From The Practicing Writer: And speaking of good news for book reviewers (yes, contrary to popular belief there is some good news in that realm): Are you looking for more paying markets for your book reviews? The latest edition of The Practicing Writer’s Directory of Paying Markets for Book Reviewers is now available. Download the [...]
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What a lovely weekend, eh? I had so much energy! I got lots of chores done and yet also had plenty of time to read. I’m making my slow way through Don Quixote at present, so I was looking for something light, preferably nonfiction, to go along with it. (I like to keep a couple [...]
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Oh, hey, The Lives of Others is back in town, at the Downtown Regal. If you missed it the first time around, you’ve got a second chance. How many of those do we get in life? The Lives of Others PG-13 · for some sexuality/nudity. Runtime 2:17 Plot Summary from the IMDB: “Florian Henckel von [...]
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This graph from Creating Passionate Users is not exactly scientific but it illustrates a good point: The amount of expertise you gain in a field is directly related to the amount of effort you put in over time. K. Anders Ericsson is billed as the “world’s top expert on expertise.” If I recall correctly, he’s [...]
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Shedworking has posted a photo of me working in my backyard tent. Tentworking — think about it. Related posts: Tentwriting
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A friend chauffeured me in style to the Green Valley Book Fair in Mt. Crawford yesterday. I took a pocketful of cash (credit cards and checks are also accepted) but ended up not buying a lot — one novel and a couple of memoirs. Had I been shopping for Christian fiction or nonfiction, I could [...]
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Did you see The Lives of Others when it was at the Vinegar Hill Theater? It’s a very good movie about East Germany before and just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the role of a Stasi officer in the life of an East German playwright. It seemed so realistic that after viewing [...]
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I got a chance to run downtown yesterday to see the John Lennon exhibit at the old Visitors Center. Very enjoyable. Lennon’s drawings are cheerful, witty, loving, and many of them are very good. Nearly everything was available for purchase, with prices ranging from $200 to $25,000 (for “Bed in for Peace,” from the Bag [...]
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I enjoyed this profile of JRML volunteer Melissa Dickens in today’s Daily Progress. Dickens repairs books for Gordon and Central Libraries. According to the article, she repaired nearly 2,000 damaged books last year! “Melissa Dickens is one of the most dedicated library volunteers I’ve ever met,” JMRL director John Halliday is quoted as saying. I [...]
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The Virginia Arts of the Book Center has posted their new summer class schedule.
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Several years ago I fell in love with Kenneth Branagh’s character’s “backyard bungalow office” in How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog. So cozy, so rustic, so…not in the house. I don’t remember much else about that movie, but the office stuck with me. I noticed Cate Blanchett’s character in Notes from a Scandal also has [...]
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