I did two radio interviews this weekend–the first at Voices of the West the second for Standard Orbit–and they both want me back again in 2016. WOO HOO!   To paraphrase Sally Field: “They like me! They really like me!” That bodes well… and I’m DE-lighted.   Both mentioned my energy level and enthusiasm.…

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Tomorrow from 4 to 5 pm Pacific Daylight Time (and 4 to 5 Arizona time, since Arizona doesn’t observe DST) I will be interviewed about DeForest Kelley’s career in motion picture and TV westerns.   To that end, for  most of the day I’ve been curating, editing and enhancing a comprehensive document with additional links…

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HORRORS! I did a search on Kristine M. Smith + goodreads an hour or so ago and was appalled to find a listing that purported to offer FREE copies of my book DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best.   My Red Alert Backup Team,…

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My SUV has gone on strike, it seems. My next door neighbor, Malachi, has been helping me with it for two days.   He’s narrowed it down, he thinks, to the likeliest possibilities. I’m going to have O’Reilly’s test for them tomorrow as soon as it starts again. (It starts fine in cool weather; when…

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My purple Complaint-Free World bracelets arrived in the mail a couple of days ago.I put one on immediately and felt a shift in my consciousness when I did it. Now if I have a complaint (I really don’t have a lot of them, thankfully, being a peaceful, grateful person at base) I work to find…

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Mark Your Calendar:   I will be on Voices of the West this coming Saturday, August 20th from 4-5pm Pacific Daylight Time on KVOI radio (streamed live at http://voicesofthewest.net and kvoi.com) talking about DeForest Kelley’s career in westerns.   Please let your Cowboy Kelley and Star Trek friends know. Trek fans need to hear more…

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#MyGreatestVictory?   This year I “suddenly” turned 65. What a  shock!   I have no idea why I awoke last night thinking of all the times I should have died before now…   as an infant, I was born underweight and struggling. It was suggested to my parents that they not bother naming me, because…

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Last night and this morning I sat down to compile my August 25th presentation (“Making a Living as a Writer in the 21st Century”) for the Yelm Writers’ Circle.   Whew!   I had no idea how much information I have stored away just in my brain on the topic.  (With a little more than…

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At YellowBalloonPublications.com on the individual pages that describe, review and offer excerpts of five of my books, you’ll find SHARE buttons on the left-hand side of the page.   Please use them to post a cover image and your comments about whichever book you’ve read to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ pages. There is also…

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Photo courtesy of Heidi Smith This week, in less than 48 hours, I landed six podcast interviews, probably because I was able to attach the video of my NEW DAY NORTHWEST TV interview to the intro I sent the hosts about my book and myself.  Four of them are Trek-related, two are westerns-related. I don’t…

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