I'm Still Here

Just to let you know, I'm still here. Often, I don't have the time to update my Double M blog here, because I'm so busy getting my other blogs done, or working on my books.

For those who don't know, I also operate group blogs. Here are three that have been very active lately, which I invite you to check out some time:

Acme Authors Link - http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com
Romance and mystery authors share their writing life.

Make Mine Mystery - http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com
As the name entails, you'll find lots of mystery and thriller authors over here.

Spunky Senior Authors and Talents - http://spunkyseniors.blogspot.com
Designed as a guest blog featuring seniors 50 years and older, authors and other

Morgan Mandel's most current releases are
the romantic comedy, Her Handyman
http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK and
the Thriller, Forever Young: Blessing or Curse,
at http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ

Find all of Morgan Mandel's books at
http://www.morganmandel.com

Where I Am Lately

You're welcome to make comments at any of these blogs, even if not on the date I originally posted -

At the Acme Authors Link, tell us what your favorite social network is -
http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/2011/09/whats-your-favorite-social-network.html

On Monday I did a blog about Mishaps and how to use them to advantage in manuscripts. I asked people to mention theirs, and got some unusual responses at
http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/2011/09/mishaps-by-morgan-mandel.html

Here's a fun blog called Save the Goober, where you get to show how to fix a mangled manuscript excerpt -http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2011/09/save-goober.html

At Spunky Seniors, you can see a blog about me and my pit bull at
http://spunkyseniors.blogspot.com/2011/09/spunky-senior-morgan-mandel-owns-pit.html,
among other blogs from seniors. Thursday, Sept. 8, will be a post where I feature one of my favorites, The DanZman. If you sign up for emails, you won't miss any of the posts there or you can just drop by http://spunkyseniors.blogspot.com/ at any given time to see what seniors are up to.


Thanks,

Morgan Mandel

Killer Career still
99 cents on Kindle
and Smashwords.
Also in print for 13.95

Two Wrongs to be
re-released soon.

Forever Young-
Blessing or Curse
also coming soon.

Never Enough Organized

No matter how much I try, I'll never be enough organized. Still, I do have to make some efforts. I relish every small success along the way.

On my group blog today at Make Mine Mystery, I show some ways for Writers and Readers to remove clutter. Maybe you know more. Please share at


http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-cleaning-for-writers-andreaders.html

Thanks,
Morgan Mandel

Busy Three Days

It's a busy first three days this week, as I hop around the Internet.
I invite you to check out these blogs -

Monday - The Unfinished House - http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/
Tuesday - The very popular Ask the Editor Feature at http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/
Wednesday - Speaking Engagements - Social Networking - http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/

Thursday, I'll be back here again. Topic to be discovered yet in my brain. (g)

Morgan

Come On Over Please

On this back-to-the-day-job day, I find myself with two posts at other blogspots, so I'm hoping to divert your attention to them.

How Far Can You Go is at http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/

Carola Dunn, Mystery Author, is over at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/

Comments are appreciated at one or both or here or all.

Thanks,
Morgan Mandel

Double M Rewind at Make Mine Mystery

You'll find a Double M Rewind at Make Mine Mystery today. I'm choosing worthwhile posts and re-posting them here or on my group blogs. It's a shame to let them go to waste when many people didn't see them the first time around. This one is a guest post from Cyndia Depre about her pet writing peeves and contains much useful information.  Here's the link:
http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/2010/01/rewind-from-double-m-featuring-cyndia.html

Tomorrow, I'll find another for your enjoyment, since I'm doing two days at Make Mine Mystery this week.
Thanks,
Morgan

Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday

Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.

Thanks,
Morgan

Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks

Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.

Thanks,
Morgan Mandel

New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link

Hi Gang,
Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/

If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.

Thanks,
Morgan

#19 Hallopalooza Results & Check Out Make Mine Mystery Monday

The results are in at Hallopalooza Stop #19 - Jonnie Hartling's comment won the prize for this stop - a cap or tee shirt. I've already been in contact with her.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Monday, at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, I'm hosting Rolf Hitzer, author of Hoodoo Sea. Come on over to check him and his book out.

Thanks,

Morgan

Please Welcome My Guest at Make Mine Mystery Today

Hi Gang,
I've got a terrific guest over at Make Mine Mystery today. Bill Walker is a graphic designer who specializes in book and dust cover design.

He's also got a new romantic suspense called A Note From an Old Acquaintance, which sounds very intriguing. Please hop over to http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/ to check him out.

Thanks,
Morgan

See the Where Am I Blog Today

The question asked at my blog today at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com is Where Am I?
See if you can figure out the location. Tomorrow I'll reveal the answer here, and also give you some hints on how to include setting in novels.

As usual, comments, here, there or both are appreciated.

Make Mine Mystery

Yesterday, I interviewed romantic suspense author, Margot Justes, on Blog Talk Radio Books and Blogs. If you missed the interview, you can find it on the player in the left column here.

Today, at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com I'm featuring mystery writer, Richard Roach and his new book, Scattered Leaves. I'd appreciate your hopping over to read all about him and his book.

As always, Comments here, there or both are welcome.

Here I Go Sending You Off on Another Journey

Hi Gang,
Here I go again, sending you off to somewhere else. Today, I'm asking if you'd please click the link to Make Mine Mystery. It's my day to post over there and the topic is expiration stamps on books. The forbidding photo which will greet you was taken on vacation from our van in Wisconsin on the way to my friend's house. That week was a particularly stormy one.

As always, I'd really appreciate your comments here, there, or both spots.

Thanks

My New Nickname - Thank you, Marvin Wilson

I've always envied people whose names could easily be turned into nicknames.

The name, Morgan, does not lend itself easily to nicknames. The only one that comes to mind is Morgie, which no one calls me. Sounds kind of like a dog's name. In fact, I called my old dog that, but that's a story for a later date.

Anyway, when circumstances lent me to starting up another blogspot featuring mysteries and mystery authors, the name, Make Mine Mystery, came to my mind for the blogspot.

I invited gun-ho, dedicated bloggers, who know the mystery genre and also the ins and outs of blogging. One of them, whom I'm happy to say accepted my invitation, was Marvin Wilson, a spiritualist author who happens to also write mysteries.



Marvin Wilson of the quick mind nicknamed the Make Mine Mystery blogspot Triple M.
Not only that, he called me Double M.


I like that nickname, so, this blogspot has a new title with my Double M nickname added, thanks to Marvin.

Do any of you have nicknames you like or dislike? Do you nickname things? Or maybe use code words? I invite you to share.

Make Mine Mystery Members Revealed

I never seem to have enough time, so what do I do, instead of freeing up more, I decided to start up a new blogsite at http:makeminemystery.blogspot.com. That was Tuesday. I've spent every free moment since then getting bloggers together, putting photos up, and basically getting the bunch of us organized. We're almost on automatic pilot now. Our bloggers will be blogging all week, with special blogs on Halloween.

Starting November 3, we'll be doing a regular rotation. Here's our schedule of star bloggers:

MAKE MINE MYSTERY BLOG SCHEDULE:
1st & 3rd Monday - Morgan Mandel
1st & 3rd Tuesday - Marilyn Meredith
1st & 3rd Wednesday - Mark Troy
1st & 3rd Thursday - Vivian Zabel
ALL FRIDAYS ARE A FREE FOR ALL UNLESS WE HAVE A GUEST*
1ST & 3RD Saturday - OPEN
1st & 3rd Sunday - Dana Fredsti

2nd & 4th Monday - Anne Carter
2nd & 4th Tuesday – Marvin Wilson
2nd & 4th Wednesday - Libby McKinmer
2nd & 4th Thursday - Christine Duncan
ALL FRIDAYS ARE A FREE FOR ALL UNLESS WE HAVE A GUEST*
2nd & 4th Saturday - Jean Henry Mead
2nd & 4th Sunday – Earl Staggs

We've got a great lineup of serious bloggers together and I have high hopes for the new blogspot to be a smashing success.

*On Free For All Fridays, any member bloggers who have not blogged that particular week will have the opportunity of putting up short posts or photos. That means you won't know what you'll see up that day. Or, even a guest may appear instead. It'll be a mystery. Well, maybe not. If a guest is scheduled, we'll all be telling everyone about it so you won't miss any of the excitement.

So, if you like mysteries, after you spend a little time here, I invite you to wander on over to Make Mine Mystery at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/