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Category: Books
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A List for Love in Books
I’d asked for suggestions on books with love in them – not romance stories, but many facets of love – to be a companion to my Mad Genius Post on writing love stories. As always, this is a crowdsourced list. I have cleaned it up a little to anonymize it, but I have not read…
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Eat This While You Read That: Julie Frost
I met Julie Frost at LTUE last year, and then when her first novel came out, based on listening to her being funny and witty on a panel, grabbed the book. I discovered to my delight that she could write as well as she can talk – hey! There are people who can’t you…
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Eat This While You Read That: Marty Kelley
When I started doing ETWYRT I will admit I didn’t have a big plan for how it would go. But in the year since I started (I’ve skipped a few weeks so we aren’t up to #52 yet) I’ve had the pleasure of talking to all kinds of authors, and an editor, and in asking…
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Fierce Old Women Book List
A while back someone shared a question in a group I’m part of. And we all talked about feisty old women in fiction, and this list was born. It’s another book list, but it’s not a long one, and the old ladies are not always the hero of the piece. Some of them are arguably…
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Gleanings from a Messy Desk
No matter what else, take time today to stop and smell the flowers. Even if they are digital because it’s February and baby it’s COLD outside! If you have a little time to read, try this collection of my short science fiction works. Peter Grant was kind enough to write a foreword that makes me…
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Design and a Promo
Free book, and an educational article on design. I’m up at Mad Genius Club today with an article on facets of design that can be useful to those who are creating or purchasing book covers, ads, and promotional materials, among other uses. Understanding design can be helpful for many applications, I’ve just picked some highlights…
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Eat This While You Read That: La Vaughn Kemnow
I’ve been waiting on this day for a while. I started this blog series with no real intentions in my mind other than a playful way of promoting some friends and authors in a way I knew I could do – cooking – and to hone my own photography skills with a challenge. It’s been…
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Eat This While You Read That: Lois McMaster Bujold
I have to admit, being able to write this post gives me a fan-girl moment. I asked in Baen’s Bar and she actually took the time to answer me and suggest a dish. Lois McMaster Bujold has long been one of my favorite authors, and possibly the most influential one in my life, so I’m…
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Sticker Shock
This isn’t another blog about food, even if it looks it at first glance. Rather, it’s a blog about my love-hate relationship with bookstores these days. Also, my love-hate relationship with money. I love having money to spend on things I want, I hate not having enough to spend it without thinking first. No big…
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Cheesecake
Cheesecake, like so many other things, is more a state of mind than a simple recipe. The variations on it are nearly infinite, and even the ‘base’ of the recipe can be changed up. I looked at bunches of recipes online, and finally pulled out a cookbook to give myself a starting point. I really…
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Miscellany
Ever wondered what the first book in print was (hint: it wasn’t printed by Gutenberg)? How about when and where the first novel was written? Are you a writer who worries that books are going out of style? My post today at the Mad Genius Club hits on the answers in a rambling essay that…
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Blast from the Past: Redneck Manifesto
This was published three years ago, but I realized yesterday it had gotten lost when I switched blog hosts. Fortunately I have access to archives. He’s written a snarky take on the Glass Ceiling which reminded me that I had read him before. I had to review a book for my Cultural Anthropology class.…