My friends and I at The Stiletto Gang are hosting a Hallopalooza scavenger hunt that beings with a short mystery on The Stiletto Gang and leads readers through clues offered up on several dozen additional blogs. If you solve the crime, you can win signed books and a $50 gift card to your favorite book store. The hunt ends at 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, November 1, so join in now! Good luck! Continue
Added by Susan McBride on October 31, 2009 at 7:00am —
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Gringolandia Teen YA Book Tour begins October 29
October 29, 2009 is the beginning of the Teen YA Book Tours. What makes this book tour exceptional is that each blog this author will visit is run by a teenager. Fabulous teens doing fantastic things with books, reading, and reviewing. Each teen has their unique view on the world of books and invite everyone on this tour and to their blog to learn that Teens are hot on what makes good reading fun.
Thank you to each and every one of you who are p… Continue
Added by Jo Ann Hernandez on October 28, 2009 at 1:30am —
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Things I’ve Noticed
Everyone who follows BronzeWord Latino Authors posts and links from @LatinoBookNews knows that I love doing research. Usually I go to a blog and look for their email address and their Twitter name so I can contact the owner and invite them to participate in what I’m doing. Or if I am twittering their article, I want to use their Twitter name so they know that their post had value.
Because of my constant searching, I have seen a few things that work well and a few things tha… Continue
Added by Jo Ann Hernandez on October 25, 2009 at 12:51pm —
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A “day” is a cycle of warming and cooling as the earth spins on its axis. A “year” is a cycle of warming and cooling as the earth revolves around the sun. There is one more “cycle” of warming and cooling that the earth goes through, called a “glacial cycle.” For some reason, which science can’t prove, the earth begins to cool after reaching an average temperature just a few degrees warmer than the earth currently is.
The prophets of the Old Testament warned us about something we now refer to as… Continue
Added by Chris J on October 25, 2009 at 9:06am —
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Hi fellow readers,
I wanted to pass along some cool news - the eBook version of Secret of the Sands is now also available on OmniLit! We were honored that they added our book to their site.
Here is the link to our listing:… Continue
Added by Rai Aren on October 18, 2009 at 8:44pm —
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My five year old daughter loves the book ISH by Peter Reynolds. It's a lovely little story about being creative without needing to be "perfect," that the joy of creating far outweighs the need for an exact product. When she draws something now, she tends to say "This doesn't look like a lighthouse, Mommy, but it looks lighthouse-ish." In the book, the main character learns that he can also write ISH-fully and ultimately relax ISH-fully. Life, he finds, is in the ISH.
This year, I read ISH to my… Continue
Added by Kim Culbertson on October 7, 2009 at 10:43pm —
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INDONESIA Landscapes & Culture is a book devoted to Indonesia and its breathtaking landscapes, the warm people, and its rich and diverse culture.
Rick Wezenaar was born in 1968 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. At the early age of 11 he started with photography and has never stopped since. In 1989 he… Continue
Added by Rick Wezenaar on October 6, 2009 at 1:19pm —
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Caroling for Christmas
Would you like to join?
Every weekday from November 16th to December 18th, I would like to post an essay written by an author covering the different ways readers/book buyers can assist People of Color authors (I mean everyone; all colors) in spreading the word about our books. Give shoppers inexpensive ways to spread the word about us. There are things people can do that don’t cost money and supports authors.
You may choose the length of your essay. Bulleted list usually… Continue
Added by Jo Ann Hernandez on October 5, 2009 at 4:47am —
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For the latest and greatest in all things YA (plus some detours), here are your Friday links:
People unfamiliar with YA often ask me what the deal is with these teen books, and why there’s even a whole section for teens now. Note that most of these people are adults… I usually encourage them to read some of my YA favorites, but here’s a good (oldy but goody) Writer’s Digest link about the genre, and what gives.
In honor of banned bo… Continue
Added by Fleur Bradley on October 2, 2009 at 7:56am —
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To back up my goal of joining this millennium and get with it techno-wise, I followed a TweetChat yesterday. It was a back-and-forth between editor Cheryl Klein and author Sara Lewis Holmes—these ladies worked on Ms. Lewis Holmes' book Operation Yes together, so I was very interested to… Continue
Added by Fleur Bradley on October 1, 2009 at 5:57pm —
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Hey there fellow authors,
I just came across an exciting new book contest that is open to books published between 2005-2009 in 40 different categories. We are planning to enter Secret of the Sands into the contest & I wanted to pass along the word:
Readers Favorite Award Contest - Enter Today!
Here is some info about the contest, which makes it so appealing:
What Do You Win?
Winners will be chosen in four levels for each Genre Catego… Continue
Added by Rai Aren on October 1, 2009 at 1:35am —
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Hello fellow readers!
I just wanted to share our good news with you - this past week, Secret of the Sands appeared on the Amazon Kindle Bestseller list for Historical Fiction. Thank-you to all of you wonderful readers out there who are giving our mystery tale about ancient Egypt a try...
Here's a screen shot, we might have been higher than #89, but that's just when I noticed it:… Continue
Added by Rai Aren on October 1, 2009 at 1:34am —
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I just wanted to share our very cool new cover for the upcoming sequel to Secret of the Sands, entitled Destiny of the Sands. I love how it turned out! Big thanks to fellow author, Gary Val Tenuta, author of The Ezekiel Code, for his amazing work!
The story is coming along smashingly!
Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sandswww.secretofthesands.com
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Added by Rai Aren on October 1, 2009 at 1:27am —
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Yep. Rebel's in the movies. I've just downloaded her movie trailer here in Videos. You can also see it at:
http://www.blazingtrailers.com/show.php?title=655 Rebel in Blue Jeans.
If you get a chance check it out. Enjoy. Continue
Hello all,
Make sure you visit The Book Connection this month to see what great books we're reviewing. In addition, the blog will be updated with new interviews and guest posts from talented authors in a variety of genres.
While you're there, make sure you enter one of the giveaways we're running through September:
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Middle School by David Borgenicht, et al.
Two-… Continue
- Do you know that at viva you will be expected to defend your work?
- Will you be able to state the main achievements of your dissertation writing task?
- Do you feel confident enough to discuss shortcomings and respond to the detailed questioning from the examiners?
The Dissertation viva is a necessary part of the assessment for all UK Dissertation modules. The viva is part of the assessment for the module, and the final mark for the module is a r… Continue