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January 14, 2013
Maiden's Veil - Novel Short-Listed for Award & Won!
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... and she received the Award! CONGRATULATIONS Lisa Costantino!
Wonderful News for Lisa today, January 16, 2013:
Her book "Maiden’s Veil" received INDIE 1st Place Blue Ribbon Award,
Women’s Fiction Read all about her books success here
In the remote English countryside, tapestry weaver Clarinda Asher performs a pagan fertility ritual with a local landed man—a sacred union that ignites a firestorm and ultimately has her banished to a lonely hilltop above her village.
This sounds like a great read!
Maiden's Veil - Novel Short-Listed for Award
Reblogged from Savvy Writers & e-Books online:
In the remote English countryside, tapestry weaver Clarinda Asher performs a pagan fertility ritual with a local landed man—a sacred union that ignites a firestorm and ultimately has her banished to a lonely hilltop above her village.
Three hundred years later, American Jess Barlow arrives in Maidenvale as the village celebrates a diluted version of that long-ago holy day. Together with the fair’s king of the May, Jess rediscovers—and ultimately reenacts—the ancient rite, which soon rips their lives apart.
This sounds like a great read!
January 13, 2013
Two Great New Features in the Marketing Mix
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Those who have already signed up for our individual, customized Book Marketing Online Seminar and Publishing Consulting will get a nice (and free) extra surprise soon. Two great new features have been added to the marketing mix, which will improve their and (maybe soon your?) author platform. Everyone who joins our very affordable - 3 months for $98 = $1/day - marketing support will now get:
This is an excellent program and really is one-on-one with the experts. A very customized approach to marketing within the vast expanse of social networking.
January 12, 2013
65 Top Websites to Announce Your Book for FREE
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For your book to sell, you need to create the demand. You need an audience, a platform – which you will get when your book is showing up on many websites and forums, visible to readers. Make it a habit to submit your book to at least 2-3 websites a day. Don't forget to post links to them on Google+, Twitter, FB, Tumblr, StumpleUpon, LinkedIn, Chime.in, Pinterest ...
This is an excellent resource from Savvy Writers & ebooks Online for promoting your book on 65 different websites for free!
" The Thread That Connects Us All "
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I was treated to an early gift this season... it was a dusty, old, dark, and very magical treat to this photographer’s eyes. The present I am referring to, was my visit to the last intact silk mill left in the US. Built in 1907, and known as Klotz Throwing Company, it is located in Lonaconing, MD which is about a five and a half hour drive from where I live.
These pictures capture the atmosphere of the time of factories in the US. Pictures of this silk factory capture the imagination of the era.
{Weekly Writing Challenge} Map it out!
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"As bloggers, we scan through photos and descriptive tales from our fellow writers who share their travels with us... Maps symbolize the places we’ve been, the places we want to go, and the places we’ll end up, even if we don’t know it yet..."
That said, I'm taking up on the challenge, and 'mapping out' the places in my life. Just the important, 'life event' moves.
A very interesting look at your experience by mapping it! Thanks for sharing!
2 More Writing Contests
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Monthly TWITTER Writing Contest
Scribendi.com is hosting a writing contest. The first day of every
month at 11 AM, we will announce the topic. Entrants must write a
140-character-or-less tweet, mention @Scribendi_Inc, and summarize the
topic. The contest closes the last day of the month at 11 AM.
Summarize This! promotes concise and precise writing skills in a
fresh, fun way…
This is great information on 2 more writing contests.
January 11, 2013
The Wolf Moon Cycle
Copyright (C) 2012 Sandra Jones, All rights reserved
The picture above was taken by my wife, Sandy, last year on the Wolf Moon. This year in 2013, the Wolf Moon occurs on January 26, 2013. Cycles of the moon have been named many moons ago by various cultures throughout the world. Rob Mahan has a great synopsis of the different cycles of the moon and has graciously granted permission to include his blog for the information. I am also attaching the link to The Farmers Almanac, so that you can see the various dates of each cycle of the moon as well as the name.
It is simply amazing that our ancestors charted so much about the celestial skies. One needs to step back from the hurried pace of today’s technology and think about how this wonder was documented throughout the ages in such an accurate fashion, with just the use of the human eye. Sometimes going back to basics and understanding the fascinating history of the moon and how it has been studied throughout time offers a bit of tranquility to the human spirit.
The title of the book, “The Wolf’s Moon” evolved because the book started in January and I finished it in January. My wife took a picture of the Wolf Moon in January. Kind of a coincidence, isn’t it? If you look even deeper into the picture, can you see the wolves dancing in the moonlight?
January 10, 2013
Is Cursive Handwriting Dead?
An article in today’s paper gave me pause. Cursive handwriting has one foot in the grave.
Remember this paper? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A debate wages as 45 states adopt school curriculum guidelines for 2014 that exclude cursive handwriting, but do require keyboard proficiency by the time students exit elementary school.
You can read the full article here, but some highlights are:
I also miss the lost art of penmanship. The society is changing over to an electronic technology for communication. A great question to raise concerning the shift to a paperless society.
Are there Wolves in Missouri?
Could there be wolves in Missouri? This is an interesting article By Rudi Keller in the Columbia Daily Tribune regarding possible wolves in Missouri.
