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New Children’s Chapter Book Releases – week of 8/26/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
The fall books have started to arrive on the shelves in BookKids! We are getting so many new and great books, that it’s hard to keep up. It’s also very exciting. So starting with this week, we will be sharing that excitement and rounding up all the new kids books that…
Louise Brooks
Originally posted on A Blog Less Traveled:
Knowing eyes and smile Trapped forever in their gaze Outlined in beauty Louise Brooks, “The Canary Murder Case” (Paramount Pictures, 1929)
FIBROMYALGIA is a Four Letter Word
Originally posted on yadadarcyyada:
This isn’t a whiny post (at least I’ll try, no promises) or it can be fixed blog or whatever. Just a few thoughts about why people think Fibromyalgia isn’t a real syndrome, that it’s just lazy, unmotivated people and why I don’t have all the answers. Let’s begin at the end;…
Meet Guest Author Laura A. Lord
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
My name is Laura A. Lord. I’m the author of numerous collections of vignettes and poetry and one awesome children’s book about a T-Rex screwing up my entire day. It’s absolutely a true story. ? I graduated with an AA in Liberal Arts, with…
Getting what we earn. Nothing more.
Originally posted on Author Mark W Sasse:
Each new school year I am confronted with a new crop of students who tend to think they deserve what they have not earned. Now don’t get me wrong, I have incredibly motivated students who do earn a lot. But it’s never enough. And here is, invariably, where…
TEASER TUESDAY
Originally posted on Ren's Ridiculous Rantings:
Hey, I know this is late, but here it is: Mommy, dearest, You’ve taught me to play cards Since the moment I was born You taught me aces were gold And kings a mere silver Finally I decided to apply these rules to life And I’ve found I…
Something to be Learned
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
Photo Courtesy: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Estella-472873000 Wonder where the hard years went Up and down and lost like blood and sweat The monumental dramas have all but disappeared For maybe love and peace Can win the day, yet again I passed a bridge, calling maturity I broke into a dive, of self-acceptance It…
Review: Red Clay and Roses by S.K. Nicholls
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
At first glance you might be forgiven for thinking this a ‘woman’s book’. Its characters revolve around women and some of the issues raised are certainly primarily feminine; though even there the writer challenges preconceptions for these issues should be primarily human. It is not the literary…
Constructing Your Story: Show Don’t Tell
Originally posted on weebletheringskite:
The last, and perhaps for me in many ways, the most important of the Unbreakables. Show Don’t Tell. I feel like there should be a drumroll..And maybe a trumpet. Or bugle.. I’ve been up under and all around this one, because I recognise that some people just plain don’t like it.…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 