Ned Hayes's Blog, page 57
January 26, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:
"People come to me on waves of memory, but all of...
BOOK QUOTE:
"People come to me on waves of memory, but all of them are ghosts. The sound of a distant ocean covers me with surf, that tide that bears me back eternally into the past, back to the place where I was born. My mother took me out in our little fishing boat, out on the open water of the sea. The thrum and hiss of surf upon the shore behind us, the breaking rhythm never ceasing. My mother waited until we were out of sight of land. She waited to tell me the secret."
PHOTO: Faroe Islands (by Ivan Holmedal)
January 25, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:
"April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake...
BOOK QUOTE:
"April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to the cries of little birds before the light comes across the heath. They wait all night with open eyes. Now, with the rain at dawn, their voices make melody." I imagine my mother calling to me, her words echoing across the years. Every night, I slip into the empty winter land of memory."
— from the novel Sinful Folk, by Ned Hayes
January 24, 2015
"NEIL GAIMAN QUOTE:
"The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches..."
NEIL GAIMAN QUOTE:
"The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it’s about and why you’re doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising… and it’s magic and wonderful and strange."
”- Neil Gaiman (via maxkirin)
Welcome to National Readathon Day
Today is National Readathon Day!
Grab your latest book and charge your ereaders, ladies and gentlemen. It’s time for the first-ever National Readathon Day!
On Saturday, January 24, 2015, join readers across the country who will be reading in solidarity for literacy from noon to 4 p.m. (in your own time zone).
National Readathon Day is partnered with FirstGiving.com, and all money raised will go to the National Book Foundation’s efforts to improve literacy and reading proficiency for millions of Americans who lack basic skills. All you need to do to participate is pick a book and read it on January 24. Check here for local readathon events near you. You can also make a donation or create a fund-raising team on FirstGiving.com, or even host your own “reading party.”
What book will you be reading on January 24?
January 23, 2015
Books from Shakespeare and Company! #books #bookstore
Books from Shakespeare and Company! #books #bookstore
January 22, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:
"Sound carries far here in the trees. Snow slides...
BOOK QUOTE:
"Sound carries far here in the trees. Snow slides off a heavy oak as some creature shuffles through the woods, and ancient branches snap. Moments later, the bracken flutters and the slight shadow of the bird darts into the woods. Deep in the forest now, I hear a low voice that wends back and forth, whispering in secret.” — from the novel Sinful Folk
PHOTO:
snow wall by Liis Klammer on Flickr.
"Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just..."
- Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting (via angerr)
January 21, 2015
Radio Interviews with Ned Hayes
I’m doing radio interviews about books and writing in 2015… listen in here:
1) In early January, I was on the Mark Johnson Show in Vermont — podcast here.
2) 1/13 — I was featured on “Lou in the Mornings” http://www.wpflradio.com/in Florida.
3) 1/22 — 8:30 am “Business Talk Radio Network” – national — live w/Frankie Boyer, nationally syndicated The Frankie Boyer Business Show
4) 1/26 — 3:45 PM “Sunshine State Radio Network” — with Mike Fitzgerald
5) 1/27 — 8:00 am “WNEW-FM/Washington DC” — “A Good Read” with Judlyne Lilly, FM Good Read Radio
6) 1/27 — 8:30am “WMKT-AM/North Michigan regional” live w/Vic McCarthy, AM
7) 2/8 — 4:00 am “WIP-AM&FM/Philadelphia PA” live w/Peter Solomon, AM&FM combo https://petersolomonshow.wordpress.com/
Radio Interviews with Ned Hayes was originally published on NedNote
