By admin on November 20, 2009
A Top Ten by guest blogger Mandy Williams, aka “Black”
NOT A BLOGGER. This is my first blog and so if it is too long or too self-serving, my apologies.
OUR APPROACH NOT REALLY “OURS”. I co-authored the book ‘What I Learned About Life When My Husband Got Fired!’ with my sister, Tina Pennington, aka “Red”, and although [...]
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By admin on September 26, 2009
Mary Alice Monroe
SIBA Guest Blogger
HOW SEA TURTLES CHANGED MY LIFE.
When I moved to the Lowcountry of South Carolina, I had already published six novels. These were character-driven novels based on archetypal themes. Stories about relationships–wives and husbands, sisters, friends. But when I moved to the Isle of Palms, I was fascinated with the loggerhead sea [...]
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By admin on September 25, 2009
Welcome guest author blogger Malcolm Jones, author of Little Boy Blues: A Crash Course in Growing Up coming from Random House in Jan 2010. Malcolm will join 20 writers at The Moveable Feast of Authors at the SIBA Trade Show.
Admiring Chuck Berry
by Malcolm Jones
One of the many reasons to admire Chuck Berry is the way [...]
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By admin on September 25, 2009
J T Ellison is today’s guest author blogger and will be signing at the All STARS Autograph Area at the SIBA Trade Show.
Why Crime Fiction Matters To Me
by J T Ellison
I know that sounds a bit like “What I Did On My Summer Vacation,” but bear with me.
I have always loved crime stories – real [...]
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By admin on September 24, 2009
Kathryn Magendie is today’s guest author blogger and will be signing at the All STARS Autograph Area at the SIBA Trade Show.
I am fortunate to have found BelleBooks Publishers. They saw something in my words, in Tender Graces and in me, and from there a match was made in literary heaven. At least I feel [...]
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By admin on September 24, 2009
What New Orleans Taught Me about Havana
John Radanovich
Wildman of Rhythm: the Life and Music of Benny Moré (University of Florida Press)
New Orleans played a large part in why I wrote a book on the greatest figure in all of Cuban music. It was something of an accident that sent me on the search [...]
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By admin on September 23, 2009
Summer Adventures by Lucy Nolan
Today’s guest blogger is Lucy Nolan, author of Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls. Lucy will participate in the “Every Child a Reader” panel at the SIBA Tradeshow on Friday afternoon.
When I was young, summer was always a time for adventure. My adventures were usually small, mind you, but [...]
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By admin on September 21, 2009
Culture Shock
by Donna Ball (A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM and AT HOME ON LADYBUG FARM, Berkley Books 2009)
For most of my twenty-five year writing career I have written fantasy: the fantasy of werewolves, ghosts and time travelers; the fantasy in which murders are solved and killers brought to justice, and– what some might call the [...]
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By admin on September 20, 2009
Danny Bernstein is a STARS Author and will be signing in the All-STAR Autograph Area on Sunday morning of the SIBA Trade Show.
Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage
by Danny Bernstein www.hikertohiker.com
As I cross Basin Creek yet one more time on my way to Caudill Cabin, I carefully place my left foot and then my [...]
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By admin on September 18, 2009
Welcome Guest Author Blogger Larry Baker. Mr. Baker will appear at The Moveable Feast of Authors at the SIBA Trade Show.
An idea becomes a story, and then
the story becomes a different story.
Larry Baker explains the origins of A GOOD MAN.
I wanted to write about a preacher who was a phony, an updated Elmer Gantry story. [...]
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