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April 2010 Blog Posts (156)

Book cover for Transubstantiate Released

Otherworld
Publications releases the book cover for the signed/limited edition for
their debut novel, Transubstantiate. This is the debut novel for
Richard Thomas as well. Cover design by JEDesign.

Added by Otherworld Publications on April 3, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

JoeyPinkney.com's 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Yvonne N. Pierre, author of The Day My Soul Cried

[ONE of the first FIVE people to comment on Yvonne's author interview will win a FREE copy of The Day My Soul Cried.]

Yvonne Pierre's The Day My Soul Cried is more than a book. It's more than a memoir. It's more than good story. The Day My Soul Cried is the rebirth of a person who has taken her literary life in her own hands.

Emerging from the depths of her depression, Pierre allows her soul to heal and shine at the same time. This is a book that should be read by all women… Continue

Added by Joey Pinkney on April 3, 2010 at 8:23pm — No Comments

Review of Jodi's Journey by Rita Hestand

A Must Read for Western Romance Fans!

Author: Rita Hestand

Genre: Fiction-Romance/Historical/Western

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Added by Rebecca J Vickery on April 3, 2010 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Pump Up Your Book Book Blogger Spotlight: The Cajun Lady

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us.

We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts

and what better way than a personal interview and a special spotlight

at Pump Up Your Book?

Today we're highlighting The Cajun Book Lady (aka Kris) with a wonderful interview. Click… Continue

Added by Dorothy Thompson on April 3, 2010 at 4:56pm — No Comments

Catching fire: Just A unique Perspective Of Our Evolution Told In This One

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

Overall rating: Just unique perspective of our evolution told in this one.

This is odd review for smoothies reviews, because this time it is on a none fiction book written by Richard Wrangham. it’s called Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. I didn’t want to read it. I just had to in order to pass a English course.

The book is a collection of scientific essays. It’s about how cooking began ( or…

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Added by Samie Foster on April 2, 2010 at 5:13pm — No Comments

Shutter Island: Holy Wow! This is Worth The Read

Shutter Island

Overall rating: Holy wow!

Okay there’s book by Denis Lehane. I never heard of the author and am not a big fan of scary tales. Few have actually been good. Yet after seeing a trailer for the shutter Island movie, I got kind of curious, so I had to check it out.

Shutter Island is a tale about a bizarre investigation on a island mean t for the insane. Federal Marshalls Teddy Danielle’s and Chuck Aule arrive…

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Added by Samie Foster on April 2, 2010 at 5:09pm — 1 Comment

Hugo Wolf: The Creative Voice of Poetry (Satis Shroff)

The Creative Voice of Poetry (Satis Shroff)

Hugo Wolf…

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Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on April 2, 2010 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Writers' Podcasts for April Shares Young Talent, New Fiction, and Personal Insights

Writers in the Sky Guests Discuss Books That Will Inspire Readers to Discover Their Own Potential As Well As Confront Controversial Relationships and Stereotypes

Nashville, TN, March 24, 2010—The members of Writers in the Sky will be offering a series of interviews with a diverse group of authors for the month of April. The month begins with a young writer who will remind us that age is irrelevant when you have a message to share. The next week brings a guest who will discuss…

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Added by Yvonne Perry on April 2, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Guest Blogger: Daniel Dinges

Why I Wrote Get Out of the Way

by Daniel Dinges

Get Out of the Way has to do with the passage of time. At sixty-three, the idea of writing stories about the Vietn… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on April 2, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Free Advice Fridays

Free Advice Fridays.

What do you think?

The Cadence Group is considering launching "Free Advice Fridays" to give people in the publishing industry the opportunity to come together and share their knowledge in a public forum.

Have Faith Proofreading

Working on a book? Have it about ready but not sure of punctuation, grammar rules (i.e. hyphenating compound modifiers, correct homonym usage), or if that comma should be a semicolon? An author can easily find themselves engrossed in the creative process of bringing imagination to life, and overlook the seemingly little things. That’s where I come…

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Added by Faith Carroll on April 1, 2010 at 8:51am — No Comments

Red Pencil Thursday with Golden Heart Finalist Gillian Layne!

No April Fools here. I'm hosting Golden Heart finalist Gillian Layne on my Red Pencil Thursday at www.emilybryan.blogspot.com. Please come join our online critique group and add your tips and suggestions.

Happy Writing,

Emily

www.emilybryan.com

STROKE OF… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on April 1, 2010 at 7:39am — No Comments