Posted in Giveaways, book love on May 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s a typical summer day in southwest Florida, the sun playing keep away from those dark thunderclouds which roll overheard every so often. You learn never to leave the house unless you’re prepared for a deluge, because one can happen at any moment!
To escape the threat of being soaked, I’ve opted to stay in today, [...]
Posted in Giveaways, Sunday Salon on March 16, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Oh - hello there! You startled me! I didn’t expect anyone else to be awake in the wee hours of a Sunday morning. Did you, as I did, fall into the clutches of such a captivating book that you simply couldn’t close your eyes and sleep? That’s why I’m still awake, curled up in the [...]
Posted in Giveaways, Sunday Salon, short story challenge on February 17, 2008 | 20 Comments »
How lovely of you to meet me here at First Cup, my favorite local coffee house. It seems we have the place to ourselves this morning - those sheets of freezing rain pouring from the sky must have kept everyone at home. Everyone except Amy, my favorite barista (who was thrilled to have The Sunday Salon gather here) - and you of [...]
Posted in Giveaways, top of the stack on January 30, 2008 | 18 Comments »
some time ago, in one of my midnight strolls through cyberspace, i chanced up a blog called Simply Wait. It’s author, Patry Francis, a cafe waitress cum novelist, wrote about writing, and about having your first book accepted for publication by one of the “big houses.” mostly, though, she wrote about life as a working woman/wife/mother. i started reading Simply [...]
Posted in Giveaways on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
i just bought a book for my new friend, cindi, (commenter number seven on this post), who will soon receive a lovely new copy of Literacy and Longing in L.A., by jennifer kaufman and karen mack.
it’s fun giving books to friends.
i must do it again very soon.
Posted in Giveaways on January 6, 2008 | 13 Comments »
in the spirit of celebrating all things bookish, buy a friend a book week urges us to hie ourselves to the nearest bookstore and do just that. said friend need not be celebrating a birthday or anniversary, they need not be depressed or otherwise in need of cheering up. the only criteria is that they [...]
