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Author Archives: Meredith Ann Rutter
Life Beyond Books
You may have noticed that the “For Fun” section of this blogsite wasn’t always about books. Today I have relocated those items and added a new tab section called “Life Beyond Books.” I anticipate adding material to this new section … Continue reading
Early Onset Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type
Kudos to Pat Summitt, age 59, for the way she is facing her newest competition, early onset dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. She wondered at her erratic behavior and got herself checked out at Mayo Clinic. She didn’t hide from … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, In the Headlines, Ruminations
Tagged 36-Hour Day, AD, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, dementia, Myth of Alzheimers, Pat Summitt, Whitehouse
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Renting Textbooks … Is It for You (and Yours)?
The most expensive textbook I had to purchase in college cost $29, if memory serves. I think on average I was probably spending about $15 per book, so the most expensive one was about twice the normal cost. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling
Tagged renting textbooks, textbook rental, textbooks
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Book Marketing, Part 4
You’re familiar, I’m sure, with movie trailers. You’ve also now seen a book trailer or two on this site. Most book trailers are like slide-show presentations of praise blurbs, sample illustrations (in a children’s book), excerpts of publisher’s or author’s … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling
Tagged book marketing, book trailers, humor, Machine Man, Max Berry
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Book Review(s), After All
Despite my original plan not to include book reviews on this blogsite, I have gone and written one. I just can’t be trusted after all. Here’s what led to my downfall: (1) I have been writing a few articles for … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Writing
Tagged Americans in Paris, Blog Critics, book reviews, David McCullough, Paris, The Greater Journey
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Rediscovering the Joy of Reading
Once I became entrenched in the business of textbook publishing, I hardly ever read for fun. The 60–80 hour workweeks left little time for food and laundry, let alone reading. When at work, most of the reading I did was nonfiction–either … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, Book Readers, Ruminations, Writing
Tagged career, joy, publishing, reading, textbook publishing, writing
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Kids Reading and Creating
On the heels of a family vacation last week, grandchildren Tim, Lauren, and Jeremy (and their parents) spent a few days with us. Of course, I asked who was reading what these days. The books I remember being mentioned were … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors
Tagged 7 habits of highly effective people, Harry Potter, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, retrospective, seven, Steve Covey
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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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