Cyber Thank You

A Cyber Thank you

          2017 has been an amazing year for our Author Series. It was great traveling and presenting with fellow authors all year. We've traveled, met and made so many newfound friends: authors, fans, reviewers, bookstore owners and editors.

          In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we'd like to thank those who hosted me and Will this year:

 February 18, Saturday,  Gatsby Books hosted our book launch of DESERT ICE, A Skylar Drake Murder Mystery. It was wonderful to see many friends and supporters.

 April 2 we participated in an International Tea, hosted by Sisters In Crime/LA Branch held at the South Pasadena Library. We had our tea leaves read, all good stuff!

Also, this year was our third year participating in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Hosted by Sisters in Crime/LA Branch.

May 1, Monday,  was the perfect month to be a part of the Grand Re-Opening of the Glendale Central Library. Will read from DESERT ICE and Janet participate in a panel discussion.

On June 10, Saturday, we joined in the California Crime Writer's Conference. We discussed the role of Social Media for authors.  It was a lively discussion with an audience full of authors.

The following day, Sunday, Will and I participated in the  El Segundo Public Library Author Fair.  We presented with a group of authors discussing the amazing works of the 1950s authors:  Ross Mac Donald,  Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanly Garner, and others.

Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico began carrying our Skylar Drake Murder Mystery Series.  We are expanding our book series throughout the Southwest.

(l to r) Will Zeilinger, Janet Lynn, Denise Reich, and Andy Garcia

Our launch party for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable was hosted by Gatsby Books. We presented with two other contributing authors who have short stories in the book.

Our second event, October 25, Wednesday, was The Lit Crawl. It's a Walkable Smorgasbord of Over 40 Literary Happenings in NoHo Arts District Locations in one Night!  Our event took place at the Blastoff Comic Bookstore. We had a fun audience.

Will was invited to participate in a panel at the American Association of University Women (AAUW), E. San Gabriel Annual Luncheon. He was one of five authors discussing An Author's Guilty Pleasure:  An authors guide to plotting crime. Authors l to r: Nancy Cole Silverman (moderator), Pam Samuels Young, Will Zeilinger, Jill Amadio, and Shannon Muir.

Thank you again for a wonderful 2017!

Summer Sun Poem

Summer Sun 

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Great is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven with repose;
And in the blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.

Though closer still the blinds we pull
To keep the shady parlour cool,
Yet he will find a chink or two
To slip his golden fingers through.

The dusty attic spider-clad
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
And through the broken edge of tiles
Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.

Meantime his golden face around
He bares to all the garden ground,
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Among the ivy's inmost nook.

Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.

Valentines Month

February Animated Valentines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnUJvl9xyxI&feature=youtu.be

Happy 2016

Happy New Year!

To all a happy, healthy, prosperous  new year!

Here is a Happy New Year animation. Enjoy! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr2L0sJz_mM

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

This first day of winter, also called the Winter Solstice, falls on Tuesday,  December 22, 2015 . Because of the tilt of the earth, the northern hemisphere, is facing away from the sun.  It is the shortest day of the year, and the least amount of sunlight.

When I lived in the northeast, New York,  it was cold, wet, and somewhat miserable the entire season. However, one can't deny the beauty of the first snow blanketing the ground, Jack Frost on the windows, and icicles hanging and sparkling from tree branches. The first snow was always a sight to see especially when the moon cast its blue shadows on the sparkly white, untouched snow.

I have fond memories of winter walks to school in freezing weather. To get winter beauty, you have to put up with the cold!

Enjoy your winter where ever you may be!

Autumn

Autumn

Autumn, when leaves drop, colors pop, and those lazy days of summer transform to our next season. This year the first day of Autumn or Autumn Equinox, was September 23. It is when daytime and nighttime are an equal 12 hours long.

When I lived in the northeast, New York, this was the most beautiful time of year. The weather changed from hot and muggy to crisp, clear and fresh and the autumn colors of the leaves were spectacular. Nothing can erase the memory of walks to school, crunching “a million leaves” along the way.

I think autumn is when Mother Nature does her best in decorating the world with beauty.

Enjoy Autumn!

I saw from the beach

 I Saw From The Beach

I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining,
A bark o'er the waters move gloriously on;
I came when the sun o'er that beach was declining,
The bark was still there, but the waters were gone.

And such is the fate of our life's early promise,
So passing the spring-tide of joy we have known;
Each wave that we danced on at morning ebbs from us,
And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone.

Oh, who would not welcome that moment's returning
When passion first waked a new life through his frame,
And his soul, like the wood that grows precious in burning,
Gave out all its sweets to love's exquisite flame

Thomas Moore