Southern Women: Wit Wisdom Stereotype

Southern Women: Wit * Wisdom * Stereotype Sunday, July 11, 2010 — 4pm Join the conversation. The Women’s Book Salon at the Mandeville, LA – Barnes & Noble is not like a normal book club. It is a bi-monthly event where everyone can read what ever book appeals to them on the topic of the [...]

Flowers as Marketers

Surviving with fascination in the Amazon jungle, and on Amazon.com. I like the way this short article describes the business of flowers. Reading it I could hear echos of the PBS special the Botany of Desire (based on the book), and at the same time imaging daffodils in business suits planing out commercials.

This Year is 2010 — Reading Challenges

First — Reading Challenges! A Personal One: create a reading map of the world. I wanted to do this last year, but I let myself be defeated by not locating a software I like using. This year, I believe that paper and pencil is going to be the way to go. The Science Book Challenge: [...]

Soulless

Soulless by Gail Carriger This book was really funny. You will be laughing in the first couple of pages. I loved it. It has been awhile since I’ve read a werewolf or vampire novel that I’ve like, because they all seemed to be running together. This one was refreshing. With a Victorian setting,  great banter, [...]

Opposing Rections

There is some overlap in two of the books I’m am currently reading. What I find so shocking about this is how long it took me to notice and the fact that my reactions to both are so different. The first book, which I’m listening to on my iPhone, is Love and Sex with Robots: [...]

Misty Dreams by Charlotte Parker

Released Today! Misty Dreams by Charlotte Parker. I had the pleasure of reading some of the rough drafts of the is book years ago and am very excited to finally see it in print. This is Charlotte Parker’s third novel. Besides being a fabulous author, Ms. Parker is also the Chair of EPICon, a writers [...]

Kickstarter

I discovered Kickstarter a while back and liked the idea. There are many weird and wonderful project that people are striving to do. These are the three that I chose to support in efforts to explore this medium. I am interested in what it might mean for publishing. In an age where all the mainstream [...]

Fugue Macabre: Bone Dance

  My friend and Louisiana author C.J. Parker‘s new book Fugue Macabre: Bone Dance is available to purchase here. I really enjoyed her first novel Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance (links to a review by ecataromance site) and am looking forward to reading this one. I downloaded it in HTML format to put on my iPhone. [...]

Poisoned Pen Web Con 2009

The Poisoned Pen Webcon was the first virtual book convention I’ve ever attended. It is the first web based convention I’ve ever attended actually, and I want to stout from the roof about what a good time I had so they’ll do it again next year. It was only $25 dollars to register. All you [...]

Waiting for Columbus

Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk I don’t think I’d have ever picked this book up except for the intriguing review that Books on the Nightstand gave it. They made it sound a bit like that movie Don Juan DeMarco with Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando. I decided I’d give it a try and I’m [...]