Falling Roses News/Events December, 2006

The second annual Fountaindale Author Fest is a unique program bringing authors together with readers and book lovers! Adult, young adult, and children’s authors showcase, and sell copies of their books while readers have an opportunity to speak with a local author and

purchase a personally signed book! Join us on Saturday December 9th!

Bolingbrook Location
300 W. Briarcliff Rd.
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
(630) 759-2102

February 2-4, 2007 Love is Murder Mystery Lovers Conference For More Info Click Here

February 25, 2007 - From 2:00-3:00 Meet the Authors at Niles Library. Rosemarie and time travel/paranormal author Denise Fleischer will be discussing our books, writings, associations, and having a book signing at the Niles Public Library located at 6960 Oakton Street Niles, IL.

Are you a Falling Roses Trick-or-Treat contest winner? Click Here to see if you have a winning number.

Curly Quotes Gone Astray:

As you type on the computer, have you ever noticed the quotation mark curling the wrong direction like a bad hair day? Here are two likely cases:

(a) For a quote within a quote, a single quote followed by a double one produces three marks in a row as in:

(correct) He said, “I heard the buyer say, ‘I accept your price.’”

(backward curl) He said, “I heard the buyer say, ‘I accept your price.’ “

Cause: You made a space between the single quote and the double one, causing your computer to assume you are starting a new quote. Cure: Don’t space there.

(b) To show that a speaker is interrupted, we use a dash (double hyphen acceptable) and close the quotation mark, as in:

(correct) “I see the wreck, but what--” (or you can insert an emdash: — )

(backward curl) “I see the wreck, but what—“

Cause: Again your computer assumes you are starting a new quote. Cure: Make the quotation mark first; then go back one space to insert your dash.

* If anyone knows how to do Example (b) an easier way, please tell me.

Do demons bedevil your writing? Similar, confusing words? Grammar, punctuation, or capitalization rules? “The Demystifier” will clear up the mystery (primary reference unless otherwise noted: Garner, Bryan A. Dictionary of Modern American Usage. N.Y.: Oxford University Press). Address questions and comments to freelance editor, Joan Upton Hall, PO Box 179, Hutto, TX 78634, or email: jmuHall@aol.com. More problems like the one above are demystified in the booklet, 50 Writers’ Tips. Find a few of them at “books, etc.” on website: www.JoanUptonHall.com.

Joan Upton Hall's anthology, GHOSTLY TALES FROM AMERICA'S JAILS (Atriad Press), is to be released mid-December. Stories from all over the U.S. tell of spirits still doing time in these old jails -- some since the 1600s! Check website: http://www.JoanUptonHall.com

Purchase Falling Roses for Christmas or Valentine's Day. Visit the Store. Click Here

Christmas Eve, and Gabrielle still hadn’t received a present from John. It was their first Christmas together. Perhaps, he just wasn’t going to give her a gift. She had no idea that Santa would give her his love and more. Read all about Bobbie and John's first Christmas together. Make sure your speakers are on. And then vote at Book Bits. Click Here

Why is Bobbie late for work again? Could she be stuck in the elevator with a bomb rigged inside the shaft? Will John be able to get those doors open before she presses the wrong button? Make sure your speakers are on. And then vote at Book Bits. Click Here

A romantic tale of how edible paint in the tub can go wrong for two celebrities who have to do a photo shoot the next day. Vote at Book Bits. Click Here

Kathryn Morris has no idea who she is, what had led her to be a prostitute, and how to keep her unborn child. All she has is the Reverend and his wife who claim they are her parents. Vote at Book Bits. Click Here

Are you in the process of self-publishing your book and don't want to pay 2.5 cents a word to have your publisher edit it? Do you want a good editor who will do what you need? A second set of eyes! Reasonable rates and quick, convenient personal service. Contact me at rosemariepiemonte@yahoo.com and I'll put you in touch with my editor Autumn Bittick Editor/Proofreader. She's absolutely amazing!