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What is the What in South Sudan?
Sorry if you’ve heard this from me before, but I am a HUGE David Eggers fan. According to Wikipedia – that is where I stalk all my heroes – Mr. Eggers is author to several books, owner of the publishing … Continue reading
The Reservoir A Richmond Tragedy
John Milliken Thompson’s The Reservoir is a historical mystery. Anyone who starts it will not put it down until the last page. You have been warned. Clear your calendar before you turn to page one. As I was reading, something … Continue reading
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Romance Fiction, Be My Valentine
Romance Writers of America reports that romance fiction makes up 13.4% of the $10 billion annual revenue tallied in consumer books. As they say in that business, that’s a lot of bodice ripping and bosom heaving. The romance fiction publishing … Continue reading
New Author and e-Publishing
This Common Reader had a conversation with poet and novelist Vernon Wildy, Jr a few weeks back. We talked about why he writes, self-publishing and his new book Nice Guys Finish Last. TCR: When did you discover you were a … Continue reading
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Tagged e-publishing, epublishing, nice guys finish last, this common reader, Vernon Wildy
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Celebrate Groundhog Day – Why Not?
Recipes make excellent reading material. I read them from anywhere – cookbooks, cooking magazines, newspapers, online or handwritten from someone’s recipe box. Some of the best recipes I have are from the backs of cans. So, I guess that makes … Continue reading
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Tagged baby boomers, Deja Reviews, Florence King, ground hog day
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Here’s an adventure story to chase away the winter blues
Saving the family stories of our genealogy Guest blogger and author Nancy Pellicer Dyer writes about her family genealogy and how it inspired her to write her first novel The Minorcan Yoke. When I was thirteen, my teacher gave me … Continue reading
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Tagged legacy, Minorca, nancy pellicer dyer, New Smyrna, St. Augustine FLA, the minorcan yoke
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Satire on Social Media
Satire: literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn. Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris, and Carl Hiaasen move over and make room on my bookshelf for my new favorite satirist Gary Shteyngart. Born in Leningrad and raised … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Gary Shteyngart, satire in 2012, social media, super sad true love story
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Radio Show Features Poetry
If you are not a morning person, you are missing out. But thanks to the Internet, you can go online and listen anytime to Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. My local public radio station broadcasts The Writer’s Almanac each morning … Continue reading
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Tagged Garrison Keillor, Marcus Jackson, poetry, The Writer's Almanac, WCVE-FM Radio
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New Year Resolution – “I have a great idea for a book…”
Are you tired of making the same New Year resolutions every year and losing interest after only a few weeks? Lose the pounds gained over the holidays, spend more time in the gym, write a novel. Oh, wait, that last one, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile Writers, Greg Smith, New Year resolutions, tips on writing a novel
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