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April 2008 Blog Posts (131)

MARWAN IS ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD FINALIST

We're pleased to announce that Marwan has been named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award.

Tags: aram, schefrin, the tenth cow, novel,… Continue

Added by Aram Schefrin on April 15, 2008 at 12:26pm — No Comments

I'm being interviewed by Lisa Fredette at Blog Talk Radio

Lisa Fredette will be interviewing me about Blog Stop Book Tours on her show, Womanly Insights, at Blog Talk Radio at 1 pm Eastern time tomorrow. It's a call in show, so feel free to listen and ask questions!

I met Lisa at the Virtual Woman's Day Celebration a month or so ago. She is CTA Certified Life Coach, licensed Relationship Coach through the Relationship Coaching Institute and owner of Passionate About Life… Continue

Added by Mary Lewis on April 15, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

North Sea: LONGING FOR LANGEOOG (Satis Shroff)

Stuck in the tidal flats of Langeoog (C) satisshroff

LONGING FOR LANGEOOG (Satis Shroff)

Thomas, a burly, bearded botanist turned IT-specialist in Basle, and I decided to make a Herrnnachmittag out of a sunny day, despite the clouds in the vast horizon of the North Sea Isle of Langeoog, where we were spending our holidays with our near and dear ones. There we were, two croonies spending the afternoon, after an extended… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on April 15, 2008 at 4:31am — No Comments

Some Upcoming Events - Poets Wear Prada & Uphook Press Authors on Tour!

Monday, April 14th thru' Friday, April 19th in NYC:

The 16th Annual Poets House Showcase Continues...

Featuring Chapbooks from POETS WEAR PRADA with other

wonderful poetry books, collections, anthologies and chapbooks from publishers all over the U.S.A. to

Celebrate National Poetry Month!

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NYPL Jefferson Market Branch

425 Sixth Avenue (at West 10th Street)

New York, NY 10011 (For library hours, call… Continue

Added by Roxanne Hoffman on April 14, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Fantastic interview with Patricia Fry, author of The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book

I posted a review with Patricia Fry, author of The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book at Blog Stop Book Tours today. I also reviewed the book at Virtual Wordsmith.

And, the fifth Blog Stop for Susan Breen's The Fiction Class is at Something She Wrote.

Added by Mary Lewis on April 14, 2008 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Midddle of the night inspiration!

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night with a brain storm of inspiration and ideas running through your head? Sometime I just wake up with lots of jumbled thought and think, this is pointless, I need to go back to sleep.

But last night, after an entire weekend of working with not much creativity flowing, I awoke with clear words, thoughts and ideas that got my adrenalin flowing. Once this happens, I have to grab a pen and paper from my bed side and jot it all down before I… Continue

Added by Laura Beth on April 14, 2008 at 6:48am — No Comments

Ten Million Eyeballs: Get them to your website or book!

I've just complete writing the opening page for a new website devoted to getting 10 million eyeballs for your book, service, website, idea, or cause. Check it out here: http://www.tenmillioneyeballs.com.

Added by John Kremer on April 13, 2008 at 9:34pm — No Comments

Three Good Reasons to Adore Books in April 2008

(AP photo of Junot Diaz by Jim McKnight)

The more the fate of books in the world are called into question ––as they compete with the ever-increasing domination of techno gadgetry–– the stronger and more enduring their impact seems to become. There is, apparently, no such thing as a permanent substitute for the written word adorned by human imagination and artfully bound in hard or soft covers.

This observation… Continue

Added by Author-Poet Aberjhani on April 13, 2008 at 12:29pm — No Comments

"Another day another dollar" by Bonnie

Getting a bunch of ideas for a comic book, VIA the "day job" , humm, alot of strange characters at the dreaded "day job"
And a ton of sad but funny stuff to work with, sort of turning lemon into lemonade.......the only thing is, even if I get it published, the marketing part is a bear.........That's life in the writers lane, I guess, somebody's got to do it.....

Life thought's by Bonnie

Added by Bonnie L Pelton on April 13, 2008 at 10:57am — No Comments

If you missed the show you can still go listen to it now.

Hello to all my friends,

Join Doris Beaulieu, author of The Torments of the Modest, Secluded Farm Life, as she talks about what happens after Home Schooling? How can you safely cross over from the"Sheltered Life" to the Real World?

1. http://www. blogtalkradio. com/Luellas-Corner

If you miss the show, it will be accessed at the link above for one week. The book also has humor stories of boys being boys in the childhood section of the book. A time when we girls… Continue

Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on April 13, 2008 at 9:41am — No Comments

New Orleans

I am pleased to announce that I am making plans to visit the still devestated areas of New Orleans to donate hundreds of books and read to the children.....ALL FOR FREE!!

I am working on some dates as my career has me quite tied up. I just wanted to let you all know.

If you would like to help in any way, please let me know. One of the best ways to assist is by ordering an autographed copy of my book to help me with funding the trip (Fuel, food, lodging).… Continue

Added by Ray Ferrer on April 13, 2008 at 9:32am — No Comments

New audiobook release of Bee Balms & Burgundy

Just released audiobook of Bee Balms & Burgundy is now available. For your copy go to http://www.nelsonpahl.com.

To hear a chapter of Nelson Pahl's award-winning love story, Bee Balms & Burgundy, in high-quality, multi-cast audiobook. Chapter #4 sample excerpt.

Enjoy!!

Peace & Love
NP

Added by Nelson Pahl on April 12, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Newsletter update

Latest news from the newsletter-

The latest installment in the monthly newsletter, SOUTHERN MYSTERIES WITH A SIDE OF GRIT, is now available! I appreciate all my new members who have signed up to receive this fun and informative e-news mail. If you haven't joined yet, you can do so by going to my website, mkimsmith.com and signing up.

This month is filled with articles on writing. You don't want to miss one issue! If you have any ideas, or want to submit content to Southern… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on April 12, 2008 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Join the Final Days of the Ethnic Presidency Blitz

We have reached the final two days of the Ethnic Presidency blog blitz. This book covers so much information that is relevant to the presidential primaries and election later this year. Throughout the week, many excerpts have been posted on a wide variety of blogs. Excerpts, the book summary, table of contents, author info and more have been posted to share with people who are interested in the presidential election this year. For the full schedule visit… Continue

Added by Nikki Leigh on April 12, 2008 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Join the podcast now in progress!

POETS WEAR PRADA is hosting A Grassroots Celebration of National Poetry Month from gcast.com, with a 24X7 poetry podcast to share and air all April.

To tune in go to http://www.gcast.com/u/pradapoet/April_is_for_Poetry and hear Ellen Bass, NGOMA, Linda Lerner, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Steve Dalachinsky and many, many more!

~CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS~

Want to be included in our APRIL POETRY… Continue

Added by Roxanne Hoffman on April 12, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments

A Grassroots Celebraton of National Poetry Month

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Added by Roxanne Hoffman on April 12, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Tangled Hearts Chapter Two

Tangled Hearts by Rosemary Morris

Chapter Two

Chesney stepped from Lady Ware’s spacious house into King Street and walked towards Whitehall. Although the proposal to marry Mistress Shaw took him by surprise, he gave further thought to accepting it. Yet he would not wait for Mistress Shaw to come to town and parade in the latest fashions, powder and patch. Where did she live? He searched his memory.

Ah, now he remembered. She lived at Bellemont. Lady Ware had… Continue

Added by Rosemary Morris on April 12, 2008 at 12:54am — No Comments

FREE Writing for Children blog fest Ebook

If you didn't join us during our blog fest you have an opportunity to recieve a FREE ebook compiling most of the amazing posts that week.

Check out The Writing Jungle for more details.

Added by Lea Schizas on April 11, 2008 at 7:35am — No Comments

When your soul seems to be stripped...

Have you experienced this? When things you counted on just vanish, leave, evaporate with no trace. And, on top of it all, you receive discouraging news?

Waving my hand in the air, "I’ve been there!"

Actually it feels like life is a roller coaster. The only thing is I didn’t buy a ticket, didn’t even volunteer to visit the attraction park...but still here I am—seated in place, hair flying in the wind as I go up, up. But suddenly, with no warning, with the speed of a rocket… Continue

Added by Janet Perez Eckles on April 11, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Yet Another Great Customer Review - A Study in Red

I was delighted to find yet another fantastic review of A Study in Red on the Amazon UK site this morning. I'm just so pleased that everyone who's reading it seems to be enjoying my humble offering. Here's the new one.

Brian

www.freewebs.com/brianlp

Five Stars: A Thrilling Study in Red!!, 11 April 2008

By Mr. Michael Covell "Mike Covell" (Hull) - See all my reviews

I was lucky enough to win this excellent book, otherwise I would have bought it… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on April 11, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments