This experience needs to find its way into a story somewhere for DLSIJ Press.  Enjoy
The rain has stopped. The air smells fresh and feels cool against my skin, as I reach the cottonwoods at the edge of Farmington’s Berg Park. Lifting my head, I see the sun shining pale gold through massive branches.  White and [...]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 by Connie Gotsch
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Have you ever heard the old ‘Who’s on First?’ routine in Shakespearian English? I did last weekend at the Cedar City Utah Shakespeare Festival and I really had to keep from laughing so I could hear what was being said. Whoever managed to translate that is a master writer indeed.
We also saw ‘The [...]

Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Connie Gotsch
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Well, it’s so hot in New Mexico that you could fry an egg on the cement, I think. My printer ran out of ink and I had to walk across a parking lot to get new cartridges. Eeeeeyooooww.
Nothing much new from shelby and Benjamin Keith. Their sequel is going through a rewrite [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Connie Gotsch
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Well, summer has finally come to New Mexico. I love the hot weather, so I’m in hog heaven. I’ve been busy since my post in April. Mostly I’m meeting more characters. I’ve joined an arts and crafts organization. A month after joining, I sold $90.00 worth of books. Don’t [...]

Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Connie Gotsch
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Well, I’m coming back after a rather cold winter here in New Mexico. My yard is ready for summer. My writing career has taken a new turn. I’ll be publishing a children’s book in 2009 by the name of ‘Belle’s Star,’ so I’ve been busy editing that. I also went to [...]

Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Connie Gotsch
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The National Federation of Press Women announced the winners in its 2007 Communications Contest Sept. 22 in Richmond, Virginia, at its annual conference.
I’m proud to say I received a second place in the Category Radio Special Programming for my documentary ‘Miracle in the Desert: The Story of the Santa Fe Opera.’ I wrote the [...]

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Connie Gotsch
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A lot of people ask me how I develop my characters for my books. I always start with people I know and clip them into shape for what I need. I also start with incidents from my own life, then stretch to what my character might feel. I capsolize the events around [...]

Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by Connie Gotsch
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Every year I have a sort of tough job. I motivate myself to get on with it because somebody’s got to do it. For one week, each July I go to Santa Fe, the capitol of New Mexico, for nights of opera, chamber music, choral singing, and museum hopping. But that’s just the [...]

Posted on August 4th, 2007 by Connie Gotsch
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