Among the family treasures Mom left behind were packets of her personal letters. The earliest ones were written to her parents in the months after she divorced my father. My brother was four; I was a toddler. Mom was preparing to marry again. Her new marriage would take her over a thousand miles from home. [...]
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Dear Mom
Posted in Family, tagged family history, Family letters, genealogy, handwritten letters, Mothers and Daughters, postaweek2011, preserving history, writing letters on November 27, 2011 | 31 Comments »
Thanksgiving Blessings
Posted in Thanksgiving, tagged gratitude, postaweek2011, Thanksgiving blessings, Thanksgiving holiday on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As we gather to celebrate this Thanksgiving Day, let’s each take time to reminisce on holidays past, and those blessings yet to come. Finally, may we rejoice and be grateful for the good in our lives today. May you and your loved ones enjoy a peaceful, memorable Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day to all! ♥
Self-Publishing – A Cautionary Tale
Posted in Self-Publishing, tagged Amazon Kindle, B & N Nook, Book Country Fair, J. A. Konrath, Penguin's Book Country Fair, postaweek2011, Self-Publishing Services, Smashwords, The Passive Voice, Vanity Press, Vanity Publishing on November 19, 2011 | 56 Comments »
Wikipedia defines a vanity press as “a publishing house that publishes books at the author’s expense.” The term vanity is apt. A book from a vanity press is most commonly born from a writer’s need to be published, whatever the cost. There are no gatekeepers at a vanity press. The only limits are the size [...]
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