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I won this book from Author Buzz, and it arrived in the mail from C.W. Gortner with a fan. I was surprised to find the extra gift inside.

According to the Author Buzz site, “THE LAST QUEEN: A NOVEL, the passionate story of Juana of Castile, daughter of Isabella of Spain and sister of Catherine of Aragon, comes to vivid life.”

This book instantly reminded me of “The Other Boleyn Girl” at least in concept. I just love historical books, and can’t wait to get to this book.

If you haven’t checked out Author Buzz, I think you should give it a try.

I’m still reading Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, but I hope to finish it soon and post my review, though I am sure there are tons of others on the Web for everyone to keep busy.

In the meantime, if you are in the D.C. area next week, stop by the Bethesda Barnes & Noble to hear some local writers read. Should be a good time.

What: Writer’s Night

Where: Barnes and Noble in Bethesda, MD

When: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 7:30PM

Join us for a celebration of words. We are hosting our first ever Writer’s Night and we are encouraging poets, short story writers, creative writers and non-fiction writers to come share a little bit of what they are working on. Come share your works with an appreciative audience. Please contact our Community Relations Office at 301-986-1851 if you would like to participate in the reading. Barnes & Noble Booksellers at 4801 Bethesda Avenue (at the corner of Woodmont and Bethesda Ave.) Bethesda, MD. All Events are Free and Open to the Public.

Are you going? You should to support local writers. Maybe you’ll see me there!

Writer’s Digest has been my favorite magazine as a writer for some time. I have subscribed to it for many years, probably going on a decade at least. Being an avid reader of this magazine, I had failed to notice all the goodies available on their Website.

One such item, Poetic Asides, is a blog written by Robert Lee Brewer, whom I met online at Facebook. Now, I often get his updates about his blog on Writer’s Digest through Facebook, which helps me keep up-to-date on professionals in the writing world and my friends that live all over the place.

A few days ago, Mr. Brewer sent out a Facebook message that he wanted to know what we used for our bios when we submit to magazines and contests. Suffice to say, he picked what I said and a bunch of other comments and recommendations and posted them on his blog yesterday. I was shocked, since I think what I said is so dry and elementary. I just hope it helps. If you are interested in finding out what I said, please visit the post here. You’ll have to scroll down a bit, or you can use “find on this page” to find me.

I just wanted to say that my local library’s Book Sale this past weekend was better than I could have imagined. I have never seen such a wide variety of people grabbing books left and right, and trying to be courteous about it. There was no shoving and pulling of books out of people’s hands. I guess that means everyone who attended and found treasures really enjoys books and reading.

Without further ado, I would like to present my book booty. You heard me: I sought buried treasure in the depths of the library sale and found it. One photo is hard cover book booty and the other is my soft cover book booty.

Can you believe all of this for just $12.50, less than one hard cover book in the bookstore!?!

Hello dear readers,

My blogiversary is coming up in a couple of days, June 12. I wanted to do something special for my readers, so I was thinking of a giveaway. Perhaps a poetry book, a writing the craft book, or something else.

Anyone have any ideas they would like to share? I will announce the official contest on June 12. If I use an idea from one of my readers, I will provide them with a prize of their own. And no, this does not exclude anyone from the contest. It will be an added bonus if that person also wins the blogiversary contest.

I look forward to your ideas.

Since I am always looking for local writing events and book events to post on the blog for those local readers, I figured I would share with you the latest events at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Md.

Summer Book Sale June 3-22

The Writer’s Center’s First Annual Summer Reading Sale!

When: June 3-June 22 (Every day except Sundays and Mondays)

Where: The Reading Room (We’ll have tables set up to make bookbrowsing easier.)

Choose from our wide variety of used books: $1 per pound

Or selected New titles 30% off the cover price (40% for members)

The Writer’s Center will also host an Open House on June 7th in Bethesda, Md., for those who are interested and have never been to this wonderful resource and venue.

I got my package from my Secret Santa some time before the holiday and waited until Christmas to open it. I thought that I would post a photo of it here for everyone to see what I got from Bookgal.

I have never heard of this book before, but from reading the back, it sounds great. The hurricane of the century in Texas….hmm sounds vaguely familiar…but it is in 1900 not 2005. This should be an eerie read at least. I’ll have to review it and let everyone know how it is.

I hope everyone else got great gifts from their Secret Santas. Thanks to Nymeth for putting this together.

The information you need to save this great show.

LIFETIME’S OFFICIAL STATEMENT – Revealed on 12/15

Slice of SciFi announced an official statement on the Blood Ties situation. They said: Lifetime does not own the rights to the series so therefore they are unable to make any decisions as to the show’s fate, nor do they have anything to do with the release of the North American DVD release.

The ultimate decision as to whether the show continues or comes to an end lies in the hands of Insight Film Studio in Canada. You can contact them at:

Phone: 604-623-3369
Email:[email protected]

Here’s some other information:
Scifi channel:

(_) E-mail the SciFi Channel at [email protected].
(_) E-mail the SciFi Channel at [email protected].
(_) E-mail the SciFi Channel’s feedback page at [email protected].
(_) Call the SciFi Channel viewer comment line: (212) 413-5000.
(_) Call the SciFi Channel programming line: (212) 413-5821.
(_) Call the SciFi Channel comments line: (212) 413-5577.

The Sci-Fi Channel
USA Networks
1230 Avenue of the Americas, F115
New York, NY 10020-1513

Sci-Fi Channel

8800 W. Sunset Blvd., 4^th Floor

West Hollywood, CA 90069

(310) 360-2300

CBS

CBS Television Network
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

Main Number:
(212) 975-4321

http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.shtml

if anyone has a contact email for CBS please post it

Oxygen Network

Oxygen
75 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011

CW

CW Network
11800 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 575-7000
(818) 977-5000

email: [email protected]

Fox

Fox Broadcasting Co.
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
(310) 369-1000

HBO

Home Box Office (HBO)

1100 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-6737

(212) 512-1000

Showtime

Showtime Networks

1633 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

(212) 708-1600

Spike

Spike TV
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 846-2566

TNT

TNT
1010 Techwood Drive
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404-885-4538

email: [email protected]

TBS

TBS

1 CNN Center

P.O. Box 105366

Atlanta, GA 30348-5366

(404) 827-1700

email: [email protected]

I say send as many emails as you can to get this show back on the air. It worked for Jericho; Why not this show.

Here’s another way we can possibly save the show. I may be doing this for people, so be prepared!