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July 14, 2011
Literarily Speaking July 2011 Book Panel: "The Closings of Book Stores – What Happened?"
The Literarily Speaking Book Panel talks to authors on different subjects regarding books, book industry topics, book selling, book promotions, and whatever catches our fancy. Today we are talking about book store closings and how it affects us. Are book stores on the way out?
Our Distinguished Panel of Authors
Several of Hugh Aaron's short stories have been published in national magazines and 18 of his essays on business management have appeared in The Wall Street J...
Talking Virtual Book Tours with Blanca Beyar
Blanca Beyar, also known as (Lavanya) wears many hats. She is a Doctor of Natural Health, a Reiki Master, Shaman, Spiritual Counselor and beloved Guru. Her purpose and passion in life is to assist humanity in raising their consciousness, to help them unveil their divine radiance and achieve spiritual and emotional wholeness. Blanca honors her calling for service through her healing work and also through her writing. Her latest book, "The Goddess Speaks" is a sacred ...
Talking Virtual Book Tours with Barbara Chepaitis
Barbara Chepaitis is the author of 8 published books, including The Fear Principle and The Fear of God featuring Jaguar Addams (Wildside Press), and the critically acclaimed mainstream novels, Feeding Christine and These Dreams. Her first nonfiction book, Feathers of Hope, is about Berkshire Bird Paradise and the human connection with birds. She's writing a sequel which tells the story of helping our US Troops in Afghanistan rescue Eagle Mitch. Barbara is founder of...
July 10, 2011
Guest Blogger: C. Elizabeth '5 Things I Learned About Getting Published'
5 Things You Should Know is one of Literarily Speaking's newest features. Here we find out five things about books, writing, publishing, the sky's the limit… right out of the author's mouth. Today's guest is C. Elizabeth, author of the contemporary romance novel, Absolute Obsession (Wings ePress).
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5 Things I Learned About Getting Published
By C. Elizabeth
After the first draft of Absolute Obsession, I realized that it was more of...
Guest Blogger: Lilian Duval 'If I Won the Lottery'
We have a wonderful guest with us today. Lilian Duval is the author of the beautifully written novel, You Never Know: Tales of Tobias an Accidental Lottery Winner (Wheatmark, Inc.).
You Never Know is the story of a man who gave up everything he ever wanted in life to take care of his brain-damaged brother who he feels responsible for since that fateful night when both of his parents were killed in an automobile accident. Tobias had a bright future, then all of a sudden, his l...
July 7, 2011
The First Page: The Luckless Prince by Rie Sheridan Rose
The First Page is one of Literarily Speaking's newest features. Here we get a glimpse into an author's work and what better place to begin than the first page? Authors share their first pages and answer a few questions about why they started their books off the way they did. Today we welcome Rie Sheridan Rose, author of the epic quest fantasy, The Luckless Prince (Zumaya Otherworlds).
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The Luckless Prince
by Rie Sheridan Rose
THE FIRST PAGE
"If you...
Book Excerpt: Chique Secrets of Dolce Vita by Barbara Conelli
In an excerpt from Barbara Conelli's new book, Chique Secrets of Dolce Vita, we get to understand just what living a dolce vita life means – having the eyes to see the real beauty, having the nose to smell intoxicating scents, having the ears to hear dreamy sounds, having the mouth to taste delicate flavors, having the body to perceive soft sensations. In a nutshell, it means being aware of yourself, of your emotions and desires, and finding happiness in ordinary...
July 5, 2011
Once in a Blue Moon: Cindy Lynn Speer spills the beans on Zumaya Publications
Zumaya Publications, a small press publisher based in Austin, Texas, and headed by the magnificent and articulate Elizabeth Burton, is celebrating its fifth year birthday this month (Happy Birthday Zumaya!) and as part of the birthday celebration, the authors are going around to different blogs talking about how they were published by Zumaya to help you understand how important their small press publisher is to them. Today we have as our guest, Cindy Lynn Speer, who...
July 4, 2011
Pump Up Your Book! Announces July '11 Authors on Virtual Book Tours
Join a talented and diverse group of 36 authors promoting 35 books and a publisher celebrating "Five Years of Irresponsible Reading," as they tour with Pump Up Your Book! Virtual Book Tours during the month of July 2011.
Follow them as they travel the blogosphere from July 5th through July 29th to discuss their books. This month is filled with a variety of genres: fantasy novels, memoirs, short story collections, historicals, and more!
The month of July finds us host to short ...
Pump Up Your Book announces Lilian Duval's 'You Never Know: Tales of Tobias an Accidental Lottery Winner Virtual Book Tour'
Join Lilian Duval, author of the literary fiction, You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, an Accidental Lottery Winner (Wheatmark, Inc.), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – August 26 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!
Lilian was born in New York City to French-speaking parents and went to public school with a French accent so thick that she was assigned to the slowest of four first-grade classes. "Thunder, not TUNDER!" the teacher scolded her i...
