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My Writing Process Blog Tour
Originally posted on Jo Robinson:
I’ve been tagged by the most amazing friend, author and shaman Ailsa Abraham in the My Creative Process Grand Blog Tour. Ailsa Abraham has worked at more jobs than she can remember, finally ending up teaching English in France over twenty years ago. Now on early retirement due to health…
The Rumors are True: Amazon Testing Kindle Unlimited Program
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Screen shot of the new Kindle Unlimited Subscription Service test page on Amazon.com. Amazon removed several test pages for a new “Kindle Unlimited” program from its website today. Amazon is testing a service called “Kindle Unlimited” that would give subscribers unlimited access to both e-books and audiobooks for $9.99…
A Shadow in Yucatan- The Meaning (and feeling) of Birth and Loss
Originally posted on INVOLUTION: Science and God: Reality Redefined:
Today was the long planned for launch of A Shadow in Yucatan. Timed to co-ordinate with the Great Digital Book Giveaway. Instead it has been deleted from their site. Disaster for me but not for you. For it is ,however, still free (until 31st July) on…
Readers Gravitate Away from Free eBooks By Michael Kozlowski
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
? “If free is no longer working, what are the price points that are most effective for sales? The report revealed that $2.99 and $3.99 were a popular price point.” See Full Story Here ?
Odd observations
Originally posted on Mageowl's Blog:
Here’s an odd observation: Everyone knows what a car is, Everyone knows what a pet is, So what exactly is a carpet? A pet for cars? A way to pet a car? No, it’s manmade fur for your floor. You get to brush it (vacuum it). You get to…
Distant Neighbors: the Selected Letters of Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder, ed. Chad Wriglesworth.
Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
I have written a number of posts about collected letters, see here, here, here, here, and here. So I have an obvious affection for letter-writing, and particularly for reading letters by authors whose books I enjoy reading. I find that their letters often give insights into their…
All These Voices
Originally posted on Pen of the Damned:
The sound of the tape slides soothingly into Nicholas’ ears. Not the music itself, although that is certainly pleasant, but the mechanical whir of the reels as the tape’s innards wind through the machine. He doubts if he could write so well without the quiet whirring. He doubts…
Review: “Angel in Flight” by Gerry McCullough
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
? “Angel in Flight” by Gerry McCullough is an excellent and fast paced thriller set in beautiful Greece. Angela Murphy, or Angel, is stunned when she spots her ex-husband Mickey in Athens of all places. She has more reasons than one to avoid him and so her holiday instantly becomes a…
Teddy Bear. Art by Ling #8
Originally posted on BulanLifestyle.com:
Painted teddy bear This is the final one I have for now of my mum’s painted stool series. It is a teddy bear bride, which is apt since I just came back from Thailand to celebrate the wedding of my dearest friends x
The early-riser gets the squash
Originally posted on write meg!:
If the early bird catches the worm, the early Meggie . . . buys all the produce? (I’ll work on that one.) When I moved in with Spencer last fall, many of his habits became my habits. I guess this is, you know, normal for couples? I don’t know. But…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 