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Bestselling Authors Strut Their Stuff This Fall
There are some great fiction titles coming out this fall, especially if you have a favorite character you have been following for years. Here are just a few of the titles sure to make a buzz: V is for Vengeance – Kinsey Milhone Mystery by Sue Grafton...
Posted: 8/10/2011 8:12 AM
The Help – Read-alikes While you Wait
The bestseller , The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, is in high demand with the movie release just a few days away ( August 10!) Try one of these suggested read-alikes while you are moving down the hold list: The Dry Grass of August - In 1954, 13-year-old...
Posted: 8/9/2011 11:51 AM
Barbara Kingsolver
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver will be presented this year with the newly renamed Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award by the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. First awarded in 2006 and based on the peace accords drawn up in Dayton, Ohio, to end...
Posted: 8/8/2011 12:54 PM
Writing Prompts for August 11, 2011
WM Creative Writing prompts for the week of Aug. 11, 2011: Begin and/or end your story with the following: Well, for the love of Pete, Zip, zip, zip, that’s how it went What was your reaction when you heard And the tomatoes are doing fine Five words:...
Posted: 8/4/2011 3:10 PM
Writing Prompts for August 4, 2011
Prompts for the week of August 4, 2011: Prompts: Begin and/or end your story with the following: My stupid dog Just the thought of it made me Some friendships will pass the test of time Create a short story using these five words: Laundy, tomatoes, ditch...
Posted: 8/4/2011 11:22 AM
Reading Louisiana
I was recently in Louisiana and it’s definitely a place with a lot of character. We have lots of great books set in the state, so I though I’d share some with you. Fiction Series Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson – The first book in Jackson’s New Orleans romantic...
Posted: 8/4/2011 8:46 AM
Making the Most of Flea Market Finds
The 127 Sale also known as the World’s Longest Yard Sale runs from August 4-7 and spans five states from Michigan to Alabama. If you love to rummage yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores for treasures then this is the yearly sale for you. Whether...
Posted: 8/3/2011 9:10 AM
Your Top 10 Books
The website for World Book Night 2012 is collecting readers’ top ten book lists – your all-time favorite books to read, share, and give. What’s on your top ten list? The books that I read repeatedly and give as gifts are (in no particular order) - The...
Posted: 7/27/2011 12:27 PM
Prompts for the week of July 21, 2011
Prompt: Write a happy story. It can be a true story or a story that you create. Be sure we feel the happiness. Take us there so that we can be with the characters. Create a short story using these five words: Eraser, swimming pool, dictionary, bubble...
Posted: 7/25/2011 1:55 PM
Challenge yourself with these DVDs!
Sometimes it is good to re-examine your worldview and expand your horizons. I challenge you to watch the following documentary movies and not come away changed to some small degree… Angels in the Dust captures the incredible devastation wrought on the...
Posted: 7/25/2011 9:20 AM
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