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Internet Savvy: Book Launch 2.0

This is so painfully true…and scares me a bit. No one’s allowed to be “just an author” anymore. And he doesn’t even talk about writers groups, or message boards, or conventions…and you know, I don’t ever want to have to be a member of Second Life. I’m really okay with the one I’ve got.

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Editing, Peace & Happiness

I had a lovely surprise phone call from one of my guardian angels on Sunday, during which I folded laundry and cleaned the bathroom and put away the dishes because I can’t let myself live in semi-squallor anymore (and I have PMS). We finally had to say goodbye so that I could get back to my Solaris edit and…

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Interact: Children’s Book Week

Did you know it was Children’s Book Week? Learn about history of the week, what you can do to participate, and what Ingram is doing to celebrate the event HERE. (podcast length — 3:26) Or check it out here:www.bookweekonline.com

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Children’s Book Week

Did you know it was Children’s Book Week? Learn about history of the week, what you can do to participate, and what Ingram is doing to celebrate the event HERE. (podcast length — 3:26) Or check it out here:www.bookweekonline.com

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Beauty & Dynamite Sneak Preview

Another tidbit from Beauty & Dynamite, Jason Sizemore’s afterword “Unwarranted Serendipity” is up at Die Monday. Just in case you were wondering how history began… (Voting is encouraged!)

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Why I’m a Writer

Mom just sent me this email — I have to remember sometimes that the world is way bigger than me. I forgot to tell you that yesterday as I was headed out to go to the dentist….I stopped to pull back the garbage can and my neighbor was just getting home with her little boy.  She ran over to…

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Unwarranted Serendipity

Another tidbit from Beauty & Dynamite, Jason Sizemore’s afterword “Unwarranted Serendipity” is up at Die Monday. Just in case you were wondering how history began… (Voting is encouraged!)

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Genre Chick Interview: Sarah Addison Allen

Sarah Addison Allen’s debut novel Garden Spells was one of my all-time favorte books. I was pleased to find that her sophomore effort, The Sugar Queen, was equally delicious and her characters just as memorable as they were colorful. There’s Josey, the rich girl with a closet full of romance novels, a secret cache of sweets, and a squatter-cum-fairy-godmother named Della…

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Interact: Barbara Walters Interview

My first job as the female “Voice of Ingram” was doing the intro for the Barbara Walters interview. Listen to it here:http://www2.ingramlibrary.com/Sites/Interact/default.aspx I sound all funky and DJ cool on a professional microphone! I didn’t actually get to *see* Barbara speak, because I was too busy doing a Children’s Book Week podcast for the sound check. But I’m not…

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