So you’ve finished your book. Its been edited and published, and now you’re trying to figure out how to get to your potential readers. While beginning your marketing campaign usually happens well before your book is completed, getting your first reviews can’t begin until your book is done or in a final draft status. Many […]
Ballet Orphans by Terez Mertes Rose
Book Summary: It’s 1990, and New York soloist April Manning is trying to rebalance her world in the aftermath of her parents’ deaths. An offer to join the struggling West Coast Ballet Theatre as a principal dancer seems like the perfect opportunity for a fresh start—a new life in San Francisco, an exciting step up […]
The Twelve Realms by A.D. Sloane
Book Summary: There are messages told through language. There are messages told through symbols. And there are messages told through terror. Nabii Akachi, a young Moorish royal, unveils a series of cryptic messages and discovers her dreams are linked to an ages-old mystical prophecy with global implications. The Twelve Realms is a historical re imagining […]
The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey
Book Summary: After two heartbreaking losses, Luna wants adventure. Something and somewhere very different from the affluent, sheltered home in California and Hawaii where she grew up. An adventure in which she can also make some difference. She ends up in place where she gets more than she bargained for. Lucien, a worldly, well-traveled young […]
This Bookshelf Story About the Pandemic is Simply Brilliant
Artist Phil Shaw tells ‘the story so far’ in an ongoing series he calls ‘Shelf Isolation‘. My only gripe is that author Stephen King is spelled incorrectly! (unless it was intentional for some reason?) For those that might have difficulty reading the book titles in the image I have transcribed it below: The English patient […]
What Method?: The Different Ways An Actor Can Train by Jessie Fahay
Book Summary: There are many methods an actor may choose to study. What do all of these methods really do for the actor’s instrument? Is there a method that works best for you? Which one speaks to you? Where should you look for instructors who teach these methods? This short and practical guidebook gives you […]
This Is Why Ill Never Go To The Lake At Night Again
By By 20+ Terrifying And True Ouija Board Stories 42 Creepy AF Things Kids Said To Their Parents That Absolutely Chilled Them To The Bone Read more: https://thoughtcatalog.com/charlotte-chapin/2020/04/this-is-why-ill-never-go-to-the-lake-at-night-again
For some people, social distancing means being trapped indoors with an abuser | Arwa Mahdawi
As more cities go under lockdown, activists are worried that attempts to curb coronavirus will inadvertently lead to an increase in domestic violence Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. according to the World Health Organitold Sixth Tone, an English-language magazine based in China. A similar […]
Piano legend ‘hurt’ over being asked to retire
“But I think the powers that be locally would say, ‘I think we ought to have a change’. I remember that kind of wording. ‘I think you’ve been in this job long enough.’” When asked who told her to go, Dame Fanny said: “Well, I think there was a general feeling that that was my […]
Learning to Quit by Suzanne Harris and Paul Brunetta
Book Summary: Set yourself free from smoking. Strategy trumps willpower! Personal stories paired with moving photographic portraits. Empathetic, non-judgmental advice to stop smoking for good. Have you tried to quit smoking, only to find yourself reaching for a cigarette again and again? Tired of feeling bad about your health and making promises to the ones […]
Still think the Civil War wasn’t fought over slavery? The Confederate states would disagree.
Was the Civil War fought over slavery or states’ rights? People love to debate this question, and many seem to believe it’s a matter of opinion. But the truth is there’s no debate to be had. We don’t have to conjecture. We know that the Confederate states’ primary motive was maintaining the right to enslave […]