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The Midwest Book Review (dot com), Bless Them

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

The Midwest Book Review (dot com), bless them, has given their own version of a thumbs-up to my book The Cleveland Rutters. An organization of volunteers, established in 1976, MBR is among the very few established review sources to include … Continue reading →

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Time Travel for the Imagination

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

The other day I walked over to the Post Office to mail a copy of my family biography/memoir The Cleveland Rutters to a widowed friend of my deceased parents. I haven’t seen this man for well over forty or even … 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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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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Celebrating Books from Printer

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Some of you have seen this video, but at least as many have not. I created it early March, when my own copies of The Cleveland Rutters arrived at our place. Given my level of excitement, I’m surprised the camera … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Blog Plan

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Why “Yours In Books”? Simple. It’s hard to engage me in any conversation for any length of time unless a book is mentioned at some point. I’m not an especially widely read person, but whatever someone else is reading or … Continue reading →

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