Christy Lockhart - Romance Writer
Women's fiction and literatur
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Good Reads

There's nothing better than spending a cool winter evening with a great book. Here's a list of some books I've read recently that you might enjoy. They're all available from Amazon.com, and I've made it easy for you to order. All you need to do is click on the book title. (Isn't it great that we never have to leave home in order to indulge in one of our favorite hobbies?)

Seven Months and Counting by Myrna Temte

Dakota Born
by Debbie Macomber

Who's Been Sleeping In Her Bed? a Silhouette Intimate Moments by Pamela Dalton

Witness . . . and Wife? a Silhouette Intimate Moments by Kate Stevenson

Midnight in Ruby Bayou by Elizabeth Lowell

Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz

The Killing Game by Iris Johansen

Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts

 

 

The Future of Publishing

Here's an experpt from my occasional column in the Colorado Romance Writers' newsletter, Romancing The Rockies, about the future of books and publishing: Will books as we know them disappear?

If you've spent any time with me, you know that I tremble with fear any time I think about traditional books going the way of our IBM Selectric typewriters and carbon paper. (Okay, I've got to admit it, I don't miss the messy carbon and figuring out how to correct that second page and realign the paper, even if I do sometimes miss my big clunky typewriter.)

In the June 19, 2000 edition of TIME Magazine, there's a short article by Stephen King, the first really big name author to wade into electronic publishing. According to King, he can't imagine book lovers giving up their books, nor is he willing to give up his own books.

The same edition of TIME Magazine has a fascinating article titled, "Will We Still Turn Pages?" The article suggests that we might soon have books with digital pages, complete with digital ink. We could load our e-books onto the digital pages and still read a book in the traditional way-by turning the page. One day we may have several digital books with a varying number of pages for different length books.

One advantage of digital books might be that we could also play a movie or music videos on these same pages.

Long live technology-as long as you don't take away my books!

 

 

Quotes to Live By

If you're like me, you love quotes, inspirational, motivational, or just plain fun. Here's a few of my favorites. Be sure to check back for others!

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.
                                                    --Charlotte Bront'

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
                                                    --Victor Hugo

Life is a promise; fulfill it.
                                                   --Mother Teresa

"They say motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily."
                                                   --Zig Ziglar

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. "
                                                   --Aldous Huxley

"Where I was born and where and how I lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest."
                                                   -- Georgia O'Keefe

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.
                                                    --Charlotte Bront‘

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
                                                    --Victor Hugo

Life is a promise; fulfill it.
                                                   --Mother Teresa

"They say motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily."
                                                   --Zig Ziglar

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."
                                                   --Aldous Huxley

"Where I was born and where and how I lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest."
                                                   -- Georgia O'Keefe

 

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