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Author Eric Zehnder | December 5th 2009 by Kingdom Expansion
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni MorrisonThe act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain ou read more
A Saturday Pontification
The Old Silly's Free Spirit Blog | December 5th 2009 by Marvin D. Wilson
A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. ~Old Chinese Proverb~ *** A single moment of understanding can flood a whole life with meaning. ~Unknown Author~ *** A sinlgle glimpse into one’s Tru read more
Alberto O Cappas
Melisende's Library | December 4th 2009 by Melisende
I have the pleasure of being an "i-friend" (ie: internet buddy) of Alberto. And as such, was honoured when I had the opportunity to read some of his works.A Little About AlbertoAlberto O. Cappas is both a poet and social observer. His works reflect read more
Adams' Alien & Sedition Acts
American Revolution Blog | December 4th 2009 by Brad
This Ain't No Fairness Doctrine Here!One of the major criticisms from the historical community of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, John Adams is that he repeatedly downplays the significance of the Alien & Sedition Acts (for a link read more
A new milestone: 10,000 authors!
the protagonize blog: thoughts about collaborative writing | December 4th 2009 by nick b
I’m proud to announce that Protagonize achieved a major milestone over night — we’ve officially crossed the 10,000 author threshold! While it took a little longer than I had hoped, that means the site has doubled in membership in just read more
The Paranormal Romance Author Page has been updated.
Romance at your fingertips | December 4th 2009 by Tamela Quijas
I have a wonderful page entitled Paranormal Romance Authors and Book Listings on my WordPress site. This is an intense compilation of various authors and their particular brand of paranormal that is updated by the magnificent Melanie Nowak, author read more
Twitter Mistakes
A Writer's Edge | December 4th 2009 by Georganna Hancock
Guy Kawasaki does it again with Twitter Cluelessness at OPEN Forum:Generally, if you’re wondering if you’re about to do something clueless, just don’t do it. This is because people might not know that you’re clueless, but if you do these thin read more
E. Lockhart December Blog Tour Info
Sharon Loves Books and Cats | December 4th 2009 by sharon
E. Lockhart is going on a blog tour this December to celebrate the release of her new book, The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon–and me, Ruby Oliver. Make sure you come back here on the 11th for my tour post and Ruby Oliver read more
The dangers of garden literature
Daffodil Planter: Gardening with a Sense of Humor | December 3rd 2009
1911 edition, illustrated by Troy HowellFrances Hodgson Burnett has a lot to answer for.Her children's book, The Secret Garden, is the best gardening story since Genesis, and it hypnotized me into a lifelong penchant for climbing ivy and a general ye read more
Powering-Up Your Subjects
The Precise Edit Blog | December 3rd 2009
Strength-training isn’t just for the beef-heads at the gym. It’s for you, sitting at your desk preparing a business letter, writing the next award-winning novel, or banging out a killer blog post that will ignite the world’s conscio read more
Gordon Wood on Empire of Liberty
American Revolution Blog | December 3rd 2009 by Brad
Of all the historians of early America, Gordon Wood is my favorite. His book The Radicalism of the American Revolution was one of the many driving forces that led me to develop a deep love of early American history. And as wonderful as his Pulitzer read more
Writers take note: get up, or die.
Jack King: Making of a novelist | December 3rd 2009
“People who sit for the majority of their day have much higher mortality rates than people who don’t, even if they’re physically active during another part of the day,” says Peter Katzmarzyk, an epidemiologist. “We’ read more
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 03/12/2009
Eoin Purcell's Blog | December 3rd 2009
I’ve been a bit lazy with the linking here, because I’ve become so addicted to linking through Twitter. But I shall try and change. A very nice exploration of what Google brings to the party for newspaper publisher (1 & 2). Extra cred read more
A writer to watch.... KAREN WINTERS SCHWARTZ
Books Gardens and Dogs | December 3rd 2009 by Mary Jacobs
Check out this new blog from writer Karen Winters Schwartz. I really enjoyed the stories she has posted so far and she has a book to be released next year titled Where are the Cocoa Puffs?Where Are The Cocoa Puffsby Karen Winters Schwartz. This read more
Zig Ziglar
QuoteLeaf | December 3rd 2009 by Paul Talbot
“If you want to reach a goal, you must “see the reaching” in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.” read more
The Grammar Girl is Coming to WITS Podcast!
Writers in the Sky Blog & Podcast | December 3rd 2009 by Yvonne Perry
The Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty, is coming to Writers in the Sky Podcast on this very blog in January! Mark your calendars or subscribe to this blog so you don't miss it.Purchase Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing on Amazon.com.I read more
Canada Reads
Tales From An Open Book | December 3rd 2009 by Heidi
It’s that time of year again…..the book selections for Canada Reads 2010 have just been announced and this year, there is a reading challenge! First of all, what is Canada Reads? It is a three month challenge whereby five Canadian books read more
Astounding: The Campbell Years, Riding High
The Way the Future Blogs | December 3rd 2009
The home base of Street & Smith at the time that John Campbell came aboard to edit Astounding was a remarkably rickety old building at the corner of 17th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York. Well, that’s not strictly true. It wasn̵ read more
Self Publishing Q&A with Greg Pappas
Words. Breath. Life. Again. | December 2nd 2009 by Michael McCain
Greg Pappas, author of the book SoulBound, shares his thoughts about his self-publishing experience with Xlibris.How did you first come to learn of Xlibris, and what made you decide to publish with Xlibris?I browsed Google for online publishers, and read more
Authorsday - Double Feature!
Wild Ride | December 2nd 2009
Robert W. Walker and wife Miranda Phillips Walker are here today to answer some burning questions, such as how they’ve managed to kill off only fictional characters with two crime novelists under one roof. Rob’s latest is DEAD ON, Five Star Books read more
The Gift that Keeps Giving
Author Solomon & Simpson | December 2nd 2009 by Mindy Schwartz
Even though "The Mango Tree Cafe, Loi Kroh Road" was written and published in 2007, it never fails to produce countless blog posts and articles. Why? Personally, I can tell you that co-writing that novel was a very pivotal time for my wri read more
Book Review: A Midwife's Tale
American Revolution Blog | December 2nd 2009 by Brad
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. By Laurel Ulrich. (New York: Random House Inc., 1990. Pp. 352.)Laurel Ulrich’s A Midwife’s Tale is essentially the personal history of a typical New England woman, liv read more
What’s Next? Indie Authors and Musicians: Which Browser Firefo…
Bill's Blog - Empowering Independent Authors & Musicians to… | December 2nd 2009 by Bill Walker
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted anything. It’s been exciting at Simplie Indie. We moved into our bigger offices, have taught two classes in our new conference room. We have a class on podcasting this Saturday at 11am here read more
Ten Questions to Test My Book Idea
The Writing Life | December 2nd 2009 by Bobbi Linkemer
I will never again make light of my suggestion to potential authors that they begin by answering ten short questions about their books. If I am going to write a book of my own, I have no choice but to accept the same challenge. The questions may be s read more
Listening Literacy for Nonprofits Part 2: Listening Skills
been jennifered today? | December 2nd 2009 by Jennifer Lindsay
This is a guest post from The A-List podcast guest Beth Kanter. Beth is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media, one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. She is a frequent technology trainer and s read more
Dim Sum decoded: a guidebook for gwailos
The Blacksmith blog | December 2nd 2009 by Pete
Liza Chu You may enjoy a few helpings of siu mai, char siu bau and har gau at your local dim sum restaurant. But did you know some places have up to 60 dim sum dishes on the menu? If you don’t read or speak Chinese, you’re sometimes stuck read more
Who is your Agatha Christie?
Cogito Ergo Scribit | December 2nd 2009 by Carrie Eckles
Me? I constantly read Agatha Christie novels. My mother was who put me onto them. At first, my teachers were weary of it, as the books tend to be a bit advanced for a kid from Alabama. But, do you know what happened? My sixth grade teacher moved up t read more
A Writer – the Uninterupted Speaker
The Incurable Disease of Writing | December 2nd 2009 by Missy
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ~ Jules Renard, Journal, 10 April 1895 Image © majaFOTO read more
Book Giveaway
Word Strumpet | December 1st 2009 by Charlotte Rains Dixon
One of my faithful readers, novelist Heather Justesen, is having a wonderful week full of giveaways over at her blog this week. Check it out here. Heather is the author of the newly-released, The Ball's In Her Court, and she's got another read more
Murder on the Cliffs
In Reference to Murder | December 1st 2009 by BV Lawson
Joanna Challis lives and writes in a colonial house with wrap-around verandas and an English garden in Queensland, Australia, surrounded by family, old paintings, and anything fleur-de-lys. She is the author of several romantic suspense novels (Silv read more
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