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Dec.05.2012
She is on the commuter rail reading the restored edition of Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. Her eyes are misting over like the city she's about to walk through. She can't let go the last line of the Forward, what Hemingway's son, Patrick, reveals to be his father's last professional...
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Dec.05.2012
Hey folks!
It's almost unbelievable, but we are down to 7 days before the launch of Leather to the Corinthians (12/12/12). I have the final print proof sitting right in front of me, and to see something that has been bouncing around in my brain for several years become material is beyond...
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Dec.03.2012
Living in a country where, according to some sources, 40% of college graduates never read a single book after leaving school (jenkinsgroupinc.com)—and, not coincidentally, where 50% of the population doesn’t “believe” in evolution—how wonderful it is to read of cultures where knowledge is a...
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Dec.03.2012
Kafka makes the list but he was an old man just shy of forty-one. It is a wonder that all these writers have made such an impact on their culture, and continue so to do.
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7 Writers Who Died Young
by Gabe Habas
Though death and authors is a well-...
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Dec.02.2012
To celebrate the holidays, the Independent Author Network is awarding a Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G LTE Wireless tablet to one lucky reader. This prize package, sponsored by The Wardstone Trilogy by M.R. Mathias, will inlcude hundreds of ebooks in a multitude of genres and penned by members of the...
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Nov.30.2012
I had heard of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brain by Nick Carr, as it received quite a bit of attention when it came out last year. But until this week, when I read an article that I had ripped out of a magazine back then, I didn't realize that the author...
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Nov.30.2012
Benjamin Schwartz, The Atlantic's literary editor, weighs in with his picks for the best books of 2012. Such lists are always arguable, and I have others I'd put in such a list. How about you?
Visit Bob's web site here, and his FB Fan Page here.
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Nov.29.2012
What has been going on at the United Nations? Why shouldn’t the Palestinians at least be a nonmember observer state of the United Nations? For that matter, why not full membership?
I guess I’m confused by it all. When I...
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Nov.29.2012
I Am A Bit Of A Book Snob!
By Bernadette A. Moyer
Okay there I admit it; I am a bit of a book snob! When I make this declaration, I mean I like my books fresh, clean, crisp and new.
When my children were young we were all avid library goers, each summer they were enrolled in the summer reading...
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Nov.29.2012
Okay, they are not really worth a million dollars, but I have found that when marketing a manuscript or project these two questions really help focus the mind when it comes to helping an agent or publisher get excited about your project or manuscript.
This is something that I do for people I work...
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