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Category Archives: Ruminations
Gift Giving to Self
I’m looking forward to letting you know, dear readers, what I am giving as books this year. I cannot say now because the recipients may see! In the meantime, I wish for you all a wonderful holiday week, whatever you … Continue reading
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Tagged books as gifts, Facebook URL, Like FB page
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Too Young to Read
Every now and then I see something that I want to share with everyone I can. And every now and then, it actually has nothing to do with books. So, for this particular posting, I found a heading (above) that … Continue reading
One Flew …
Today, I just want to share this link, a poignant letter author Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) wrote to five dear friends after his son died: click here.
Posted in Ruminations, Writing
Tagged Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, organ donation, son's death
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The New York Times Book Review and Me
I generally keep my posts to 4-5 paragraphs so my busy friends will consider reading them. I get it! This one’s longer, though. Look at it as a loping re-entry after I let the summer and my novel-writing grab my … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors, Ruminations
Tagged book reviews, Joyce Carol Oates, Monkey Mind, New York Review of Books, New York Times Book Review, Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, Sunday mornings, Telegraph Avenue, Thomas Becket, Ulysses
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Mentors in My Publishing Past
From Alan MacRoberts, I learned–to my great surprise in 1970–that not everyone cared about keeping a job where they were, that they might be enticed to work somewhere else. His own reason was a purchase of our company by Xerox, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan MacRoberts, Dick Morgan, Harvey Mackay, Jim Ashley, mentors in publishing, Ruth Ann Hayward, Swim with the Sharks
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What’s That Book About?
Upon completing my read of Jennifer Egan’s book A Visit from the Goon Squad, I begged my husband, “Please, please, please make the next book you read this one. I need to talk with someone about it!” He did as … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors, Ruminations
Tagged A Visit from the Good Squad, Bryan Basamanowicz, feeling of inadequacy, Jennifer Egan, Lily King, Stonecoast
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Scuba Diving, Reading, and Serendipity
Books and water don’t mix, but that doesn’t mean a scuba diving vacation can’t also be packed with books and book talk. Hubby and I spent a lovely vacation scuba diving in Bonaire (Netherland Antilles) in the Caribbean, near Venezuela. … Continue reading
Honoring Dad on Memorial Day
My dad, part of the Greatest Generation, never wanted to be thanked for his service to the country. I tried once, and he did a “brush-away” motion with his hand and murmured something to dismiss the subject. He had been … Continue reading
Friends Reunite to Talk Writing, Reading
Last Sunday brought together eight of us from last summer’s Stonecoast Writers’ Conference / Novel Writing class. (I wrote about the Stonecoast experience in blog entries on July 22 and July 25, 2011.) Sunday’s reunion occurred thanks to the instigation … Continue reading
Posted in Ruminations, Writing
Tagged Lily King, picnic table, Stonecoast Writers' Conference, writers reunion
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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
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Tagged Maureen Corrigan, Pale King, Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Swamplandia, Train Dreams
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