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This is Your Life! with Frank Zaccari, author of 'Inside the Spaghetti Bowl'

This is Your Life! is Literarily Speaking's newest feature.  Here we spotlight different authors to find out who they are behind the book.  Where were they born?  What's their family life like?  What did they play with as a child?  All these things mold them into the talented authors they are today. Today's guest is Frank Zaccari, author of the memoir, Inside the Spaghetti Bowl (CreateSpace).  Enjoy!

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Thank you so much for this interview, Frank.  Can we begin by telling...

The Story Behind Dax Rigby, War Correspondent by John Rosenman

The Story Behind the Book is one of Literarily Speaking's most popular features. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is John Rosenman, author of Dax Rigby, War Correspondent (MuseItUp Publishing).

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Dax Rigby, War Correspondent – Why I Wrote it and How I Published It

by John B. Rosenman

A distant, alien world. In several of my novels, I have been drawn to such a place...

Red Hot Sky by Gordon Gumpertz Blog Tour Hosts Wanted

Pump Up Your Book is seeking tour hosts for Gordon Gumpertz's Red Hot Sky Virtual Book Publicity Tour to be held in January and February 2012.  We are seeking blog hosts who would like to review his book, have him write a guest post for your blog or be interviewed.  We would love to have you join our blog host team if your blog qualifies!

CO2 buildup in earth's atmosphere reaches a tipping point. Global weather destabilizes, turns chaotic. Ice storms, dust storms, floods,...

Guest Post: Commitment Makes the Difference By Laura McHale Holland

Writing my memoir, Reversible Skirt, was a push-pull process that took place over many years. I didn't have a flash of inspiration that motivated me to sit at my desk, begin writing and press on with full confidence that I would produce a story worth reading.

Amid the rafters of my garage I have cardboard boxes of journals going back decades. I expect if I were to pull them down and leaf through their pages, I'd find many memoir beginnings discarded for one reason or another...

Decking the Halls with Women's Fiction Author Anneke Campbell

It's time to deck the halls and what better way to do it is to find out what your favorite authors are up to this joyous and oh-so-busy time of year. Today's guest is Anneke Campbell, author of the women's fiction, Slouching Towards Bellingham (BooksbNimble).

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Is Christmas your favorite holiday?

I like it more than any other I can think of because it reminds me of happy times in my childhood, but also because of all the Catholic ...

Five by Five with R.G. Bullet – Author of the Caldecott Chronicles

5 Things You Should Know About Writing

1.    You do not need a shed at the bottom of the garden to write—earplugs works well.

2.    The main part of your job is to minimise distractions and write (see my post).

3.    Some of your good friends and family members will never read your work. You will not cry about this.

4.    You may work best with some added pressure. So create a date to finish the first draft.

5.    Listen to your editor. They have your best interest at heart.

5...

Book Review: The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey by Deborah Barnes

Title: The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey: A Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary

Author: Deborah Barnes

Genre: Nonfiction

Paperback: 180

Publisher: ZZP Publishing

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-0983440802

BOOK SUMMARY:

Combining a warm, humorous, and conversational style of writing with stunning photos and charming artwork, readers are immediately immersed into the world of Zee, a lovable male Maine Coon cat, and Zoey, a high-spirited female Bengal cat, as they share their...

5 Things You Should Know About The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell by Dr. Karen Mueller Bryson

History made fun! In this fast-paced and action-packed time travel adventure, the wise-cracking whiz kid, Puggie Liddell's modified Gameboy activates a time travel portal and he lands in the 1890s with his sibling rival, annoyingly prissy teen sister, Gigi, who thinks history is like-totally-gross.

The kids must learn to work together to find a time travel portal back to the present before the eccentric scientist, Nikola Tesla, or his arch nemesis, inventor Thomas ...

Guest Blogger: Five Things You Should Know About The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell by Karen Mueller Bryson

5 Things You Should Know About The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell

By Karen Mueller Bryson 

1.  Sibling rivals Puggie and Gigi Liddell travel back in time and visit the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, which was so spectacular, it inspired both the Emerald City in the Wizard of Ozand Disney World! 

2. Puggie and Gigi also have an opportunity to ride the original Ferris Wheel, which made its debut at the Chicago World's Fair. 

3. Puggie and Gigi became two of the 38...

Blog Tour: Q&A with Nutrition Expert/Author Nicolette Dumke

I have a wonderful guest today!  Nicolette M. Dumke, author of the health/fitness book, Food Allergy and Gluten-Free Weight Loss: Control Your Body Chemistry, Reduce Inflammation, and Improve Your Health (Allergy Adapt, Inc.), is on a blog tour December 5 – 16 answering questions about nutrition.  I am happy to be hosting her today and here's my question:

"I recently gave up carbonated sodas in my diet and two months later, I lost an astounding 18 pounds.  I also gave up...