We've added another label to our categories for the Grandmothers Incorporated cozy mystery series. That label is Women's Lit. According to a definition on Google "Women's fiction is an umbrella term for women
centered books that focus on women's life experience that are marketed
to female readers, and includes many mainstream novels. It is distinct from Women's writing, which refers to literature written by (rather than promoted to) women."
Alright, we'll buy that. The Grandmothers, Incorporated series focuses on three women--four if you count Miss Fanny. Each of the women in the series is "sixty something"-- again, except for Miss Fanny, who is "eighty something"--so they definitely have experienced a lot of life. Women's Lit is marketed to female readers. There's no doubt that mostly women purchase the books in our series, but we accept greenbacks from any gender. We don't discriminate. We've sold our novels to quite a few men, young and old. As for the words mainstream novels. back to Goggle for a definition.
"Mainstream Fiction Is Any Novel That Sells Well. According to this first definition, any novel, whether genre or literary, which attracts a wide audience and sells in large numbers is a mainstream novel."
Bingo! So we're making it official. Mini Musings is proud to announce the addition of the Grandmothers Incorporated cozy mystery series as part of the Women's Lit label. Now all that remains is to see what's next for our ladies!
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018
MONTH 9 - TRYING TO KEEP UP
Okay, so we tried to upload a video on this blog promoting our latest title, WHOSE KNIFE IS IT ANYWAY? Guess what? No such luck. Yes, we're disappointed, but what can you do? Either you're tech savvy or you're not. There is a way readers can see the Grandmothers, Incorporated videos. Go to YouTube and type in Grandmothers Incorporated Adventures. All of our book promotion videos are there including the latest one for WHOSE KNIFE IS IT ANYWAY. Who knows, maybe we'll become savvy enough to put one of them on the blog in the near future. We keep trying.
Meanwhile, we're busy gathering material for a new mystery novel Everywhere we go we come up with ideas that could put our ladies in hilarious situations. Mackinac Island, a quaint island in Northern Michigan looks like it might be the next candidate for one of their adventures. It's isolated. The only way to get there is by ferry. No motor vehicles are allowed on the island. Either you walk or ride a bike to get around, and rumor has it that there are areas on the island that might be haunted. Sounds like the perfect place for a Grandmothers, Incorporated Adventure, doesn't it?
Meanwhile, we're busy gathering material for a new mystery novel Everywhere we go we come up with ideas that could put our ladies in hilarious situations. Mackinac Island, a quaint island in Northern Michigan looks like it might be the next candidate for one of their adventures. It's isolated. The only way to get there is by ferry. No motor vehicles are allowed on the island. Either you walk or ride a bike to get around, and rumor has it that there are areas on the island that might be haunted. Sounds like the perfect place for a Grandmothers, Incorporated Adventure, doesn't it?
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
MONTH 8 - GRANDMOTHERS INCORPORATED SERIES SALE CONTINUES
The July Summer Sale on Smashwords.com went so well for the Grandmothers, Incorporated book series that we decided to celebrate! For the rest of 2018 Grandmothers, Incorporated, Saving Sin City and There's Something Wrong with Miss Zelda will be on sale for .99, as well as From the Stage to the Page.
Of course we can't give all of the books in our fabulous cozy book series away. Our latest novel Whose Knife is it Anyway will still be the same low price, but click on any of the links below and read a sample of the book you want to purchase. Happy Reading!
AND
From the Stage to the Page
Of course we can't give all of the books in our fabulous cozy book series away. Our latest novel Whose Knife is it Anyway will still be the same low price, but click on any of the links below and read a sample of the book you want to purchase. Happy Reading!
Grandmothers, Incorporated
Saving Sin City
There's Something Wrong with Miss Zelda
AND
From the Stage to the Page
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
2018 - MONTH 7: GRANDMOTHERS, INCORPORATED Titles on SALE at 50% OFF THROUGH JULY
The 10th Annual
Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale Runs July 1-31
The biggest sale of the year at Smashwords has
begun!
From July 1 through July 31, you'll find deals on all of the GRANDMOTHERS, INCORPORATED titles in the 10th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale.
ALL TITLES FOR .99 cents
Including
THE 4th BOOK
in the hilarious
GRANDMOTHERS INCORPORATED
Book Series!
GRANDMOTHERS INCORPORATED
Book Series!
by L. Barnett Evans and C.V. Rhodes
That's what Bea, Hattie and Connie want to know as the amateur sleuths become embroiled in a case of "real" murder this time.
When the ladies of Grandmothers, Incorporated are trapped in the woods with a group of feuding church ladies, they wonder is a killer lurking in their midst?
It's another round of bell laughs as the ladies embark on a desperate search to discover WHOSE KNIFE is it ANYWAY?
READ A SAMPLE and PURCHASE
at
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
2018 - MONTH 6 - busy! Busy! BUSY!
Busy is the only word that can be used for all that has happened during the month of June. Evans and Rhodes have been busy getting ready for a major Book Festival held on June 16th. Both authors were asked not only to sell our novels, but to speak at the event. L. Barnett Evans ended the Book Festival with the reading of Excerpts from her recently produced play, Take My Hand.
C.V. Rhodes served as the keynote speaker at the Festival. The title of the speech was "Follow Your Dreams, but Take Care of Your Business". Since Evans and Rhodes are both authors and playwrights, in that speech important suggestions were made for those who aspire to become writers.
If you choose to follow these suggestions, no matter what type of creative artists one might, remember that your work is valuable. Know your worth. Live your dreams, but take care of your business.
C.V. Rhodes served as the keynote speaker at the Festival. The title of the speech was "Follow Your Dreams, but Take Care of Your Business". Since Evans and Rhodes are both authors and playwrights, in that speech important suggestions were made for those who aspire to become writers.
If you choose to follow these suggestions, no matter what type of creative artists one might, remember that your work is valuable. Know your worth. Live your dreams, but take care of your business.
SUGGESTIONS FOR CREATIVE ARTISTS
·
Copyright your work (own your work in case of future disputes) Go
on line to the U.S. Copyright Office Official site and register your
work. It cost $35 to $85.
·
Have an attorney review contracts ask questions regarding what you
don’t understand on those contracts (Legal Shield membership will provide such
services)
·
Playwrights, you own your work and when a producer wants to put
your play up all you are doing is giving permission for that producer to do
your work for a limited time. You should receive rights and royalty
monies. Every time that play hits the stage you should receive royalty
money. Never give permission for a producer to do your work without a
written contract.
·
Authors when you get a book contract, even if you have an agent,
you should understand every right that you’re giving up, especially your
digital rights (ebooks, audio books, streaming of any kind anything to projects
your rights for the future ). Giving up too much for too long can cost
you.
·
If you’re an author with a publishing contract, (whether you have
an author or not) learn how to read a Royalty Statement (question anything that
looks suspicious, be willing to challenge the publisher regarding it)
· Playwrights
and Authors know how much you’re willing to give away to get produced or
published
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
2018 - MONTH 5 - THE WRITING ADVENTURE CONTINUES
L. Barnett Evans' One Act play, Take My Hand, enjoyed a successful run at the Indy Fringe Onyx Festival. Who knows where it will go from there. Meanwhile, Evans and Rhodes are scouting locations for other exciting adventures for the characters in our Grandmothers, Incorporated book series.
Recently,
we had the pleasure of visiting Mackinac Island in Michigan, a
picturesque island that can only be accessed by ferry or boats and on
which the only motor vehicles allowed are for emergencies. The major
transportation on the island is by horse drawn carriages, bicycles or
foot. It's quite a charming place and a perfect setting for our ladies
from. Grandmothers, Incorporated to relax and get into mischief.
The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
The
Grand Hotel is a stately place for excitement to happen on the island.
Every year the hotel recruits employees from around the world to work
for this impressive hotel during the summer season. What an exciting
place this would make for cozy mystery mayhem.
In
doing our research regarding using this island as a possible backdrop
for our next Grandmothers, Incorporated adventure, we took a horse and
carriage tour of the island and the tour guide mentioned that there were
places on Mackinac that were haunted. Bingo! That stoked the
imaginations of Evans and Rhodes! Of course we went to the island
library to find out more about the spots that might be haunted on the island
and the librarians informed us that the whole darn island was haunted.
One of the librarians had even lived in one of the old haunted apartment
buildings!
What
more is there to be said? The ladies of Grandmothers, Incorporated more
than likely will end up invading Mackinac Island in the near future.
We just don't know when!
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
2018 - MONTH 4 - THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITERS
Most of the readers of our Grandmothers, Incorporated book series may not know it, but L. Barnett Evans and C.V. Rhodes aren't only authors of one of the funniest cozy mystery series around, but both of us are playwrights. If you check our website out at www.grandmothersinc.com you will see that we've written two plays together. The first one, Grandmothers, Incorporated, is a Two Act comedy based on the characters from our book of the same name, and it enjoyed a successful run Off Broadway. The second play we co-wrote was Stakeout, a One Act Comedy. It was one of the Top Ten Grossing plays in the 2014 Indy Fringe Play Festival.
Evans and Rhodes not only write the book series and write plays together, but we also write plays and novels separately. Last year, both of our individual plays, The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin and Take My Hand, were selected to be read at the prestigious National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
During the month of April, L. Barnett Evans' One Act play, Take My Hand, enjoyed a successful run at the Indy Fringe Onyx Festival. It was a hit! Here is L. Barnett Evans below addressing an overflow audience!
So, the writing continues for both of us. Look for the next Evans and Rhodes writing adventure. Who knows what it will be!!
Evans and Rhodes not only write the book series and write plays together, but we also write plays and novels separately. Last year, both of our individual plays, The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin and Take My Hand, were selected to be read at the prestigious National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
During the month of April, L. Barnett Evans' One Act play, Take My Hand, enjoyed a successful run at the Indy Fringe Onyx Festival. It was a hit! Here is L. Barnett Evans below addressing an overflow audience!
So, the writing continues for both of us. Look for the next Evans and Rhodes writing adventure. Who knows what it will be!!
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