by Cyndi | Sep 28, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
“I got a rejection the other day,” Corey LaBissoniere tells me, and the three of us – Corey, his mom Tammy and I – snicker. We are sitting in the Portage Lake District Library community room on the Houghton, Michigan waterfront basking in a substantial audience...
by Cyndi | Aug 1, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
I drive past this sign every day. The “thru” is irritating but the larger problem with the current promotional slogan is a commonly confused term — an everyday error — that the discerning writer avoids. Every day is an adverb. Everyday is an adjective....
by Cyndi | Jun 29, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
Woo-hoo! This hard-working writer just won a brand-new iPad! The contest was a promotional incentive from Demand Media Studios http://create.demandstudios.com/ to encourage its writers to sign up for the Google+ Authorship program. The Authorship program directs...
by Cyndi | May 24, 2013 | books, editing, editors, novels, readers, writers
Like the three main characters in my novel “More Than You Think You Know” I suffer from insomnia. Let me rephrase: Used to suffer. I’m still sleeping lighter and less, as many of us do as we grow older. Women of a certain age are particularly prone....
by Cyndi | Apr 18, 2013 | books, novels
No shushing here; let’s give a cheer for National Library Week! http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/national-library-week-april-14-20-celebrates-role-libraries?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=amlibraries Freshly enamored by a visit...
by Cyndi | Mar 26, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
“Stop!” No did mean no- as it always should – but that did not prevent a “Fifty Shades of Grey” sexual assault case from being kicked out of an Alabama courtroom in January. In a sleepy little town not far from the shores of Mobile Bay, a district court judge...
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