Catherine Dilts
  • About Catherine
  • Catherine Dilts - Blog
  • Short Stories
  • Annie's Fiction
  • Survive Or Die
  • Rock Shop Mystery Series

Rock Star

10/4/2016

0 Comments

 
PictureDwayne Hall and giant aquamarine
Guest blog: I appeared on Author Expressions on September 30. You can read my suggestions for overcoming publishing roadblocks here.

Denver Mineral, Fossil, Gem, and Jewelry show 2016

I attended the gigantic mineral show last month. My first stop was to deliver copies of Stone Cold Dead and Stone Cold Case to the Lucky Miner booth. Prospector's television star Dwayne Hall and his sister Yvonne made me feel welcome at the 2014 show.

​Yvonne was interested to see how the books turned out. She was not at the show the day I attended, but Dwayne's wife Marsha assured me they could deliver the books to her. This was the first time I met Marsha, and she was as terrific as the rest of the family. I signed books for her and Dwayne, which she immediately started reading.

​Dwayne is an aquamarine prospector. He wasn't at the booth when I stopped by, so later I made my way back to the Lucky Miner to try to catch him. Being a celebrity, he was busy with fans. I waited until he was free, and it was worth the wait. Dwayne showed me an amazing aquamarine that he believes might be a record setting gem.  

Authors never know where they'll find inspiration for their fiction. The folks at the Lucky Miner gave me lots of ideas for the third novel in my Rock Shop Mystery series! Photos below

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Subscribe to this blog:

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly