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Write For Today

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jun 16, 2010 in Pop Culture, Writing Biz

You live in today’s world. You must write for the time in which you live. It doesn’t matter if your writing is as exquisite as Bronte or Austen or any of the past brilliant writers if the times in which you live don’t support writing of that nature. If you want to be a professional [...]

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I Own A Kindle

Yes, it’s true. I ordered a Kindle this past Monday. It arrived Wednesday, and I must say that I’m sold on this digital device. I think it was created for those who love to read. Do My Own Thinking Why did I buy a Kindle when I’m a big supporter of pBooks, that is, paper [...]

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Books Change As Reader Ages

Posted by Joan Reeves on Apr 12, 2010 in Books, Movies, Music, TV, Pop Culture, This Writer's Life

I read this wonderful quotation attributed to the late William Robertson Davies, one of Canada’s most popular authors. Mr. Davies wrote novels and plays as well as dramatic criticism. He was also a journalist and a professor. For all of you who have books on your keeper shelves that you reread every so often, Mr. [...]

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Pride And Prejudice And Zombies

Posted by Joan Reeves on Nov 3, 2009 in Books, Movies, Music, TV, Pop Culture, Writing Biz

I was in Target recently, and I browsed their book section. That’s almost a misnomer since Vampire books constituted 90% of the section, pushing all other books to one small aisle. They should consider renaming it the paranormal section. I’d read about Seth Grahame-Smith’s book Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, and there it was in [...]

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