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LIT NEWS: Smiley’s People – Vernon Kell, the first head of MI5, circa 1920. http://ow.ly/16sLwZ # LIT NEWS: Essay: The Rap on Happiness – The fashion is to bemoan happiness books and positive psychology as the wor… http://ow.ly/16sLwW # LIT NEWS: Off the Shelf: What Happened to Regulatory Reform? http://ow.ly/16sGQK # LIT NEWS: Reaching Holden [...]
This week, we continue with Part 2 of Dyanne Davis’ article, Selling Out or Making a Sell. Be sure to check out Part 1 of Selling Out or Making a Sell if you haven’t already and definitely share your thoughts! Part 2 – Selling Out or Making a Sell by Dyanne Davis Let’s move it [...]
A Man To Call Her Own Kacie Mayweather, stricken with cerebral palsy, has had her share of men—five baby daddies for six children, in fact. But she’s never had one man to call her own. Take a Peek Inside Kacie’s Story (excerpt from Beautiful Ugly by Shelia E. Lipsey) For the fifth time in a [...]
LIT NEWS: Abraham Sutzkever, 96, Jewish Poet and Partisan, Dies http://ow.ly/16pelx # LIT NEWS: The Book Club With Just One Member – For all the social reading forums today, a certain kind of fiction l… http://ow.ly/16pelD # LIT NEWS: Slap Shot: Remembering Two Storytellers – The hockey world lost two of its most respected communicators [...]
Bernard Boulton has written a story about three men who seek to be whole in God through the spiritual leadership of a pastor. This gripping story is titled DO YOU WANNA BE MADE WHOLE? Bernard is the pastor of New Mine Creek Church in southern Virginia. He is married to his wife of eighteen years, [...]
PRESS RELEASE Saluting The Unsung The Brown Bookshelf Announces 2010 Spotlight Authors & Illustrators Today, The Brown Bookshelf announced the twenty-four authors and four illustrators to be spotlighted in the groups’ third annual 28 Days Later initiative, a month-long celebration of veteran and emerging children’s authors of color. “Recognizing these authors and illustrators is as [...]
LIT NEWS: Ruth McBride Jordan, Subject of Son’s Book ‘Color of Water,’ Dies at 88 http://ow.ly/16m8a1 # LIT NEWS: Where Baby Orwell Lived – The literary pilgrimage is a timeworn pursuit. But for the effort, a place of w… http://ow.ly/16m154 # LIT NEWS: Political Loyalty (or Lack of It) in the Tell-All Era http://ow.ly/16m15a # [...]
On Sunday, February 21st, the Lifetime Movie Network will show “Sins of the Mother,†which is based on Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice. The movie stars Jill Scott and Nicole Beharie as a recovering alcoholic and her adult daughter who must work through the issues from their past. Carleen is holding a contest [...]
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a really wonderful holiday. Here’s to the best possible year for all of us! This article is about the little concessions that most writers make to have that contract that we all crave—to see their work in print. How do we as writers view the choices we [...]
