A WRITER’S TO-DO LIST

Feb 24 2012, 4:31 pm

TO-DO LISTS

Writers sometimes have odd to-do lists. After looking at my most recent efforts, I decided to share some of the items I had yet to cross out. Taken out of context, these might seem bad. It’s one of those “you had to be there” kinds of things. But you have to write them down and hope the FBI doesn’t raid your house. Some of them could be a little hard to explain.

To prove my point, here is part of my to-do list while working on Fourth Grave. (WARNING! There could be spoilers. I use a lot of initials, so the references may not be overt, but if you know the series, you will totally get who I’m talking about. Hope this doesn’t give too much away.) OH! And some of these scenes didn’t make the final cut, so don’t put too much stock in my list.

Here goes: 

• Kill F before the fire.
• Add dead body to arson scene.
• Leave getaway car running.
• Have D tie Ch up to make his escape.
• Have Ch’s gun disappear in hotel.
• Leave duct tape in hotel room.
• Don’t forget H’s clothes!
• Hint about H: Inanimate objects are silent in death.
• Look up ice cream.
• Does BG stab or shoot her? Maybe a car bomb?

And the list goes on and on. To me, these make perfect sense. They would probably make perfect sense to an FBI agent, as well. He’d just draw the wrong conclusions, which would be unfortunate.

Care to share items from your to-do list?

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AND THE WINNERS ARE….

Feb 19 2012, 2:07 am

Here are the winners by date, sign-on name, and time. CONGRATS!!!! 

And thank you EVERYONE for the amazingly kind words! I’m so blessed, it’s unreal. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

(In the order they were chosen..)

Feb 14th: Toni, 4:26

10th: Sara, 5:29

10th: Mary Goossen, 5:42

10th: Patricia Reed, 6:20

10th: Zanna Dobbs, 7:51

11th: Elaine Willis, 10:02

13th: Nicole C, 8:31

13th: Traci Coker, 10:20

16th: Desiree, 1:59

17th: Elizabeth, 1:49

(These names were chosen using Random.org) 

THANKS AGAIN, ALL!!! I’ll be contacting the winners for addresses and such. If you see this before I contact you, go ahead and send your info to darynda@zoho.com. ~D~

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CELEBRATIONS GALORE!

Feb 10 2012, 5:22 pm

So, yeah, THIRD GRAVE DEAD AHEAD shot out of the starting gate with a bang, and I have you guys to thank for it! And if you haven’t heard yet, it will hit the New York Times Best Seller’s List on Feb 19th at #26! YES! YES! YES! 

So, as a special thank you, I am giving away 10 TGDA journals! (Because you know how I love to give stuff away.) 

Comment below for a chance to win. I’ll use Randon.org to draw the winners a week from today, on February 17th. 

GOOD LUCK, ALL!!!! 

~D~

(International entries are VERY welcome, but I’ll only send once. If it gets lost in the mail, I’ll apologize profusely but will not resend. They just get lost too often! So sorry, but try anyway!!!) 

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HAPPY PUB DAY!!!

Feb 1 2012, 12:55 am

What happens when a woman sees no way out of a suffocating and dangerous marriage? Or when a nun hears the warnings of angels? Or when a dark and sensuous man is willing to risk everything, including the woman he loves, to prove his own innocence?

Find out in THIRD GRAVE DEAD AHEAD.

OUT TODAY!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 02/03/12

Clovis, NM

Hastings, 5 to 7 pm 

RELEASE PARTY!!  YAY!!  

Celebrate the release of Third Grave Dead Ahead

• 02/04/12

Lubbock, TX

Barnes & Noble, 2 to 4 pm

Signing

• 02/10/12

Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque Science Fiction Society, 6:30 to 10 pm

https://www.facebook.com/AlbuquerqueScienceFictionSociety

Speaker

• 02/11/12

Albuquerque, NM

Page 1 Bookstore, 4 to 7 pm 

Signing

• 02/18/12

Amarillo, TX

Barnes & Noble, 2 to 4 pm 

Signing

• 02/19/12

Roswell, NM

Hastings, 2 to 4 pm

Signing

• 02/24/12

Albuquerque, NM

Alamosa Books, TBA

Signing

• 03/17/12

Plano, TX

Barnes & Noble, 5 to 7 pm

@ Creekwalk Village

Signing

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