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 the writer refers to by Marion Ettlinger: http://www.marionettlinger.com/gallery1.phpRead more... )

Lately I've been attending a bunch of author talks at bookstores. Here's what I've gleaned from seeing these authors:


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I've just submitted to my first Blog Carnival! I'm hoping it'll help generate some more traffic to my blog. Here's the link: http://www.missyfrye.net/Blog/?p=2042

My friend Livia is the one who told me about blog carnivals (you can check out one of her posts at the above link too). Check out BlogCarnival.com to find out more about them ( Read more... )

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The National Book Award finalists have been posted! Now I have even more books to add to my to-read list...

From Publishers Weekly and Nationalbook.org:

Young People’s Literature: (judges were: Kathi Appelt, Coe Booth, Carolyn Coman, Nancy Werlin, and Gene Luen Yang)Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Henry Holt ( Read more... )

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