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Bett Norris's Blog
September 29, 2009
- bettnorris | Edit From the foot of Dexter Avenue, looking toward the capitol. Sometimes, it begins with an image in my head, sometimes, it starts with stumbling across an old photo, like this one. I lived in Montgomery for 13 years, and worked in a state building behind the capitol. No one can resist being struck by the juxtaposition of so many interconnected and disparate ...
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September 11, 2009
- Only four weeks until Women’s Week in Provincetown. I’m getting excited, folks. It’s going to be fun. Lots of things happening. Great entertainment lined up. And Bywater Books will be there to provide you with chances to meet some of its authors. Bywater has several book signing events scheduled at Womencrafts. They are also hosting a wine and cheese party on ...
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September 1, 2009
- Join Bywater Books authors Marianne K. Martin, Z Egloff, Mari SanGiovanni, Bett Norris, Cynn Chadwick, and Marcia Finical for a week of book signings, a wine and cheese party, and a discussion of Herstory/Yourstory with comedian/author Kate Clinton on Saturday, October 17, from 10:30 am till noon, at the Paramount Showroom in the Crown and Anchor.
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August 20, 2009
- I stepped on a dead lizard this morning. It was in my living room. Two cats lay suspiciously draped on the furniture, sound asleep, I assume. This is my life now, living with two cats. Recently, my partner, renowned animal lover and wrangler Sandy Moore, disappeared for a few days to spend time with her kids and grandkids, the human ones. Her real kids got very huffy with ...
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August 2, 2009
- Family MamaPosted at 06:59 AM on May 15, 2007 You know, this past week has been amazing, and in many ways, life altering. I want to tell everything that happened, to leave nothing out, but as I sit here, back at home after the literary conference in New Orleans at which my novel Miss McGhee was launched, I find myself thinking of very personal things.There's a page of acknowledgements in ...
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July 31, 2009
- I'm trying to count how many web sites/blogs I have and maintain. It all started with my web site, www.bettnorris.com, which still feels more like home than any other site or blog. Then I learned about MySpace. I created a page there, and posted blogs, usually copying the lates blog from my web site. Along came Facebook, and everyone flocked to it like lemmings, virtually leaving MySpace alone. ...
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July 19, 2009
- Here's the Bywater P-Town schedule for Womens's Week. We are looking forward to a great week of promotion and fun, so come join us!Thursday, Oct 152-4pm: Bywater authors signing at Womencrafts Bookstore. Marianne K. Martin, Cynn Chadwick, Mari San Giovanni, Z Egloff, and Marcia Finical, and myself.6-8pm: A Night of Wine and Cheese with Bywater authors at Womencraft Friday, Oct 16 11-1: Master ...
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July 4, 2009
- I'm at an odd place, editing the latest draft of What's Best for Jane, doing research for my next book, as yet untitled. Going back and forth between the two tasks, it seems that one is infusing the other. How did that happen? At first, it would seem logical that this cross pollination would occur, because the research is for an historical novel set in Montgomery during the decades leading up to ...
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June 30, 2009
- Miss McLeod was a formidable woman whose family was very prominent and respected, who owned what was once the largest house in town, right next to the post office. The house, a huge, two-story Victorian, and the lot take up most of a city block. Miss McLeod lived at home with her parents all her life, and never married. I have no idea of her personal life. There were never any rumors ...
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May 27, 2009
- This photo is looking east, up Dexter Avenue from Commerce, in 1906 Montgomery, toward the state capitol. The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is on the right, at the top of Dexter, not seen in the picture here. Is it my imagination or is that lamp post to the right of the fountain leaning? You can see the electric streetcars. There seem to be a lot of people downtown, so I would guess that this is a ...
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May 22, 2009
- It is amazing to me how helpful people are. Librarians and bookstore owners, in particular, will burn with my same enthusiasm when I ask for help. The other day I called Capitol Book and News in Montgomery, Alabama. I know they carry a lot of regional books. I was looking for books about Montgomery in the early decades of the twentieth century, particularly books with photos showing how the city ...
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May 19, 2009
- Back from New Orleans, safely, after driving twelve hours through thunderstorms. Tired, but energized and eager, as these conferences always affect me. Friday Master classes: I first sat in Jess Well's class about writing credible, creative historical fiction. (I am thinking about my next book already, which may return to the civil rights era, or be set in the 1920's-1930's.) First, let me say ...
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May 14, 2009
- Today I leave for New Orleans and the Saints and Sinners conference. I love the place and I love this writer's conference, which serves as a fundraiser for NOAIDS. I'll be meeting with my publishers, Bywater Books, and that's always fun. A writer doesn't normally get many chances to meet face to face with editors and publishers.I'll also get to meet up with some friends from my Montgomery days ...
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April 23, 2009
- The Galla Literary arts festival starts tomorrow. Friday, April 24 and saturday, April 25. See their web site for details and directions.http://gallafestival.org/ Registration is free this year, and they have an impressive list of authors and editors. Don Weiss, Linda Villarosa, KG MacGregor, Karin Kallmaker, just to name a few.
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April 15, 2009
- I am as upset as everyone else is about the entire "amazonfail" plot. Imbroglio. Regarding the "de-ranking" of some 57,000 books, and removing them from lists so that they don't show up when searched for from the main page. thousands of books, just deleted. Amazon referred to this as a "glitch" in a press release and has corrected the problem, but prior emails to ...
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