by Gloria Oliver | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hi all!This week I’m posting an interview with Linda Ballou and her book based on Hawaiian history called Wai-nani: High Chiefess of Hawai’i.What brought you to this story?While I was living on the north shore of Kauai a special issue in the local paper...
by Gloria Oliver | May 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
Since I have suffered what seems to be My First Obsession Ever, I figured it might be helpful to create the Top 10 Ways to know if you’re truly obsessed so I can make sure. Here we go! (Please feel free to add any others you think might be applicable.)10. You...
by Gloria Oliver | May 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
Greetings! 2008 seems to be flowing past fast! It’s May already! Eek!Index1) News2) Marketing Madness3) Latest Appearance Schedule4) Upcoming Appearances5) What’s Up?1) News – New reviews are up for Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles!Also more reviews for...
by Gloria Oliver | Apr 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
1) Never ask a vampire if he’d like a drink2) Never ask the bride’s mother how she is holding out an hour before the wedding3) Never sign insurance papers when you and your sweetheart are gazing down at Niagara Falls4) Never lend a relative money if you...
by Gloria Oliver | Apr 6, 2008 | Conventions, Marketing
April Showers are upon us! (As evidenced by some huge storms this past week! Eek!)Index1) News2) Marketing Madness3) Latest Appearance Schedule4) Upcoming Appearances5) What’s Up?1) News -“Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles” is now out in Trade Paperback!...
by Gloria Oliver | Mar 23, 2008 | Marketing, Novels
HI, all! Just wanted to annouce real quick that “Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles” is now available in Trade Paperback! Can be purchased at Amazon or for a bigger discount directly from the Publiser at Hard Shell Word...
by Gloria Oliver | Mar 16, 2008 | Marketing
Stress has been high this year what with work going full tilt, needing to do Promo for myself and the new books (which is far far behind), scraping time to write, and dealing with getting all the stuff done for my daughter’s upcoming wedding. So I’ve been...
by Gloria Oliver | Mar 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
(This is something I actually wrote to try to get into a Smart Pop book before I found out Regular Joe turning into a Raving Fan stories were a dime a dozen. Did a lot of work on it, and it did get someone in my writer’s group to check out the show, so figured...
by Gloria Oliver | Feb 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
Courtesy of Rachel Caine (darn her!), I’ve been tagged, and now some of you will be too … basically, I have to post a blog with sixteen random personal facts or habits, and then pick twelve of my friends to tag. No tag backs, if you’re playing at...
by Gloria Oliver | Jan 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Every year I look up to see what the new Chinese zodiac animal will be. Not only do they use the 12 year cycle for the 12 animals, they also add in the five elements, which enlarges the cycle to 60 years. Japan uses the cycle as well, but they actually have the year...
