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A Map of Literature around the World
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
It is easy to get stuck inside our own reading bubbles, so I was excited to find this map of literature around the world. For the zoomable version of the map, click here. The map was created by redditor Backforward24 and use book covers to highlight a single book from…
…have yeez been introduced to my Jack Calder characters yet?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the inevitable question arrived the other day, when I was Guest Speaker at The Royal University for Women in Bahrain… are the characters in the books modelled after ‘real’ people?… for a split second, I felt that p’raps the audience thought the players in the novels were only figments of…
#LlandeiloLitFest Tickets are now on sale
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
Source: Ticket sales Tickets are now on sale. Please note that due to the size limitations of the venues events can sell out quickly. To avoid disappointment please book in advance, even for the free events. You can buy online https://llandeilolitfest.org/calendar/ or directly in Llandeilo from these shops: Peppercorn http://www.peppercorn.net/ 5 King Street,…
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate Nearly at Half a Penny per Page Again
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
KINDLE UNLIMITED, FEBRUARY, 2017 The per-page rate for Kindle Unlimited nearly returned to half a penny per page in February, 2017. The KENP per-page rate is $0.00497, which actually rounds to half a center per page. The rate is up a little from January’s rate of $0.004754. The KDP Select Global…
My New Mouse Pad
Originally posted on Lorna's Voice:
Buddhism is not for the faint of heart, weak of soul, or short of tongue. Meditating without drooling is grueling. As a Buddhist, I sometimes often constantly perpetually-even-in-my-sleep have to make some challenging difficult impossible unspeakable (because I don’t talk in my sleep, although I have been told I moan…
When Book Covers Get Characters Wrong
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Book cover design is often grand, but sometimes publishers don’t get it quite right. Take for example the case of Nnedi Okorafor. Nnedi Okorafor is an extraordinary science fiction writer, and she has the Nebula Award to prove it. Before she was quite so lauded, however, she had a strange…
Blossom
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Sere winter blushes Ancient wood wears fairytales Springs lightly to life Hope renewed as dark days pass Buried in confetti clouds Colleen’s tanka challenge ? ?
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 