For Your Information

The economics of Christmas lights – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/FWSWK

Totaled Ferrari As a Coffee Table – By E-Junkie Info – http://goo.gl/sN61g – What else would you put in your coffee table?

How publishers gave Amazon a stick to beat them with – By Mathew Ingram – Gigaom – http://goo.gl/SGW0p

What is Your Novel Missing? Strong Verbs, Unique Words – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/L4FMz

The Marvels And Messes Of A Month Of Writing – by Erin Morgenstern – npr – http://goo.gl/q1UJP

How to Show (Not Tell): A Writing Lesson from John LeCarre – By Mary Jaksch – Write to Done – http://goo.gl/qSIEN

3 Simple Steps for Staring Down Writer’s Block – By Mark McGuinness – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/b4N8j

 

Quote(s) of the Day

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. - Ursula K. Le Guin

“To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.” – Anatole France

 

 

Writing Contest

Writing Contest – Pen/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction – By Pen American Center – Deadline Dec. 31. 2011 -http://goo.gl/RMthb

Writing Contest – VCU Cabell First Novelist Award – Deadline January 15, 2012 – http://goo.gl/0ldGF

 

Featured Book

Sci-fi/Fantasy – Republic of Thieves – By Author Scott Lynch – Coming soon for Christmas.

After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi. It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke’s own long lost love. Sabetha is Locke’s childhood sweetheart, the love of Locke’s life and now it is time for them to meet again. Employed on different sides of a vicious dispute between factions of the Bonds Sabetha has just one goal – to destroy Locke for ever. The Gentleman Bastard sequence has become a literary sensation in fantasy circles and now, with the third book, Scott Lynch is set to seal that success.

 

Special Tribute

MCC Thrift Shops –  This charitable Mennonite organization focuses on meeting local needs for those who have less. - http://goo.gl/DL4Zb

 

Regards!
Alandra CL

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“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig

 

For Your Information

Giving Thanks, Yet Again – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/EU1SO

The Rarely Spoken Variable – By Larry – storyfix.com - http://goo.gl/LCB9v

“Brushing it Off” Vs “Brushing It Off” – By Nick Thacker – Problogger – http://goo.gl/wCNlw

One Week To Go! – Are You Slowing or Speeding Up? (National Novel Writing Month) – By Christopher Jackson – Fuel Your Writing – http://goo.gl/s4RXs

Anne McCaffrey Dies at 85 – By Dpomerico – Science Fiction & Fantasy – http://goo.gl/gpqsw – Read many of her books; she will be missed.

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“You can’t think yourself out of a writing block, you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.” – John Rogers

“As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors!” – Rhys Alexander

 

 

Special Tribute

Author and writer, Anne McCaffrey April 1, 1926 – November 21, 2011

A great writer, who’s best known for her award-winning Dragonriders  series.

Regards!
Alandra CL

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