The time has come. As promised, I will give away a fresh new copy of that surprise hit of the summer, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. The reader whose email lands in my Inbox first, according to timestamp, will receive my copy. Send your message via my Contact Me page. Be sure to include [...]
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Bloomington, Indiana, the hometown of my heart, hit the number one spot on Mother Earth’s 8 Great Places list. Charlottesville, why aren’t you on this list?? You’re a great place to live for all our citizens! Or something like that.
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Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman has died. He was 89.
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Student supplies, teacher supplies, and supplies and games for creative people of all ages (including writers) will be on sale this coming weekend at Charlottesville’s Teachers’ Edition. Here’s the info, plus a link to a .pdf version of the flyer. Fill out the entry blank and enter to win a prize! Teachers’ Edition 1933 Commonwealth [...]
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Via Practicing Writing: 52 Projects has a quick list of Simple Things You Can Do Right Now To Jumpstart Your Writing Efforts. Ones that work for me: Stop talking about your novel or short story ideas and start writing. This is a good reminder for me. Talking’s easy; writing’s hard. Join or form a writing [...]
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I caught a bad earworm the other day from an article in Time magazine: I’m not offended when Christians eat pork,” says Jacob Neusner. At least not usually. The brilliant–and none too patient–Jewish scholar does recall a religion conference where so much of the other white meat was served that he was reduced to a [...]
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Via edrants: The Baltimore Sun reveals an interesting difference between Borders and Barnes & Noble in this feature about bookstore”soft seating”: Just a decade ago, the trend in the bookstore industry was to fit nooks and crannies with big chairs for browsing, which, it was hoped, would spur buying. The idea was to recast the [...]
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“First book ever written using mobile phone is published.” Actually, I don’t think we can be sure it was the first one ever written, but it most likely is the first one ever published. And, who knows, perhaps it will be the last. The mold has been broken. Italian author Robert Bernocco has amazed the [...]
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Noted in today’s Daily Progress: The University of Virginia’s creative writing program has been named one of the top 10 graduate writing programs in the nation by the Atlantic magazine. Rupert Murdoch’s name was misspelled “Murdock” in a headline on the Op-Ed page. This wire story — more proof that cats are creepy.
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This site is addictive! Zenhabits is full of useful, inspiring, healthful and helpful tips for living a better life. Worth checking out when you have a few minutes.
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H. Allen Orr, who is so distressed about the incivility of those he calls “professional atheists,” has finally found a book about evolution and religion that he likes. One suspects that the fact that, as far as one can tell from his review, the book presents not one new or original thought about either religion [...]
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It pays to check your referrals. I was reviewing today’s stats for Cville Words, and included in the list of today’s referrals was a link to the Google Books entry for The Sheltering Sky. I get quite a few hits on this blog for The Sheltering Sky — maybe it’s something people read in school? [...]
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Worldwidefreelance.com — More articles than you can shake a stick at!
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