At Last...My Book is Completed!

Finished and Published!
The Great Scarecrow Invasion is now On Sale.
My launch plans are still a bit delayed, not my fault, Really!
Well...
Seeing as this is the first time I am trying to do a launch it's just taking some time to get everything into place. Sorry I'm kind of on a learning curve here. Hopefully next week, but I decided to go ahead and get it published because it needed to be done. It was way delayed. Anyway, there are some pesky scarecrows up to no good and a diabolical corn maze involved. Also the Secretary's plans are finally revealed! And it's good. What are they? Sorry, you've got to buy the book to find out.
It's for sale on Smashwords, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Kobo is coming soon. Oh by the way, I did crack the code on Kobo after all, and all of my books (except Scarecrow) were approved for the Premium Catalogue on Smashwords!
Anyway, my giveaway is The Mystery of Hurtleberry House, all nicely reformatted. That's right it is now Free! Just as soon as it gets out to all the publishing sites from Smashwords. That's part of my launch, which isn't working as smoothly as I hoped. But does anything ever work out smoothly for me? I think not. However, you can download it for free at Smashwords if you like.
I do have a new tab on my blog called "A Writer's Got To Eat - Cooking For One". All that's there right now is the stew recipe, but I figure I'll post one a month. Next month is a black bean soup I stumbled on when I made a mess of something else. I make up the best recipes that way. Now I know I'm not as good a cook as some on this blog (yes Dionne I am looking at you), but this soup is really, really good. By the way, I bought all of her books in this series. They are very good. Go for the giveaway.
So while I figure out all of the marketing for Scarecrow (any suggestions would be greatly appreciated) I am working on my first novella outside The Reboot Files Series, Chasing Lady Midnight. That's right, I said novella. Which will be for sale. Why the change? Well I figured out how to make it into a Cozy Mystery, so it's not going to be exactly like the free post. There will be a lot more to it.
What's that you say? A Cozy Mystery? With superheroes?
Do I dare?
Oh yes, I dare.
But more on that another day.
See you next week!

Mystery writer C.L. Ragsdale is the author of The Reboot Files a Christian Mystery Series. A California native, she loves to "surf" the web to research plot details for her fun, quirky stories. She has a degree in Theatre Arts which greatly influenced her writing style. Working in various fields as a secretary has allowed her to both master her writing skills and acquire valuable technical knowledge which she uses liberally in her plots. She is an enthusiastic (if not always patient) knitter and is a big fan of the old Scooby Doo cartoons. Current E-Books THE REBOOT FILES: The Mystery of Hurtleberry House, The Island of Living Trees, The Harbinger of Retribution, and The Wrong Ghost.
www.shortmysteriesandtalltales.blogspot.com
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Lights, Camera, ACTION!

Well it's not everyday I can say this, so I'm going to take advantage.
What did I do this last weekend? I wrote a screenplay.
No kidding. A friend of mine Jim Zimmer who runs his own Independent Film Company called Wellsprings Productions, www.wellspringsproductions.com. He specializes in documentaries and short films. Anyway he's brought me into a short film project called "Larry" and I'm writing the screenplay. More details will be available as Jim says I can tell them. Filming starts in about a week.
That's right, I am a renaissance writer.
About a year ago Jim and I did a short vignette of The Mystery of Hurtleberry House. It was really exciting. Shooting on location, real film making equipment, actors in unions! I had a lot of fun. I also learned a lot about making movies. Primarily that the only people who work all day are the technicians. The rest of us just wait until we're needed. Which isn't as often as you would think.
Mostly my job was to sit and say, "I'm the writer. Talk to me if you need an edit."
I joke, but really I had a great time. One of my favorite experiences.
Unfortunately there were sound issues on the end product, but if you want to see it you can go to
http://vimeo.com/33460510

Mystery and adventure writer C.L. Ragsdale is the author of The Reboot Files a Christian Cozy Mystery Series, and a superhero story called Chasing Lady Midnight. A California native, she loves to "surf" the web to research plot details for her fun, quirky stories. She has a degree in Theatre Arts which greatly influenced her writing style. Working in various fields as a secretary has allowed her to both master her writing skills and acquire valuable technical knowledge which she uses liberally in her plots. A big secret from her past, which is not so secret anymore, is that she used to a major comic book geek. Nowadays she loves to crochet, but she is still a big fan of the old Scooby Doo cartoons.

Cindy posts on her own blog called Short Mysteries and Tall Tales at http://shortmysteriesandtalltales.blogspot.com as well as The Cozy Mystery Magazine on http://cozymysterymagazine.blogspot.com

Her Facebook Authors Page is located at http://www.facebook.com/pages/CL-Ragsdale/219184744858421

My Favorite Writing Place

Following in the theme of where we like to create our stories I thought I would contribute. So where is my favorite writing place? Well...it depends. You see, wherever my laptop is, that is where I like to write, but I do have some favorite spots in my house.
First there is

The Comfy Living Room Chair

This was my Mom's chair, until she decided she liked the couch better. So I will often get my laptop and start creating. Until I need a change of venue then I move to

The Not So Comfy, But For Some Reason I Like It, Floor

This is a holdover from my childhood. Mom said I would go under the kitchen table before I could read and make up my own stories to go along with the pictures in the book. Eventually I settled for just the floor. Although as I age I find that the time I can actually sit on the floor gets to be less. So I move to

The Not As Comfy, But It Will Do, Bedroom Chair

I've had this chair for years, after my Mom decided she didn't like it. I got more furniture that way. Anyway, I put it in my bedroom just in case a brilliant writing idea happens to come my way. Besides the laptop charger is in there. Oh by the way, see the pretty grandmother's flower garden quilt? Mom made that, as well as the little afghan on the comfy chair. She was very creative. I wish it was genetic.

Anyway that's where I do my creating, but there one piece of furniture that seems out of place...

A DESK??? What Am I Supposed To Do With A DESK?

Mom must have snuck this one in on me when I wasn't looking. 

Mystery writer C.L. Ragsdale is the author of The Reboot Files a Christian Mystery Series. A California native, she loves to "surf" the web to research plot details for her fun, quirky stories with just a bit of whopper in them. She has a degree in Theatre Arts which greatly influenced her writing style. Working in various fields as a secretary has allowed her to both master her writing skills and acquire valuable technical knowledge which she uses liberally in her plots. She loves to embroider and knit and is a big fan of the old Scooby Doo cartoons.

Current E-Books
THE REBOOT FILES:  The Mystery of Hurtleberry House, The Island of Living Trees, The Harbinger of Retribution, and The Wrong Ghost.

www.shortmysteriesandtalltales.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CL-Ragsdale219184744858421