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Authors as Guest Bloggers
Authors that graciously agree to write a post for the SIBA Blog
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KIPP Takes an Unusual Approach to Developing New Financial Literacy Program Who would think two baby boomer women – a stay‐at‐home Sugar Land, Texas mom (“Red”) and a retired corporate executive who races Ferraris and Porsches (“Black”) – would be the developers of a pilot financial literacy program being introduced at KIPP Houston [...]
Red & Black: A Book and Story Filled with Caveats …
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 [...]
How Sea Turtles Changed My Life
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 [...]
In my mind, I’m going to Carolina
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 [...]
Why Crime Fiction Matters
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 [...]
Tender Gratitude from Kathryn Magendie
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 [...]
Lessons from New Orleans about Havana
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 [...]
Lucy Nolan Brings Us Mother Osprey
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 [...]
Culture Shock
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 [...]
Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage
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 [...]
