The Writing Biz Meets Pop Culture
I’m not much of a musician, but I’ve been known to plink around on the piano or my dad’s acoustic guitar. Every now and then I want to try a new piece of music, but I’ve discovered that music stores that sell sheet music or going the way of the dodo bird. That’s why I [...]
My daughter and I are salivating over the previews of the new FX drama, Justified starring Timothy Olyphant. The show, from the trailers, appears to have all the elements we like: an alpha male hero, a setting that could easily be Texas, dramatic story lines, and lots of action. Oh, did I mention he carries [...]
March is just around the corner. Let’s kick it off with a contest that may be of great interest to those with bilingual skills who published a translation of literature from any language into English in 2009. The American Literary Translators Association sponsors the $2,500 National Translation Award. This is open to book-length works [...]
Breaking into the children’s book market is really hard. That’s a truth writers confront when they start pursuing publication in that genre. Why? I guess because a good book for children never gets old or goes out of print. I read Poky Little Puppy when I was a child. I read it to my daughter [...]
Today has been one of those days when I would rather have stayed in bed.
I drove home late Saturday night from the farm where I’d been working on cleaning out my late mother’s home. The seven hour drive was made bearable by the unabridged book on CD, Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters [...]
Yesterday, during the morning drive time, I was listening to Dean and Rog on the radio and was dismayed when they said the voice over announcement for CBS Evening News was being changed. They’d used a recording of Walter Cronkite’s voice for years, but they were changing to a voice over by Morgan Freeman for [...]
If you think you have a book cover that’s stunning, there’s still time to see if booksellers who comprise a panel of judges agree with you.
Enter the JABBIC (Judge A Book By Its Cover) by January 15. This annual contest is sponsored by the Houston Bay Area Romance Writers of America Chapter.
Reasons To Enter
1. Winning [...]
Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz
Mass Market Paperback: 447 pages
Publisher: Jove
Copyright: Mass Market Edition, January 2010
ISBN: 978-0-515-14738-4
Running Hot by the multi-talented and multi-published Jayne Ann Krentz, aka Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle, is Book 5 in the Arcane Society series wherein the hero and heroine are possessed with various paranormal talents. In case you don’t [...]
What’s Christmas without a rousing rendition of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer?
The holidays call for music. While you’re out shopping for longboard skateboards, DVDs, sweaters, and toys, you hear music in every store from bouncy Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree to Silent Night. We all have our favorite holiday music, but, sometimes, it’s [...]
My entire family was dismayed that CBS canceled The Unit, one of the best shows on TV. Well-written, well-acted, and reflective of the bravery of the men and women who are unsung heroes. Starring the amazing Dennis Haysbert as Team Leader Jonas Blaine, we followed their exploits through 3 seasons where the show was jerked around [...]
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