Poison Dance by Livia Blackburne
Poison Dance by Livia Blackburne This is an e-book by my very talented writer buddy, Livia Blackburne. I was lucky enough to see early...
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Feb 6, 20121 min read
Happy Four Year Blogiversary, Monkey Poop!
No, this isn't a picture of me and my daughter. Yay! It’s been 4 fun years of Monkey Poop and incredibly eloquent blog posts by yours...
Mar 19, 20101 min read
Totally TV Blog
I have an alter ego online. That’s right, I’ve finally decided to link to my TV blog. My writing group members told me to do this ages...
Mar 4, 20101 min read
Mary (who had a little lamb) was from Somerville!
Apparently Mary was from Somerville! According to the article, Mary’s family owned a farm in Sterling, MA and one of the ewe’s had twin...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Rejection Lessons from American Idol
Writer and Blogger Shelli posted a great blog post this week with some lessons on handling rejection from American Idol. #links #tipsfromtv
Feb 25, 20102 min read
10 Rules for Writing Fiction
My twitter followers will have seen this link already to writing rules from famous authors, but I just can’t help sharing some of my...
Feb 18, 20101 min read
Three of My Favorite Disney Lullabies
Okay this is a bit off-topic but in the spirit of my new motherhood I thought I’d share a few of my favorite Disney lullabies with you....
Feb 10, 20101 min read
New blog posts coming soon!
Sorry I’ve been pretty bad at posting lately but I have a good excuse: I just had a baby and am slowly getting back into the swing of...
Dec 21, 20091 min read
Aqua notepad
A notepad to write on in the shower! Cool! (via Inkygirl) Here’s a demonstration:Aqua Notepad #links
Dec 14, 20091 min read
Dan Humphrey’s Top Ten Book List
Have you seen this list of Gossip Girl character Dan Humphrey’s favorite books for 2009? I haven’t read any of them, but I have read...
Nov 30, 20091 min read
South Asian YA Lit Bibliography
PoojaMakhijani.com has a great list online of YA books that depict South Asia and South Asian chacters. Head over there and check it out!...
Nov 13, 20091 min read
The world’s largest book!
Via The New Yorker’s Book Bench: Apparently the world’s largest book is Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Himalayan Kingdom by MIT’s...
Oct 29, 20091 min read
Author photo fail?
I’m far from having to worry about this yet, but The Millions has posted an article about funny author photos. Here is the gallery that...
Oct 19, 20091 min read
New E-reader from Spring Design
E-reader alert! Spring Design has announced their new e-reader Alex. Like Barnes and Noble’s new e-reader, Alex will have both a black...
Oct 7, 20091 min read
What to do with books you don’t like
From a really cool gallery of sculptures made out of books. (via bookninja) #links #sculpture
Oct 6, 20091 min read
Boston Book Fest
The Boston Book Festival is only a few weeks away! Check out: http://www.bostonbookfest.org/ and consider volunteering. I’ll be there!...
Oct 2, 20091 min read
strange bookmarks
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4640670.Rasher_of_bacon_found_in_Worthing_Library_book/ Someone returned a book with a slice of bacon to a...
Sep 29, 20091 min read
Boston Area Kid’s Author Signings
I haven’t been able to find a good master list of children’s author events in the Boston area, so I thought I’d make my own. The Boston...
Sep 27, 20091 min read
“Deep down, we are all Amelia Bedelia”
Researchers have sought to determine whether the temperature of an object in someone’s hands determines how ”warm” or ”cold” he considers...
Sep 21, 20091 min read
Umberto Eco discusses the decline of handwriting
(via @bookninja) Umberto Eco dates the decline of handwriting back to the invention of the ballpoint pen rather than the computer. He...
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