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Currently reading

Spring has finally and completely sprung here in NW Ohio, and I am overjoyed to have dirt under my fingernails again.  The poppies (pictured here), forget-me-nots, clematis, and weigela are bursting with blooms, and the gorgeous rose hedge I planted … Continue reading

25. May 2011 by Mindy
Categories: Currently reading, Your turn | 2 comments

Lit and Run

This is a “lit-and-run” post. I’ve been too busy to write much lately, but I hate being away from blogging.  So I’m here just long enough to say: If you haven’t heard about Timothy’s Schaffert’s novel The Coffins of Little … Continue reading

14. April 2011 by Mindy
Categories: Lit and Run, News, To Be Read, Your turn | 2 comments

Currently reading

Getting used to Daylight Savings again and recalibrating my internal clock.  I’m normally sitting down in my study at home to check email, etc., this time of night and the shades are already down, but here I sit looking out … Continue reading

14. March 2011 by Mindy
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How Authors Sell; How Readers Buy

Have you read Joanne Kaufman’s “How Authors Move Their Own Merchandise” in the Wall Street Journal?  She documents how authors are offering free books, iPods, and even sex toys to boost sales in an increasingly crowded marketplace. As an author … Continue reading

21. January 2011 by Mindy
Categories: On reading, On writing, Your turn | 4 comments

My “look back list” for 2010

I’ve been keeping both a reading journal and a spreadsheet of reading records for five years now, which is finally long enough to begin to see some of my reading habits and patterns.  For example, I’ve discovered that whether I’m … Continue reading

05. January 2011 by Mindy
Categories: On reading, Your turn | 6 comments

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