FINALISTS, 2007 NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS
Best Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
Trimble, Stephen - Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography - Northland
Publishing
Walker, Hollis - Zink: The Language of Enchantment - New Mexico Magazine
Best Cookbook
Fenzl, Barbara Pool - Seasonal Southwest Cooking - Northland Publishing
Best Southwest History Book
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Best Book on Native American Subject
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Best Novel, historical fiction
Baca, Ana - Mama Fela's Girls - UNM Press
DeWitt, Dave - Avenging Victorio - Rio Grande Books
Best Novel, mystery
Van Gieson, Judith - The Wolf Path - ABQ Press
Best Novel, romance
MacQuigg, Donna - The Price of Pride - Thomson/Gale
Storme, Sarah - The Long Way Home - Thomson/Gale
Best Book, Other Fiction
Paul, Paula - Crazy Quilt - UNM Press
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, October 8, 2007
New Mexico BookCoOp New Mexoico Book Awards Harry Wilson Amador Press
OCTOBER 19 CO-OP MEETING — What I as a Writer Learned by Becoming a Publisher
Our guest at the October 19 Co-op lunch meeting will be Harry Willson, publisher and author, Amador Publishers. The publishers seemed to like Harry Willson's work - even as they rejected it. So he decided to take a chance on his own writing and publish it himself. Soon he was publishing the work of others as well. Twenty years later the company Harry started with his wife Adela Amador, Amador Publishers, has published more than 30 books by 15 authors. Still, Harry is first and foremost a writer, and he's learned a lot about both the craft and business of writing from being on the other side of the desk. He will share some of those insights in his talk: What I as a Writer Learned by Becoming a Publisher.
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.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet will be 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 $34 per person. 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
As of today, 150 people have reserved a space at the banquet — don’t wait too long or all the seats will be gone!
The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards have been announced and are posted on the Book Awards website at http://nmbookaward.com/finalists.html
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 October 19 Co-op lunch meeting will be Harry Willson, publisher and author, Amador Publishers. The publishers seemed to like Harry Willson's work - even as they rejected it. So he decided to take a chance on his own writing and publish it himself. Soon he was publishing the work of others as well. Twenty years later the company Harry started with his wife Adela Amador, Amador Publishers, has published more than 30 books by 15 authors. Still, Harry is first and foremost a writer, and he's learned a lot about both the craft and business of writing from being on the other side of the desk. He will share some of those insights in his talk: What I as a Writer Learned by Becoming a Publisher.
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.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet will be 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 $34 per person. 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
As of today, 150 people have reserved a space at the banquet — don’t wait too long or all the seats will be gone!
The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards have been announced and are posted on the Book Awards website at http://nmbookaward.com/finalists.html
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, October 5, 2007
Write On Four Corners, KSJE Farmington schedule for Oct. 10 2007
10/10 10/12 Tom Chavez New Mexico Past and Future This is a compilation of lectures Dr. Chavez gave during his years as the Director of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
And watch for Hampton Sides and Blood and Thunder the first week in November on Write On.
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
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
And watch for Hampton Sides and Blood and Thunder the first week in November on Write On.
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
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Carolyn Howard Johnson's The Frugal Editor Hits Amazon PreSales Top 10
M E D I A R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007M E D I A R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007
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
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007M E D I A R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007
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
Tekla Dennison Miller The Warden Wore Pink Speaks at San Juan College
Tekla Dennison Miller, former prison warden, and now writer, will be speaking at San Juan College in Farmington New Mexico Tuesday, November 6 at 11:30 AM on Prisons and Prisoners. Contact Connie Jacobs, PhD at 505-566-3235 or JacobsC@SanJuanCollege.edu.
Tekla is coming to speak to my English 095 class on the death penalty and the novel, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. He was in prison, illiterate, and was “saved” through language and poetry. I always invite any other students to attend. I especially target Psychology, Sociology, and Human Service students.
Dr. Jacobs says:
Tekla Dennison Miller
www.teklamiller.com
The Warden Wore Pink
A Bowl of Cherries
Life Sentences
Mexico.
Tekla is coming to speak to my English 095 class on the death penalty and the novel, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. He was in prison, illiterate, and was “saved” through language and poetry. I always invite any other students to attend. I especially target Psychology, Sociology, and Human Service students.
Dr. Jacobs says:
Tekla Dennison Miller
www.teklamiller.com
The Warden Wore Pink
A Bowl of Cherries
Life Sentences
Mexico.
Gotsch Discovery
Went to a creative writing workshop, and got "my wrist slapped" for cramming too many internal thoughts, or too much information expressed by dialogue into a story and slowing it down. The instructor suggested that I find all internals or dialogue possible that could be expressed in a gesture, and use expressions and physical movement to express them. Save dialogue and internals for abstract thoughts. I tried it and didConnie 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 it shorten my stuff up. That should have been a "duh", but for some reason it wasn't. Have a good day.
Wylie's Writing Tips/Gwynne Spencer's Cosmic Raccoon
Ann Wylie has just published her latest Writing Tips News Letter. Check out her web site on this blog. If you'd like to subscribe to it, you can. Also Gwynne Spencer's Cosmic Raccoon is out. You can follow the adventures of this Write On Four Corners family member as she settles in the Pacfic Northwest after a move from Southern Colorado. Her web site's on this blog, too.
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
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