Rachael Hanel's Blog, page 60
January 14, 2013
Support your local authors
I spent a couple of delightful hours at the office of the University of Minnesota Press today. I personally delivered …
January 13, 2013
You won’t believe the error I caught…
How terrible would it be to have the word “cemetary” in a book about gravedigging? It almost happened! I just …
January 7, 2013
The meaning of “friend”
This column of mine appeared in the January 2013 issue of Mankato Magazine: My husband, David, likes to tell the …
January 4, 2013
Falling Off the Memoir Cliff
Reblogged from BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog: Susan Shapiro, on the NY Times Opinionator Blog, offers an excellent take on an issue …
January 3, 2013
Enter to win an advance copy of my book!
My memoir, WE’LL BE THE LAST ONES TO LET YOU DOWN, is now a Goodreads giveaway! You can enter until …
January 2, 2013
Finding solace in art
I thought this story from the Washington Post was brilliant. In times of national grief and sorrow, we can find …
December 30, 2012
Mausoleum accolades
The Minneapolis StarTribune named Joan Soranno, the architect who designed the new mausoleum at Lakewood Cemetery, the 2012 Artist of …
How Do I Write a Book?
Reblogged from BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog: Here at Brevity, we adore straight talk, honesty, shrimp and grits, and common sense. One …
December 27, 2012
A friend’s memoir now available
Read this description of Tracy Lee Karner’s new memoir and tell me it doesn’t sound intriguing From Amazon.com: “After Tracy …
December 26, 2012
My top 5 books of 2012
I’m reviewing my reading list from 2012 and it’s fairly pathetic. I don’t think there’s ever been a year where …
