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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Huffington Post Book Club and Me
You may recall my plan to participate in the Huffington Post Book Club (to refresh your memory, click here). It depends on what aspect of being in a book club you want to focus on, to decide whether I succeeded. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors
Tagged book clubs, Huffington Post Book Club, Tea Obreht, The Tiger's Wife
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Not All Bigamy Is Mormon
How’s that title for an eye-catching concept? And it has nothing to do with Mitt Romney, by the way. What it has to do with is Johanna Moran’s book The Wives of Henry Oades. (If you’d like to see my … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged bigamy, Johanna Moran, mitt romney, mormon, Wives of Henry Oades
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10 Women I’d Like to Have a Glass of Wine With
I’ve noticed several blogs recently that have posted “10 Women I’d Like to Have a Glass of Wine With,” and I’ve developed such a list myself now. Since it’s more personal than book oriented, you’ll find it in the above tabbed … Continue reading
Posted in Ruminations
Tagged friendship, personal appreciation, ten women, wine
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Raymond Burr, Man of Mystery
As far as I can determine, only two biographies have been published on the actor Raymond Burr, who died in 1993. They are Hiding in Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr by Michael Seth Starr (2009), published by … Continue reading
Progress on First Novel, Part 2
This picture represents the stage I’m in with my first novel, which is entering its sixth draft. The flowers, perky and well-defined, are the plot points and characters; the pond, housing myriad underwater minerals and plants and animals, is the … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Writing
Tagged book synopsis, Circling Great Wharf, cozy fiction, cozy suspense fiction, finding an agent, query letter
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A Room to Write In
I just visited a writer’s website to learn about her latest publication (more on that in a moment), and found a delightful video segment from her appearance on a TV show I hadn’t heard about before, the Nate Berkus Show. … Continue reading