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Monday, January 17, 2011
Happy MLK Day
Because I think this is one of the best, most important speeches ever made on race and empathy. On compassion and living in harmony with others. I hope that one day, Dr. King's dream will come true. Not only having lip service paid to it, but truly realized. That people of all colors will accept one another. I'm not talking about on the surface--I'm talking about fully and completely. No more self-segregation on all sides. I'm not singling out any one group here. No more of this immigration nonsense. One day, maybe all people really will judge others by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
And now, Dr. King's speech. It's important, relevant, and says everything that needs to be said.
Six Sentence Sunday
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Today's *Six Setences* this *Sunday* follows on from yesterday's sample
and is from my 'experimental' Regency romance *No job For a Woman*.
Thanks to eve...
Victorian Obsessions Blog Tour with Y.S. Lee
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*I am a day late with this post which is mortifying. I will do better!
Anyway I am ecstatic to re-introduce the wonderful author Ying Lee. Her The
Agency t...
New Idea?
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I haven't been doing much in the writing world lately. Not for any
particular reason, really. I've just been kind of lazy. Being finished with
revisions an...
Who is the real audience?
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The tension between art and commerce is often expressed as a clash between
the spiritual and material. At its bluntest and most oversimplified, it's
expres...
Notes For March 2nd, 2012
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This Day In Writing History
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On March 2nd, 1904, the legendary American children's book writer...
DOTC Blog Celebration: Meet Derek Halstead
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Welcome to the *Defenders of the Covenant* blog celebration!
Today, I'd like to introduce you to Derek Halstead.
Derek is eighteen years old, and, like Han...
Publishing Pulse for March 2, 2012
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*New At QueryTracker:*
Congratulations to our newest success story, Angela Cook, who signed with Eric
Myers of The Spieler Agency!
We have one new agent...
Friday Fricassee
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So, what's the verdict -- more First Line Grabbers or thumbs down?
Seems to me, overall, that it was a positive experience. I was impressed
with the blunt...
Field Trip Friday: March 2, 2012
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*THIS WEEK IN...*
unclever titles. But did you know that you can add all of our most recently
announced books on Goodreads? Stephanie Kuehn's Charm and S...
Turning Points Are…
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Turning Points are…crossing a point-of-no-return. Whether it’s a transition
between Act 1 & Act 2 or the Ordeal or any of those crafty terms, once your
c...
Winter
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Good Grief Charlie Brown! Where has the month gone? I have just turned the
calendar to March and realized that I have a blog due in the morning! Oh
dear? W...
Friday and Pictures
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DH stayed home yesterday ... he has a 45 mile commute daily, and while it
normally takes him over an hour, when the weather is bad (and we got a foot
of sn...
Friday Fun
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(From the Maxine collection by John Wagner. Found on the Facebook page of
Your Reason to Laugh.) What would YOU like to delete today? Have a good
weekend!
Small Yays
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Even though it's been almost three years since I graduated from the Vermont
College of Fine Arts, I still keep in touch with a lot of alums, especially
my ...
A ROW80 Update and a Giveaway
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It's time for a ROW80 update. The current round of A Round of Words in 80
Days runs from January 2nd to March 22nd. My goal during this round of
ROW80 is...
Deleted Scene: Khyff at the Starport
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Khyff Antonello. I'm sharing a deleted scene from the book For Women Only.
This was part of an alternate ending for the book. In the scene, Khyff had
packe...
Happy Book Birthday ... TIMES TWO!
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*MAGIC UNDER STONE by Jaclyn Dolamore - Bloomsbury - YA Fantasy
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Nimira is a fierce and passionate former chorus girl. Erris is a faerie
prince trapped in ...
#221
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To _______________: Dear QueryShark:
Vuto loses her third child mere days after birth - and she's only 17 years
old.
Unless Vuto left her child on the t...
Character Fun and Words Like Scaling Vertex Weights
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The amazing DoLittleSayMuch, Rhonda, who brought you the machinima
animated film *Left on Stone Haven* by Carol Kean (which you can link to
on DoLittleSay...
Creating Mircales
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[image: Rainbow Way! by DimitriS Photography]
Rainbow Way!, a photo by DimitriS Photography on Flickr.
When we are open to possibilities; when we are recept...
Bullying Long Distance
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In the past week, there was yet another explosion in the online reading
communities. Author/reviewer meltdowns. (Deep, heartfelt sigh!) I hate
drama, av...
Be My Nook Friend...
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I can't believe I've become one of *those* people...you know, the
electronic book people. I was determinded never get one as I love my paper
books so much....
HAPPY 2012!!!
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Happy New Year!
I hope this year everything you ALL set out to do is accomplished and
followed with success!
A different year means new books, new writers...
Cover Love!
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A new edition of Cover Love!
We start with:
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
(US, UK, Dutch)
I really like the US cover, especially the font but the UK c...
Manuscripts I Take On
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1. Is everyone following literary agent Jenny Bent's blog Bent on Books (and
her Twitter)?
If not, go, now, and follow away.
2. I ask because I want to po...
'Tis the Season
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As the holiday season draws near, the time to start thinking about gift
buying has officially arrived. Some of you may already be imagining those
crowded m...
Mind Trip
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Happy Friday! Welcome to the weekend. If your life is anything like mine
the weekends don't hold the same charm that they used to BC (before
children). Lif...
ROBERT LANGDON: A LOVE STORY
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If you haven't read The Lost Symbol (or my guide), very little of the
following will make sense. But this was my presentation from this evening's
"Secrets ...
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