In another week or so is Jewish Book Month. The Jewish Book Council designates this month as a time to celebrate and promote Jewish books. It seems most of the Jewish books anyone ever talks about are tales about the Holocaust but there is so much more. Immigrant tales, short story collections, biographies and cookbooks. Will… Continue reading Jewish Book Month – November 6th to December 6th
Category: Event
Kreativ Blogger Award
Note: The below post is from 2010 and I found it while reviewing what was in my draft folder. I decided to share it instead of deleting it as much of it is still quite true. I think it was never posted because I was tasked with awarding it to five people and I didn’t… Continue reading Kreativ Blogger Award
All Hallows Read 2015
Guess what time of year it is? It’s time for All Hallows Read! And I’m going to celebrate it in style. This year I belong to a book club where we do bookish things on a monthly basis. Each month has a different hostess and the book choices are varied. I won’t post the picture… Continue reading All Hallows Read 2015
Mailbox Monday – September 21st
A big thank you to Marcia for originating Mailbox Monday. In this weekly meme you share books which came into your home during the week. I reserved some books at the library this week and heard of some through BookBub. Here are the books I picked up this week: Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson – Nothing… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – September 21st
Bloggiesta Finish Line
It’s Sunday night and I’m about ready to cross the Bloggiesta Finish Line. Below is the list of goals I created and the progress I made: Schedule post about my All Hallows Reads plan. Done! Look for that later this week. Schedule three mini-bite reviews. Done! I wrote them, scheduled them, and even started on… Continue reading Bloggiesta Finish Line
R.I.P. X Challenge
Over the years I’ve seen calls for the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril challenge and I finally decided to participate. The logo by Abigail Larson is pretty awesome, isn’t it? This challenge or event runs from September 1st through October 31st so it’s a short commitment and I plan on a setting a small goal since I’m… Continue reading R.I.P. X Challenge
Bloggiesta Fall 2015 Starting Line
What exactly is Bloggiesta? It’s been around several years and while the timing has changed, the mini-challenges and events have evolved, the focus of Bloggiest hasn’t changed a bit. It’s about giving your blog some love and attention in ways you may not do often. In the past I’ve setup SEO Keywords on old posts,… Continue reading Bloggiesta Fall 2015 Starting Line
A Flock of Shiny Stories!
Do you know what happened today? My friend’s latest anthology, CORVIDAE, was released. Associated with life and death, disease and luck, corvids have long captured mankind’s attention, showing up in mythology as the companions or manifestations of deities, and starring in stories from Aesop to Poe and beyond. In Corvidae birds are born of… Continue reading A Flock of Shiny Stories!
Excerpt from Hellfire & Damnation III
Connie Corcoran Wilson and Virtual Author Book Tours kindly arranged for me to share an excerpt as part of the book tour for Hellfire & Damnation III. I hope you enjoy it! Circle Six: Heresy The Final Victim Lee had been drinking since late afternoon. It didn’t so much stop the pain of the… Continue reading Excerpt from Hellfire & Damnation III
A is for Apocalypse Cover Reveal Day
I love the premise behind A is for Apocalypse and I believe you will too. What do you get when you take twenty-six amazing writers, randomly assign them a letter of the alphabet and give them complete artistic freedom within a theme? A is for Apocalypse A is for Apocalypse contains twenty-six apocalyptic stories written… Continue reading A is for Apocalypse Cover Reveal Day