Blog Archive
Speaking of Audiobooks: November Releases
After our Speaking of Audiobooks discussion earlier this month on our preferred listening devices, I made out my Christmas list and it is simply – one MP3 player with lots of memory and the ability to…
It's Pumpkin Time
I love the weeks before Halloween. It’s so much fun to see the creative ways people decorate their yards, and all of the scary (but in a nice way) products available for purchase. And of course,…
My Kindle and Me: A Year Down the Line
Let’s start with my first disclaimer: I paid for my Kindle. Here’s the second: I am in this whole ebook thing for the convenience – not to mention a desperate desire to be free of the…
Genre Fiction and Book Club Etiquette
A friend recently started a book club, and I was delighted to join. Sure, what I like best to read are romances and mysteries, but to include one book per month that was outside my usual…
The FTC Guide Revisions and What They Mean to AAR
Earlier I posted about the revisions to the FTC guides which will take effect on December 1, 2009. So, what do these mean to AAR? This site is not strictly a blog, but we are a…
Our raison d’etre
I got what I’d politely call a very confrontational e-mail from an author last week. She writes for a smaller press (electronic and POD), and referred to herself as an “independent author.” The gist of her…
Holiday Highlight: A Haircut
Now, I know you can interpret the title two ways: One, I really need to get out more; or Two, I’m incredibly shallow. But the truth is plain and simple – a good haircut makes me…
Geraldine Meets Harry!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWl1QOoxzrc A few weeks after I first posted about my recent discovery of The Vicar of Dibley, my local PBS station dropped the show. I couldn’t believe it.
A Wedding, Suburban Dramz, and Drug-Dealing School Nurses
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkmkE6qiDM Funny how the year I’m outside the United States is the year I’ve gotten the most into the fall TV season. This year, I’ve been absolutely obsessed with three shows: Bones, The Office, and a…