How to get FREE books!! If you are like me, someone that likes to read, then having an opportunity to get books for free is a huge plus. If in addition to expanding your library you get another topic to blog and talk about, well that's an even better added bonus isn't it?
I talk about how to get free books and why you would want to do it also how and what you should write in your review.
Follow my musings about painting in an old farm house in New York, being single and living with a teenager, working for a living, driving a Subaru and social networking.
I love writing poetry. Sometimes the ideas and words form sultry webs in my mind for me to unravel and put back together again for others to understand. For me, that is the key to my poetry. My thoughts, though tangled they may be for a time, must ultimately be understood by others for it to have value and meaning.
Barefoot Books are giving away one Apple iPad 16GB. Entry is by signing up (for free) as an Ambassador with them, although no purchase or spend is necessary. This post applies to UK and Europe only.
I'm also giving away a prize to one person who reposts/publishes the blog post - entry for this is by posting on the blog with details of where the you have posted.
Blackstone Audio is offering free downloads of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (unabridged & read by Michael York) now and until March 16, 2010! Pick your format (mp3 or mp4 - there's an explanation of the difference at the bottom of the page) and download to your computer or iPod/mp3 player.
A hard question to answer, I know! But let’s get a collection going, I am eagerly anticipating to hear yours, and I think that this could make for a really amazing and original project - not your average " classic famous quotes collection", but an expression of our uniqueness as writers and readers. If you’ve got a tie (or two, or three…) feel free to post them all! If it's a success, other fabulous collections of lines from poetry or song lyrics could come next, on your blog or mine.
An inquiry to writers about inspiration, the thought processes that go along with it, what drives me and/or causes me to write and a little of what I know, thus far.
The great scholar, Charles W. Eliot once said “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
I love this quote because in so many ways it is true. I think of all the books I have fallen in love with, that have transported me to another time, another place. For the sake of not sounding too sappy books quench my soul. They really do.
It’s not gawdy and colourful. It didn’t come in a beautiful box with attractive illustrations, but it’s one of the best tools I have at my disposal to keep me on track and make me aware of my connection to my subconscious mind. When I need a quick reminder to stay on my path, or when I need to touch base with my mind at a deeper level or set an intention for the day, I pull out my trusty little plastic container of cue cards, and inevitably pull a card that is apt for that moment in time.
This isn’t about book sales or publicity; it’s a legitimate concern—one I’ve had for quite some time. What happened to the days when you looked forward to the book fair coming to your school? What happened to the days when a library card was protected like a credit card?
My new favorite book of the moment is by Philippa Gregory, and is "The Boleyn Inheritance". Correlations are made to Gregory's other novel, "The Other Boleyn Girl", with characters reappearing from the first novel. It's a walk back into time where one person holds the power of life and death over not just a set group of people, but all subjects of England. This is definitely a story that is better as a read than as a movie shrunk into two or two and a half movies (much like "The Other Boleyn Girl")
Cancer has a characteristic that we teach our children. Share. Unfortunately, its sharing causes heartache, financial strain and often death. In a period of less than ten years, I lost my sister to colon cancer, prayed for the recovery of two of my sisters-in-law to survive breast cancer and nearly lost my husband to esophageal cancer. A classmate of mine from my writing class has cancer. It just happened. One day, she had a cough and the next day she was down for the count. She’s is waging a brave battle against her demon.
I am looking for feed back on the topic of Reality Blogging. I currently produce a blog that has several writers submitting to. We blog about our restaurant, recipes, personal interests, co-worker dramas, struggles we are experiencing in the industry. We seem to have a good following with a wide variety of readers. Some go for the recipes, others return for the drama.
I was just wondering what other peoples thoughts on this type of blogging and whether they are aware of other blogging sites similar.
The 6th Annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research begins today May 1st. There are 2,000 fabulous items, many of which you can’t get anywhere else, it’s going to be a blast. Last year we managed to raise over $280,000, which brings us to over three-quarters of a million so far. In 2010, we should break the $1 million mark!
Mother and daughter team Donna Richards and Shelly Rice co-authored CHRISTMAS TREASURES FROM THE HEART. This was their first book, and they didn’t know how to go about finding someone to edit, illustrate, publish and promote their book. First they had a couple friends edit the manuscript and then they looked around for a publisher. They attended the ANWA writers conference met Dr. Pamela Goodfellow of Goodfellow Publishing Services.
I’ve treated numerous patients with cancer. As a home health nurse I developed close relationships with those I cared for – they became as dear as family to me. Occasionally I’ve been privileged to celebrate with them as they reached remission. More often than I care to remember I’ve mourned with their survivors at their funerals. The hardest ones are always the children.
I'm almost attached to my iPod!...almost.Every other teen or young ault is. It's like once it's in the ear they're automatically in a trance and the music brings them places that can only be dreamed of or imagined... Have you seen them? these kids...on the train, on the bus, crossing the STREET?? They're attached! fixated. Then it leads to me wondering...what if these iPods, the same gadgets that people spend tonnes on, the same gadget that you actually have to BUY music for aka iTunes, the same gadget that we are all so hooked on, what if - just what if they were books?? Read on...
Book trailers baffle me. I know the idea comes from movie trailers but this is exactly why I don’t understand them. The first time I ever saw one it was on TV and it was for some book by some guy I had never heard of/read before who seemed to write things like James Patterson or Tom Clancy-ish novels. It was less than 30 seconds and consisted of a dramatic voice-over with a slow zoom out on the cover of the book against a blue background with the release date appearing at the end beside it.
Last week I was doing research at school for a writing class project. I had found a few good journal articles on my subject via Google Scholar. My professor suggested that I dig through the references list of an article we already had to find some good source material, which sounded like a good idea. There were probably fifty or sixty references listed in the article I chose. I typed the name of the first article into Google Scholar and clicked the title.
For intuitives and sensitives, Paranormal Day is everyday. The thing is, we don't often get to talk about this way of being, so the fact that real people are out there having extraordinary experiences round the clock is unmeted. Maybe fear is part of that omission. Maybe.......
Because of Minggus and Moob (my online etsy shop) I have become familiar with some amazing crafters through their Etsy shops, blogs, or books. I wish, wish , wish, I could meet them all for real and take in the talent and creativity that pours out of them like a perfect river flowing into the greater scope of the art and design ocean that is all around us, but a lass this is just a dream and my creative creek will have to do.
Question: If a parent disagrees with the doctor about administering chemotherapy to their child, what is the best course of action for the parent to pursue for the safety and health of the child and to maintain the integrity of the family?
Women who have unusual occupations or do out-of-the-ordinary things have always been a source of fascination to me. Maybe it’s because I was raised as an independent, self-reliant girl on an isolated eastern Montana ranch. Or maybe because I had a grandmother who rode steers in rodeos during the 1920s.
For many years, I believed her story should be told. But she wasn’t a famous personality like Annie Oakley or Dale Evans, so who would be interested in publishing a biography about a little-known Montana cowgirl from the 1920s?
New York Times Best Selling Author Brenda Novak's 6th Annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research begins May 1st through 31st. She started this fundraiser in 2005 and have made it an annual event in an attempt to help her thirteen-year-old son, Thad (diagnosed at 5) and the many, many others who struggle with diabetes. The need is there.
