steve Robert Allen on Books and Reviews at the Alibi
October 19 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Harry Willson, Amador Books on what he has learned from author to publisher; and announcement of the finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards
November 9 — New Mexico Book Awards Banquet; winners will be announced at the event
November 16 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Derek Buschman, manager of Borders Cottonwood, on what sells
January 25 -- NM Book Co-op lunch with Ruthie Francis, Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts on what we learned from the NM Book Awards
February 22 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
March 28 -- NM Book Co-op lunch
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
info@nmsantos.com
http://nmsantos.com
LPD A Good Non Fiction Press Featuring Southwestern Topics
If you're a non-fiction writer, and you're interested in New Mexico's Culture, LPD Press in Albuquerque might be a house to pitch an idea to. Paul Rhetts and Barbe Awalt own LPD and they're good people to work with. Their web page is on this blog. http://nmsantos.com/ and it's right in this post too.
Also if you like to read about things like Navajo Earrings or carved saints, check out LPD's line. They're a member of the Write On 4 Corners Family here at KSJE Public Radio for the Four Corners, and we're proud to have 'em.
connie Gotsch Host Write On 4 Corners, KSJE Farmington and author of the award-winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell, available dlsijpress.com
Also if you like to read about things like Navajo Earrings or carved saints, check out LPD's line. They're a member of the Write On 4 Corners Family here at KSJE Public Radio for the Four Corners, and we're proud to have 'em.
connie Gotsch Host Write On 4 Corners, KSJE Farmington and author of the award-winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell, available dlsijpress.com
New Mexico Book CoOp Neat Place for Southwest Writers
If you're a New Mexico Writer, or if you're a reader with a love of the Southwest, check out The New Mexico Book Co Op. http://www.aboutus.org/NmBookCoop.com You'll find their web site on this blog as well. They have books from lots of New Mexico authors, including my two award-winning novels, A Mouth Full of Shell and Snap Me a Future, available from DLSIJPress.com
So check out the New Mexico Book CoOp. It's a great organization. Many of its authors have been on my book show Write On Four Corners, on KSJE Public Radio from San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico.
Connie Gotsch Host Write On Four Corners, Author Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell
So check out the New Mexico Book CoOp. It's a great organization. Many of its authors have been on my book show Write On Four Corners, on KSJE Public Radio from San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico.
Connie Gotsch Host Write On Four Corners, Author Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell
Thursday, August 9, 2007
University of New Mexico Press Part of Write On Family
Lots of the authors you'll hear on Write On 4 Corners on KSJE FM, Farmington NM are available from the University of New Mexico Press. Check out their website on this blog.
Connie Gotsch
Author A Mouthful of Shell and Snap Me a Future dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch
Author A Mouthful of Shell and Snap Me a Future dlsijpress.com
Hey Check Out This Author
Hey, Lisa Polisar is a New Mexico author who has some pretty cool stuff. She's scheduled to be on Write on 4 Corners laterthis year. Check out her web site on my blog and watch for her announcement on Write On.
Writing Business Made Clear
Carolyn Howard-Johnson will be one of the internationally known authors featured at the fourth annual Pen To Paper Literary Symposium, sponsored by the Mark Baker Foundation and Pen of the Writer in Dayton, Ohio.
Valerie Coleman, symposium coordinator says, “The Pen To Paper Literary Symposium provides a wealth of information on the art of and business of writing. “Attendees gain insight from mainstream and self-published authors, editors, agents and an attorney. This year we’ve expanded the symposium to include sessions for music and screen writing.” It will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the Dayton Urban League (www.daytonurbanleague.com ), 907 West Fifth Street. Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.
Note from Gotsch--
Carolyn Howard Johnson is a good one to know about if you're trying to promote your own writing. She has the How to Do it Frugally Series of books that have some good ideas on publicity and editing. She makes both easy to understand. She's also an author of place. her award-winning 'This is the Place,' is tender and funny sad, and gut wrenching. If you like to think about the subject of tolerence, you'll like this, as well as her short story collection 'Harkening,' and her poetry found in the chapbook, 'Tracings. Cyeck out her web site. It's on this blog under her name.
Valerie Coleman, symposium coordinator says, “The Pen To Paper Literary Symposium provides a wealth of information on the art of and business of writing. “Attendees gain insight from mainstream and self-published authors, editors, agents and an attorney. This year we’ve expanded the symposium to include sessions for music and screen writing.” It will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the Dayton Urban League (www.daytonurbanleague.com ), 907 West Fifth Street. Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.
Note from Gotsch--
Carolyn Howard Johnson is a good one to know about if you're trying to promote your own writing. She has the How to Do it Frugally Series of books that have some good ideas on publicity and editing. She makes both easy to understand. She's also an author of place. her award-winning 'This is the Place,' is tender and funny sad, and gut wrenching. If you like to think about the subject of tolerence, you'll like this, as well as her short story collection 'Harkening,' and her poetry found in the chapbook, 'Tracings. Cyeck out her web site. It's on this blog under her name.
Monday, August 6, 2007
KSJE-FM Write On Four Corners
KSJE is a 15,000 watt public radio station, available within traditional radio listening range at 90.9 FM, and on the web at www.ksje.com. It emphasizes arts, news, classical music, and jazz. At 10:30 am every Wednesday and 2:30 pm every Friday, Mountain Time United States, you can enjoy authors talking about their books on the program Write on Four Corners. I ask them to read from their books and talk about the art and craft of writing. If you want to hear the show, you'll need to go to the KSJE web site at the correct time in your time zone. In other words, if you're in New York, tune in at 12:30 pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, and 4:30 pm Eastern Time Friday. If you're in San Francisco, you'll listen at 9:30am Pacific Time on Wednesday, and 1:30 pm on Friday afternoon. Use Media Player and click on listen live. KSJE doesn't archive.
This coming Wednesday, August 8 we have Santa Fe author Johnny Boggs talking about his novel 'The Hart Brand A Western Story.' This coming of age tale is set in Eastern New Mexico in 1890. So all of you who love cowboys, come find out what being one was really like. Mr. Boggs isn't a cowboy, but he's helped rancher friends with lovestock and is an avid horsemen.
Five Star, an imprint of Gale Thompson publishes his book.
He's fun to listen to, has a sense of humor, and oh yes--has won a couple of Spur Awards, the major accolade given to writers in the western genre.
This coming Wednesday, August 8 we have Santa Fe author Johnny Boggs talking about his novel 'The Hart Brand A Western Story.' This coming of age tale is set in Eastern New Mexico in 1890. So all of you who love cowboys, come find out what being one was really like. Mr. Boggs isn't a cowboy, but he's helped rancher friends with lovestock and is an avid horsemen.
Five Star, an imprint of Gale Thompson publishes his book.
He's fun to listen to, has a sense of humor, and oh yes--has won a couple of Spur Awards, the major accolade given to writers in the western genre.
Only in Santa Fe
Every year I have a sort of tough job. I motivate myself to get on with it because somebody’s got to do it. For one week, each July I go to Santa Fe, the capitol of New Mexico, for nights of opera, chamber music, choral singing, and museum hopping. But that’s just the frosting on the cake. Because I work for an arts-oriented public radio station, KSJE-FM in Farmington, N. M., I get to interview the curators, musicians, singers, and theater techies who make the art happen. The fact that I’m dealing with superior minds doesn’t escape me when I talk to these people. It’s a “tough” job all right. I love every minute of it.
I love it for several reasons. First, I’m getting to be old enough to see trends. When I was a kid in art school in New York, I darned near got myself shot for suggesting that word and image could coexist in the same space. Racing out of the range of bullets—well okay derisive laughs that felt like bullets–made me keep my opinions to myself for the rest of my school career, and question my sanity for suggesting artistic ideas could blend. Of course I was too young to realize that in the 1950s, while I was playing with the first fashion dolls with high heels–Revlon Dolls that pre-dated Barbie by several years–grownup artists were busy separating themselves into little boxes. (Little Boxes on the Hillside–like the old song goes?) Painters went in one container. Composers popped into another. Journalists hid out far away from novelists.
I still haven’t figured out why this happened, and if anyone has any idea, I’d like to hear. Anyway by the time I was 19, words were words and pictures were pictures. Never the twain would meet. No more could a Debussy be influenced by a Renoir, as happened early in the 20th Century.
Since then, I’ve–thank goodness–seen change. Words and images live together in museums now, right on the same canvas sometimes, or in wonderful wall text beside a painting. Maybe Gertrude Stein was right. We live in circles–and circle around, not only on earth, but in our collective and individual minds, thoughts, and ideas. We begin in one spot, leave, and come back.
The second reason I love Santa Fe is the level of art going on there–well actually in the whole state. Some people tend to think of New Mexico as the wild west. Well, okay, it was for a time–from about 1870 to 1890. But even at its western wildest, New Mexico was connected to the rest of the world. From Santa Fe south, one could ride the El Camino Real all the way to Mexico City. The royal highway followed Indian trails existing for thousands of years previous to anyone on this side of the world hearing of the Spanish.
A few generations later, a busted wagon wheel prompted painter Bert Phillips to start the Taos Society of Artists, after he trained at the Acadamie Julienne in Paris. He, his classmates, and their followers painted Native American Pueblos, buttes and mesas, and cattlemen rounding up mustangs in the latest Cubist, Expressionist, Modernist, or Impressionist styles.
The Native Americans added their lines, colors, and forms to the mix. Pablita Velarde blended the sense of design she inherited from her native Santa Clara Pueblo with point perspective in the 1930s.
The Spanish brought in their Moorish influence, carved and painted saints, and filigree jewelry, then added tin work, snatching lard cans the U. S. Cavalry cast off, and making mirror frames, candle sticks, and whatever else they could think of.
Today the tradition passes through families.
As of 2007, New Mexico has artists who happen to be Indians, Hispanics, Germans, or–turtles, and who create things they love unrelated to their origins. New Mexico also has Indians, Hispanics, Germans, or–turtles who happen to be artists, and recreate the richness of their ethnic, racial, and cultural experiences, on canvas, in orchestra pits, and on stages.
The music is another whole story. Internationally-known artists and composers work at the Santa Fe Opera, and perform with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Santa Fe Chamber Festival. All scale systems and theories are fair game, Native American to Chinese.
The diversity of expression creates an energy that radiates around the state. The contrasting ideas also forge public characters. That’s the final reason I love Santa Fe. As a writer, all I have to do is stroll downtown to the plaza that’s been around since 1610, and I’ll find someone who might eventually end up in a book. This summer, I discovered a tall man in faded jeans and tee shirt, with a bushy beard and thick gray hair, lounding on the sidewalk on San Francisco Street, the original narrow main drag that starts at the plaza, and in a sense, ends up in Mexico City, by hooking up with the Camino Real.
At the lounger’s feet sprawled a large, black, white, brown, and orange-flecked mutt with heavy fur. I have no idea what sort of canine he was, except to say he was big boned, massive, and probably a blend of several breeds, with no distinct features of any. He flopped, head on paws, watching the world from relaxed, brown eyes.
On his back, stretched a gorgeous, fluffy gray-and-white cat with a green, translucent, gaze that stared into mine. I stared right back, like I’d found the bottom of her soul through the luminicent globes of her eyes. I had the feeling she’d found the bottom of my spirit as well. In an instant, we checked each other out, and engaged in the cross-species communication of a gentle look.
On top of the cat, nestled a white rat. With nose a-wiggle, she surveyed the street from merry red-dot eyes, and seemed to be laughing at the whole situation, her round belly, all but bursting with babies, and shaking like Santa Claus’s.
Everybody on the sidewalk–including me–stopped dead in their tracks when they saw that combination. The fellow made a few bucks for his show.
I’m home from Santa Fe now, and back to work, but that image stays with me. It will end up in a book, if I live long enough, I’m sure. Personal encounters have led to most of the characters for my stories.
if you pick up one of my novels, ‘A Mouthful of Shell,’ or ‘Snap Me a Future,’ you’ll find folks I ran into at some point, in some fashion. Okay, I snipped and clipped them to make them fit my fiction–to drive my plot or set my mood–but way back when I first saw them, they were real–every one. I can describe the moment I met them.
They’re not really auto-biographical. My heroines, Betsy Craig in ‘A Mouthful of Shell’ lives in the mountains of Pennsylvania, which I never did, and Shelby McCoy in ‘Snap Me a Future’ got shot. I didn’t.
But there is some of me in both. They’re arts-oriented people. With me living in New Mexico, what else could they be? Everybody’s an artist here. Not always a good one, but New Mexicans do art the way people in New Orleans do jazz–for the joy of it.
And those artists who are professional, are competing in the second or third largest art market in the country–depending on who you talk to.
So there’s a lot of good material in my wanderings around this place west of Texas, east of Arizona, south of Colorado, and north of Mexico we call The Land of Enchantment, as well as New Mexico. I hope you’ll take some time to check out dlsijpress.com and enjoy ‘A Mouthful of Shell’ and ‘Snap Me a Future.’ I hope you’ll come to New Mexico. It’s a fun place to get in touch with your inner scribbler, paint-slosher, performer, or plain ol’ people watcher.
I love it for several reasons. First, I’m getting to be old enough to see trends. When I was a kid in art school in New York, I darned near got myself shot for suggesting that word and image could coexist in the same space. Racing out of the range of bullets—well okay derisive laughs that felt like bullets–made me keep my opinions to myself for the rest of my school career, and question my sanity for suggesting artistic ideas could blend. Of course I was too young to realize that in the 1950s, while I was playing with the first fashion dolls with high heels–Revlon Dolls that pre-dated Barbie by several years–grownup artists were busy separating themselves into little boxes. (Little Boxes on the Hillside–like the old song goes?) Painters went in one container. Composers popped into another. Journalists hid out far away from novelists.
I still haven’t figured out why this happened, and if anyone has any idea, I’d like to hear. Anyway by the time I was 19, words were words and pictures were pictures. Never the twain would meet. No more could a Debussy be influenced by a Renoir, as happened early in the 20th Century.
Since then, I’ve–thank goodness–seen change. Words and images live together in museums now, right on the same canvas sometimes, or in wonderful wall text beside a painting. Maybe Gertrude Stein was right. We live in circles–and circle around, not only on earth, but in our collective and individual minds, thoughts, and ideas. We begin in one spot, leave, and come back.
The second reason I love Santa Fe is the level of art going on there–well actually in the whole state. Some people tend to think of New Mexico as the wild west. Well, okay, it was for a time–from about 1870 to 1890. But even at its western wildest, New Mexico was connected to the rest of the world. From Santa Fe south, one could ride the El Camino Real all the way to Mexico City. The royal highway followed Indian trails existing for thousands of years previous to anyone on this side of the world hearing of the Spanish.
A few generations later, a busted wagon wheel prompted painter Bert Phillips to start the Taos Society of Artists, after he trained at the Acadamie Julienne in Paris. He, his classmates, and their followers painted Native American Pueblos, buttes and mesas, and cattlemen rounding up mustangs in the latest Cubist, Expressionist, Modernist, or Impressionist styles.
The Native Americans added their lines, colors, and forms to the mix. Pablita Velarde blended the sense of design she inherited from her native Santa Clara Pueblo with point perspective in the 1930s.
The Spanish brought in their Moorish influence, carved and painted saints, and filigree jewelry, then added tin work, snatching lard cans the U. S. Cavalry cast off, and making mirror frames, candle sticks, and whatever else they could think of.
Today the tradition passes through families.
As of 2007, New Mexico has artists who happen to be Indians, Hispanics, Germans, or–turtles, and who create things they love unrelated to their origins. New Mexico also has Indians, Hispanics, Germans, or–turtles who happen to be artists, and recreate the richness of their ethnic, racial, and cultural experiences, on canvas, in orchestra pits, and on stages.
The music is another whole story. Internationally-known artists and composers work at the Santa Fe Opera, and perform with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Santa Fe Chamber Festival. All scale systems and theories are fair game, Native American to Chinese.
The diversity of expression creates an energy that radiates around the state. The contrasting ideas also forge public characters. That’s the final reason I love Santa Fe. As a writer, all I have to do is stroll downtown to the plaza that’s been around since 1610, and I’ll find someone who might eventually end up in a book. This summer, I discovered a tall man in faded jeans and tee shirt, with a bushy beard and thick gray hair, lounding on the sidewalk on San Francisco Street, the original narrow main drag that starts at the plaza, and in a sense, ends up in Mexico City, by hooking up with the Camino Real.
At the lounger’s feet sprawled a large, black, white, brown, and orange-flecked mutt with heavy fur. I have no idea what sort of canine he was, except to say he was big boned, massive, and probably a blend of several breeds, with no distinct features of any. He flopped, head on paws, watching the world from relaxed, brown eyes.
On his back, stretched a gorgeous, fluffy gray-and-white cat with a green, translucent, gaze that stared into mine. I stared right back, like I’d found the bottom of her soul through the luminicent globes of her eyes. I had the feeling she’d found the bottom of my spirit as well. In an instant, we checked each other out, and engaged in the cross-species communication of a gentle look.
On top of the cat, nestled a white rat. With nose a-wiggle, she surveyed the street from merry red-dot eyes, and seemed to be laughing at the whole situation, her round belly, all but bursting with babies, and shaking like Santa Claus’s.
Everybody on the sidewalk–including me–stopped dead in their tracks when they saw that combination. The fellow made a few bucks for his show.
I’m home from Santa Fe now, and back to work, but that image stays with me. It will end up in a book, if I live long enough, I’m sure. Personal encounters have led to most of the characters for my stories.
if you pick up one of my novels, ‘A Mouthful of Shell,’ or ‘Snap Me a Future,’ you’ll find folks I ran into at some point, in some fashion. Okay, I snipped and clipped them to make them fit my fiction–to drive my plot or set my mood–but way back when I first saw them, they were real–every one. I can describe the moment I met them.
They’re not really auto-biographical. My heroines, Betsy Craig in ‘A Mouthful of Shell’ lives in the mountains of Pennsylvania, which I never did, and Shelby McCoy in ‘Snap Me a Future’ got shot. I didn’t.
But there is some of me in both. They’re arts-oriented people. With me living in New Mexico, what else could they be? Everybody’s an artist here. Not always a good one, but New Mexicans do art the way people in New Orleans do jazz–for the joy of it.
And those artists who are professional, are competing in the second or third largest art market in the country–depending on who you talk to.
So there’s a lot of good material in my wanderings around this place west of Texas, east of Arizona, south of Colorado, and north of Mexico we call The Land of Enchantment, as well as New Mexico. I hope you’ll take some time to check out dlsijpress.com and enjoy ‘A Mouthful of Shell’ and ‘Snap Me a Future.’ I hope you’ll come to New Mexico. It’s a fun place to get in touch with your inner scribbler, paint-slosher, performer, or plain ol’ people watcher.
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