Today kicks off National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and as any of you who have heard me speak about The Wednesday Sisters knows, my mom is a survivor, and …
What Favorite Books of Yours Have Been Banned?
Today is the first day of Banned Books Week, and this year marks its 30th year. Tuesday, I'll be posting an essay on one of my favorites, To Kill A …
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Book Labyrinth
I'd love to get lost in this very cool book labyrinth I found on one of my new favorite onsite places, bookporn on imgur.com. Click on the photo for even more …
Victoria Brown: Who's Your Mentor?
I met Victoria Brown at the fabulous Christamore House Guild Author Book and Author Benefit the week her first novel released. Publisher's Weekly calls Grace in …
Parnassus Books, Nashville TN
A new bookstore in my old home town My best writer-pal, Brenda Rickman Vantrease, and I stopped in to see Parnassus Books while I was in Nashville last week. …
Literary Yum!!!
Does it get tastier than this? Well, maybe if there were a Middlemarch one ... or a Wednesday Sisters. I came across these at Victoria's Kitchen - and unable to …
Harper Voyager: Accepting Unsolicited Manuscripts
From the Harper Voyager Website:For the first time in over a decade, Harper Voyager are opening the doors to unsolicited submissions in order to seek new …
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How to Chat Up a Writer
I came across the very funny "How to Chat Up a Writer" on Pear Tree and A Year and a Day author Leslie Pietrzyk's blog (thanks to a tweet by this week's 1st …
David Abrams: The Birth of Fobbit, and Other Happy Accidents in a War Zone
David Abrams' debut novel, Fobbit, is one of the most anticipated releases of the fall. It's a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, a …
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Book Exchange
Today's friday fun comes from Seòras' photostream on Fickr, which I highly recommend you visit. (Just click on the photo, and if you like it, do favorite it on …