The New Yorker Editor Who Became a Comic Book Hero

This article By Eleanor Davis; Interview by Jeff MacGregor is off of the Smithsonian Magazine website, on November 12, 2015. ~ * ~ Comic books? Educational? The very idea is comical to anyone familiar with the 1954 Senate subcommittee investigation that linked juvenile delinquency to horror and crime comics. The politicians dealt the industry a staggering … Read more

What Is the Most Important Thing To Do When You Finish Nanowrimo Or Any Other Writing?

It is the beginning of December and for those of us who NaNoWriMo’d that means we have made it to the end! Congratulations to those who met the goal of 50K words or beyond. To any of you who did not quite make it, this is truly one of those times when you get props … Read more

You’ve got a ticket to ride (and read) in Brazil

This is awesome! You buy a book you want to read and a card embedded in the back of the book is your ticket good for a limited amounts of rides. What a great idea, more places should do something like this.

We will be back to our regular schedule Monday, October 30th. December 1st. See what all NaNo and no sleep does!

The smell of e-books just got better

This is hysterical. Go check out the whole site, each one is funny. I want Eau, You Have Cats and Scent of Sensibility! ~ * ~ The smell of e-books just got better Does your Kindle leave you feeling like there’s something missing from your reading experience? Have you been avoiding e-books because they just … Read more

Lumio – the book that is a light

I admit it. I saw these on Shark Tank and immediately fell in love. They have way more practical uses but I would totally use them to light my forest up, if I had a forest. http://www.hellolumio.com/shop    

What is in a name? Everything if you are an author. Why you need your own author site.

Have you ever googled your own name? You should. It is interesting to see what comes up. If you are an author what shows up when a fan or agent searches for you is pretty important. If you write, you need an author site. Why an author site instead of a book site? With the … Read more