Book tour stop today at American Chronicle here:
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How fun! Get to read the first chapter of A Will to Love today on my book tour here:
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Do not remember where I got this from but, what is the difference between bird flu and swine flu? ............ well, with bird flu you need a tweetment and with swine flu you need oinkment

Here is my fifth stop on the book tour. Please stop by and leave me a comment!

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Fourth stop on my virtual book tour:

Kim Smith VBT

Kindness is love

Happy Kindness Day! I know this is a hard day for some, with the memorial for Michael Jackson and all, but we should be looking to the comfort of his music as a way of letting go.

Whilst we do that, let’s think on another aspect of kindness that we haven’t discussed yet.
Kindness in relationships!!

Yes, we all want respect and kindness in our relationship with our significant other, don’t we? Sure we do! Well, here is a little list of things that you can do to show kindness to the one you love.

1. Listen. We have one mouth and two ears. Seems to me that we should listen twice as much as we talk.
2. Make an effort to remember special dates. It doesn’t take long to put special dates on your calendar and it can mean a lot.
3. Buy love gifts. Give your love a little something to show you were thinking of him or her. They will appreciate it.
4. Try to be involved in their interests. If they are a sports nut, try to love that sport. If they are a reader, try to get into books.
5. Finally, spend time making memories with them. I know Michael Jackson’s kids are remembering all the special moments they had with their dad. Memories are the only thing we have to keep us warm in the winter of our lives, so be sure and put a little substance in that love bank!!


Hope this has encouraged you. Go out and be kind today!

Hey everyone! My book tour started in earnest today... my stop is :
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Come out and play!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I woke up to the news that my latest release, A Will to Love, has made it onto the Reviewer’s Bookwatch list as a Reviewer’s Choice entry for July 2009 at Midwest Book Reviews. It will stay there, of course, for the next twelve months. I am so excited you guys!

I invite you to go out and see the list at MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW and click on the Reviewer’s Bookwatch link, then on the July 2009 link. A Will to Love is at the top.

Kim
http://www.mkimsmith.com

Guest Poster, Dee Julian

I created the following list about six years ago and it grew with each contest I entered. I truly appreciate the hard work that most judges put into judging contest entries, and I did not start this list out of spite but purely to relieve some of the pent-up frustration I was going through at the time I received such comments. Since then I have matured. A little.

Dee Julian
The Macgregor’s Daughter
www.wildchildpublishing.com

With Regards to Writing

Eleven of the dumbest comments from contest judges
AND
What I would’ve loved to say to them.


“I don’t understand why your hero is pretending to be someone else.”
Well duh…if I gave away everything in the first chapter, there would be no reason to write the rest of the book.

“I don’t like your heroine’s name. It sounds too boyish.”
Too bad. It’s my character, and I’m not changing it.

“The sex scene in the first chapter took me out of the story.”
What sex scene? She’s trying to get away, and he’s trying to stop her. Listen, Granny, if that’s sex, I’ve been doing it wrong all these years.

“Your entry read great, and I found nothing wrong, but I don’t usually give high scores, so I didn’t.”
Why is it that those writers who can’t write are asked to judge the ones who can?

“Not sure about the long term conflict.”
You’re kidding! He threw her in prison, AND they’re on opposite sides of the war!

“When hero was shipwrecked, he knew who he was, but two weeks later he has amnesia?”
Did you read the part about the big gash on his head? Did you know you could fall asleep with such an injury then wake up and recall nothing?

“Did they use words like ‘tamper’ back then?”
According to my Collegiate Dictionary, they did. But I’m surprised you didn’t know that since I suspect you were born around the eighteenth century.

“Parts of your dialogue had too much back and forth bantering.”
Well, genius, that’s because the characters are arguing.

“I need more physical description of your heroine from your hero’s POV.”
Hero is blind. HELLO! Did you really read this entry?

“Add more introspect between your dialogue.”
Where did they dig you up? You DO realize that interrupting the story with too much introspect is a no-no, right?

“I don’t understand. Is she a spy or not?”
What part of “I am not a spy” do you not understand?

Getting Ready for the Fireworks!

I have uploaded pics from my holiday shoot today. I hope you enjoy them!
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Happy God bless America day! Hope you have a safe and fun-filled holiday! Will have pictorial of the day to post soon! Xxxx