Guest Post at Sheila Bonham’s Blog

by Amy Shojai | Dec 13, 2012 | Dog Training & Care | 4 comments

Yesterday I was bad. *hanging head* I almost forgot to send my guest post to the amazing talented dog mystery author Sheila Bonham’s WRITING ON WEDNESDAY blog. It’s been crazy, and I’ve had soooo many guest posts and special blogs scheduled that if she hadn’t sent me a gentle reminder, I’d have missed out altogether. So even though it’s a day late, I like to return the favor by a shout-out of warm wags and suchlike and send you to visit her terrific site.

Sheila writes the new Animals In Focus mystery series, with the first book Drop Dead On Recall just recently released. I’ve known Sheila and admired her dog writing work for many years–we both started out with nonfiction and are members of the Dog Writers Association of America–and now International Thriller Writer debut authors. Anyway, my guest post is all about 7 TIPS FOR ACCIDENTAL WRITER SUCCESS.

Oh, and to top off this thrilling Thursday theme and in time for the holidays, sign up for a book give away (below). Happy to paw-tograph to the winners. And looky, there’s only a few signed up so far so your chances are pretty good.

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4 Comments

BellyRub.net on December 14, 2012 at 1:21 pm

Just found your site, thanks to one of your Twitter followers. I’ll be subscribing.
Jon and Lars
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- amyshojai on December 14, 2012 at 1:24 pm
  
  Hey Jon and Lars, thanks for visiting and subscribing! I’ll be checking out your site, too.
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patriciasands on December 13, 2012 at 9:10 am

Amy, the link here to Sheila’s blog didn’t work for me. You might want to check it. I’ll find my way there though!
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- amyshojai on December 13, 2012 at 11:40 am
  
  Fixed! Don’t know what happened, thanks for catching that Patricia.
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