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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Tried and True Beach Reads
The following article, which I wrote today, was first published as Endless Beach Reads: Summertime Escapism in the Sand on Blogcritics. Hope you enjoy it. Big onscreen awhile back (okay, forty-five years ago) was a movie called Endless Summer, a … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler, beach reads, Bill Bryson, Charms for the Easy Life, Coma, Cradle Will Fall, Daemon, Daniel Suarez, David Sedaris, Dean Koontz, Dennis Lehane, Freedom, Kaye Gibbons, Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, light reading, Mary Higgins Clark, Misery, Robin Cook, Shutter Island, Stephen King, summer books, Watchers, When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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Stonecoast Writers’ Conference, Part 2
Everyone in our novels workshop commented by week’s end what a terrific group we had. This was my first writers’ conference, but I’ve read enough commentaries by published authors to surmise that this was an unusually focused and compatible set … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged goals, Lily King, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, MWPA, Stonecoast, Stonecoast Writers' Conference, writers' conference, writing, writing workshop
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Stonecoast Writers’ Conference, Part 1
The reason I’ve been silent this week is that I’m in the delightful throes of a writers’ conference organized by the University of Southern Maine. It’s taking place in a great old building called Stone House on a leg of … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Father of the Rain, Lily King, Stone House, Stonecoast Writers' Conference, The English Teacher, The Pleasing Hour, University of Southern Maine, USM, writing
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English Language Pronunciations
Over dinner one night during a three-day Girl Scout (Troop 1096) reunion in Ohio, we ten or so attendees had a rousing interaction about mispronounced words in the English language. Among our pet peeves–and there were so many–were mispronunciations of … Continue reading
Posted in Ruminations
Tagged Arthur Clough, poem, Victorian poet, word pronunciation
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Book Marketing, Part 3 (and a Rant)
Over a July 4 holiday visit to the East Coast, my sister had the opportunity to visit the Strand Bookstore in New York City, about which she raved to me in a recent communique. Once I got over my intense … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, Ruminations
Tagged English language rules, grammar, Nancy Bass Wyden, Strand Bookstore
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Book Marketing, Part 2
Retail booksellers are familiar with a great publication called “Shelf Awareness” that gives them current information about the book industry, publishers’ plans for upcoming books, and some of the publicity underway on recently published books. The online magazine provides lots … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, Book Readers
Tagged book review, books, bookselling, Enlightenment, free newsletter, giveaways, reading, Shelf Awareness
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Happy Independence Day Weekend
nuttakit / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Happy Independence Day and weekend to my fellow citizens of the USA! For your holiday enjoyment I have put together (1) a brief but challenging trivia quiz and (2) a book recommendation for the occasion. Answers to … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, In the Headlines
Tagged 13 colonies, 1776, David McCullough, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, Independence Day, John Trumbull, July 4, Longfellow, Midnight Ride, Paul Revere, Signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen colonies, trivia quiz
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