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February 19, 2013
Book Review: How Do I Decide? Self Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing by Rachelle Gardner
I believe the publishing world has always been confusing and unpredictable for aspiring, new and even well-established authors. Now, with the advent of self-publishing and the thousands of advice-givers clamoring for our attention and business on the internet, it's downright noisy out there.
Addressing an author's need for clear and concise guidance, well-established literary agent Rachelle Gardner of Books and Such Literary Agency has launched a series of field guides for authors. The first,...
February 12, 2013
A Valentine Memory: The Night my Mother Danced with Lawrence Welk
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A Valentine Memory
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What a charmer he was, Mr. One And-A-Two. Lawrence Welk, whose music was upbeat, light and unvarying, was a Gentleman. He made every Lady in the room feel like Lady, and he visited our living room every Saturday night. Each show followed the same format: music from the band, with performances by singers and dancers, and dancers. At the end Mr. Welk joined the dancers on the ballroom floor, where some of the women sported bubble hairstyles in a curious shade of...
Press Release: Gabriel's Daughters acquired by Jolly Fish Press
It's official: For Immediate Release
Contact: Kirk Cunningham, Head Publicist: (801) 380-4503 | kirk@jollyfishpress.com
Jolly Fish Press Acquires Janet Kay Jensen's Gabriel's Daughters
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PROVO, UT—Jolly Fish Press (JFP) has successfully acquired Gabriel's Daughters, a heart-wrenching literary fiction from award-winning author Janet Kay Jensen.
Gabriel's Daughters wrestles with issues of polygamy, homosexuality, and modernity through the lives of the large, loving, and polygamous Martin family....
February 3, 2013
Cheating? There's an app for that.
Mr. J and I don’t watch a lot of TV together. Our tastes and interests vary. Sometimes I’ll say, “How can you WATCH that commentator? He’s downright SCARY, with the views he promotes.” Husband just smiles and shrugs, because he usually doesn’t share their views either, but finds some sort of perverse pleasure in occasionally watching them. OK, I can live with that.
The one show we do watch together is Shark Tank. For those who aren’t familiar with the show, six highly successful (we are talkin...
January 27, 2013
Ricky Tsang's Ridiculous: An Autobrainography
Today it's my privilege to review his book and talk with Canadian Ricky Tsang, author of Ricidulous: An Autobrainography
Book Review
(Note: I first met Ricky online when I reviewed his book for Readersfavorite.com, and we've corresponded regularly since)
Ricky Tsang’s book is a journey into a brilliant mind; the reader will find humor (dark/bawdy and/or hilarious), love, tenderness, truth and fantasy within its pages.
Diagnosed with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy at age seven, Ric...
January 13, 2013
Lady Violet's Zingers
From BT Vision : Dame Maggie Smith’s best Downton Abbey zingers
1. Lady Grantham meets kindly Isobel Crawley for the first time
Mrs Crawley: “What should we call each other?
Lady Grantham: “Well, we could always start with Mrs Crawley and Lady Grantham.”
2. Lady Sybil has attended a political meeting, and Lady Grantham isn’t very impressed
Lady Mary: “Sybil is entitled to her opinions.”
Lady Grantham: “No. She isn’t until she is married, then her husband will tell her...
1. Lady Grantham meets kindly Isobel Crawley for the first time
Mrs Crawley: “What should we call each other?
Lady Grantham: “Well, we could always start with Mrs Crawley and Lady Grantham.”
2. Lady Sybil has attended a political meeting, and Lady Grantham isn’t very impressed
Lady Mary: “Sybil is entitled to her opinions.”
Lady Grantham: “No. She isn’t until she is married, then her husband will tell her...
January 6, 2013
Book Review and Author Interview: Big in Japan
BIG IN JAPAN
From the publisher: SYNOPSIS
Buck Cooper is Texan, obese, and invisible to his colleagues. And to the voluptuous Allison Turner, the girl of his dreams, he is way below par. Buck's entire life is about fitting in, a feat he's been struggling to achieve but has never succeeded. Until serendipity lands him in Japan. Right in the middle of a sumo match.
As his life takes a new turn in a country where being big can mean fame and fortune, Buck must embark on the most dangerous, yet adven...
December 28, 2012
Blog Tour, Giveaway: Dead Running and Dying to Run
Blog Tour and Giveaway
Two New Books by Cami Checketts
Dead Running
Cassidy Christensen is running. Running from the mercenaries who killed her parents. Running from a scheming redhead intent on making her life miserable. Running from painful memories that sabotage her dreams of happiness.
With two very tempting men competing for her attention, she hopes she'll finally have someone to run to, but can she trust either of them? When secrets from her past threaten her family, Cassidy...
Two New Books by Cami Checketts
Dead RunningCassidy Christensen is running. Running from the mercenaries who killed her parents. Running from a scheming redhead intent on making her life miserable. Running from painful memories that sabotage her dreams of happiness.
With two very tempting men competing for her attention, she hopes she'll finally have someone to run to, but can she trust either of them? When secrets from her past threaten her family, Cassidy...
December 21, 2012
Home Alone for Christmas
He will be home alone for Christmas this year. At first he was scheduled to work, and I thought, "Well, OK, he can deliver Christmas babies to happy parents! And enjoy the comraderie of his friends at work. It will make the holiday a good day." Then he learned he would not be working on the 25th. He works the 24th and 26th, though, so he can't make it home to see us, anyway. . . but there's a package in the mail for him with a stuffed Christmas stocking. I hope he likes it. As well as t...
