Posted by Jessica on January 23, 2012
So glad I stumbled across this.
Goodreads have announced they’re no longer going to import book data from Amazon. They say they’re doing this to make sure they have the most accurate data possible, although I’m not sure why the details on Amazon wouldn’t be accurate. It is the largest online store for books, after all.
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Posted by Jessica on January 19, 2012
You hear it all the time: video sells. But often we find ourselves with a nice little YouTube channel and one video, at a loss for how to create additional content or what might be compelling. If this describes you, or if you haven’t even started doing video for the same reason, then let’s look at some creative ways to get yourself and your message on video!
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Posted by Jessica on January 16, 2012
Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiancé, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can’t recall. Then, out of the blue, Delia’s world is turned upside-down. The police arrive on her doorstep with a warrant to arrest her father for the abduction of a child … Delia herself.
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Posted by Jessica on January 12, 2012
First, if you’re not on YouTube you should be. Video viewing online grew by 35% this year, which is amazing. Meanwhile, there are 35 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, so if you’re going to get seen, YouTube is where you want to be.
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Posted by Jessica on January 9, 2012
“So,” Tim said, filling the painful silence, “how’s business with the vegetables?”
From his stiff-backed position on the sofa, Joel stared coldly at his twin and sister-in-law seated on either side of the drawing-room fire. “Evidently not as prosperous as yours. Olivia and I had to forego buying Lottie a Porsche this year.”
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Posted by Jessica on January 5, 2012
When my mum was a little girl, around six or seven years old, her parents arranged for her to learn the piano. Every Saturday morning, my nanna would take her to the home of Mr Jones for an hour long lesson. It so happened that Mr Jones was totally blind, something of which my mum took full advantage. While Mr Jones demonstrated scales, rather than sitting beside him to watch, my mum wandered around his living room, fiddling with his possessions and even helping herself from his fruit bowl! She honestly believed that, because Mr Jones was unable to see what she was doing, he wouldn’t notice if a banana or two went missing.
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Posted by Jessica on January 2, 2012
Another year gone, and countless novels devoured with varying degrees of enjoyment. Now to choose my favourites. I’ve read so many amazing books in 2011, but I’ve narrowed it down to the ones that had the most powerful effect on me, or that simply gave me the most reading pleasure. Here they are in no particular order:
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Posted by Jessica on November 12, 2011
Healing through laughter is not a dream, but a recipe for survival.
If you were to read a book about Oana’s life, you might easily decide it was a work of fiction. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Oana lived twenty years under the grotesque dictatorial regime of Ceausescu. After the fall of communism in 1989, she studied languages at the University in Bucharest, then received her Master’s degree at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. English is her third language.
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Posted by Jessica on November 9, 2011
Amy Krout-Horn(Oieihake Win, Last Word Woman) has resided in two worlds; the world of the sighted and the world of the blind. She has been a writer in both of them. She spent time in Washington DC acting as a political lobbyist for the disabled, worked as the first blind teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota’s American Indian Studies program, and holds degrees in American Indian studies and psychology. She is a regular contributor to Slate and Style magazine and, in 2008, was awarded their top fiction prize for War Pony.
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Posted by Jessica on November 1, 2011
My guest today is Jesse S. Hanson, author of spiritual fiction, who is here to share the journey that led him to where he is today. Welcome, Jesse. From your chosen genre, am I right in saying you define yourself as a spiritual person? Tell us how that came about.
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