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Author Archives: Meredith Ann Rutter
A Long Way from Manuscript
This past Tuesday marked the start of Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (May 15 – June 15). I know this because I stay in touch with Brad Cohen, whose book (co-authored with Lisa Wysocky) Front of the Class was one of … Continue reading
Let’s Talk Gray, I Mean Grey, and NPR Too
Let’s get one thing straight, right off the bat. The color gray, with an a, is the American spelling. Grey, with an e, is the British spelling. A person’s name may be either, of course. I have known for years … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors, In the Headlines
Tagged 3MF, 50 Shades of Grey, erotic fiction, Fifty Shades of Grey, gray or grey, Luis Alberto Urrea, NPR, Three-Minute Fiction
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New Uses for Used Books
Item 1: At breakfast in Genoa, Italy, the other day (heh-heh), at the start of our trip to walk Cinque Terre (out of this world vacation experience), I noticed how the hotel decorated its breakfast room. It felt like a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, In the Headlines
Tagged book cover purse, book purse, NovelCreations
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Three Cups of Tea Author Cleared in Civil Suit
A tweet this morning by Publishers Weekly alerted PW’s followers to an AP article (click here to read it) about the dismissal of the civil lawsuit against Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea. I’m very happy for … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, In the Headlines
Tagged Afghanistan, book covers, civil lawsuit, Greg Mortenson, Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea
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Book Review: Palm Trees on the Hudson
Palm Trees on the Hudson: A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland & Interior Decorating by Eliot Tiber is a prequel memoir by the author of Taking Woodstock. Although I was in the right age group, I didn’t attend … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged Bensonhurst, book review, El Monaco, Eliyahu Teichberg, Elliot Tiber, gay lifestyle, Greenwich Village, homosexuality, interior decorator, interior designer, Judy Garland, Lenny’s Hideaway, Palm Trees on the Hudson, Plaza Interiors, Taking Woodstock, the mob, White Lake
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No Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
If you’ve been following the news, you have already seen the lists of Pulitzer Prizewinners and heard the news that nothing was selected to win in fiction this year. Wow. Quite a disappointment for a lot of people, from authors … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, In the Headlines, Ruminations
Tagged Maureen Corrigan, Pale King, Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Swamplandia, Train Dreams
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Please Consider Voting for Me
Goodreads.com is holding a contest April 10 to April 23 for an Independent Book Blogger Award (IBBA). When you get to the Goodreads page (after you click on “Vote” below), you’ll need to register or sign in to accomplish the … Continue reading
Posted in About the Blog, In the Headlines
Tagged goodreads contest, independent book blogger award
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Young and Old and a Goal-Driven Author
In the 1990s I was fortunate to make the acquaintance and eventually become a four-time publisher of Dr. William H. Thomas. Here’s a link to his 2004 nonfiction book What Are Old People For? (click on the book cover on … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, Books and Authors, In the Headlines
Tagged book trailer, Hunger Games, off the grid, social entrepreneurship, Tribes of Eden, What Are Old People For, William H. Thomas, young and old
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An April Fool’s Day Quiz
In each category, match the number of the statement with the letter of its author. (Answers at “For Fun” tab above.) Politics 1. It may be true that you can’t fool all the people all the time, but you can fool … Continue reading
Posted in Ruminations
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, April Fool's Day, being fooled, famous quotations, fools, matching game, quizzes, quotations quiz, trivia quiz
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Book Review — Typography 101
I was on the editorial side of things in my first job in publishing, but I well remember people on the graphics side moaning about how terrible it was that computers were making it so easy for “just anyone” to … Continue reading
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