Category Archives: Books and Authors

Which Literature Grabbed You and Set You on Your Way?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My husband, Gary, said if he hadn’t read Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck) and The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) when he was young, he might never, as an adult, have read his other two favorite books so far: The … Continue reading →

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Book Trailer – Demon Fish

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

I’m a scuba diver, now and then. Each time it takes a few days to get comfortable again with the equipment and equilibrium, but the underwater world never fails to refresh and astound. Every now and then I get to … Continue reading →

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Karen ‘Writes the Book’ on Bully-Proofing, Part 1

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My friend Karen has always considered herself not to be a strong reader. This hasn’t kept her from getting a master’s degree in education, teaching reading and other subjects throughout her teaching career, and developing and now writing a book … Continue reading →

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Adam Davies, Hard at Work and Loving It

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Yesterday I bought another book at Bookstore1Sarasota in order to have the author sign it after his appearance there from 6-7:00 pm. I bought Mine All Mine. I would have bought his book Goodbye Lemon as well, because I love … Continue reading →

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Fixing What’s Broke in Our Food System

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Husband Gary and his sister have co-owned a corn and soybeans farm in Iowa for years, and that’s as personally connected as I’ll probably ever be to a farm. I worry about what I eat, though, and what our agribusinesses … Continue reading →

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Borrowed Book Falls into Tub

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

You have probably noticed the tagline for this blogsite, in the upper right corner. The book I dropped in the tub was a hardcover copy of Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt. It was 1970 and I was working on … Continue reading →

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First Lines

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

One of the hardest and most fun things a writer has to do is decide what the first line will be in the book they’re writing. Sometimes that line appears fast, out of “nowhere.” Sometimes a line pops up and … Continue reading →

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A Grandmother’s Gift

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My grandmother Mazie (Nana, to me) read the Boston Herald newspaper every day, without fail. She bragged on being a good speller and having a talent for writing, which was, in fact, evidenced by a couple of articles she wrote … Continue reading →

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Writers Who Are Poets

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

I’m not a poet, but sometimes I wish I were. Poets have written some of the bestselling memoirs. Consider Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club. I’m sure there are others I’m … Continue reading →

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Books Do Their Job

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My personal reading preferences include memoirs, suspense fiction, literary fiction, and only a little nonfiction. I read to learn about other people or to be entertained; only rarely do I read for pleasure in order to be “educated.” I have always … Continue reading →

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