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This is just a warning that I am working on a few website modifications and things might get a bit bumpy and look a bit strange around here the next couple of days.

Angie over at Daydream Believer was kind enough to award me The Versatile Blogger Award. There are a few rules with this one, but I’m a rebel and I might bend a few of them. The first rule is to link back to the blogger who gave me this award. The link to Angie’s blog is above, but in case you missed it, click here to visit Daydream Believer. Like me Angie is a reader and a writer. Well, I think it’s a rule that all writers have to be readers, too! Anyway, if you have a chance please stop by her blog and say hi. The second rule is that I need to share seven things about myself. I always have trouble with these lists so to make it even harder on myself I have decided to make mine a numerically based list. What does that mean? Well it looks like...

Today I am welcoming writer Jeff Widmer who shares his knowledge about how to use social media to promote your book. Jeff Widmer is a writer, editor and mentor. The author of The Spirit of Swiftwater, he works for marketing agency swb&r in Bethlehem, Pa. Jeff and I will be panelists together along with author Gloria Mallette at the Monroe County Book Expo. The strange case of book promotion by Jeff Widmer For many writers, the publishing business resembles the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: It presents ahandsome face during creation and a monster after that. Once we’ve experienced the passion of writing, the rest seems like a slog through the dark alleys of Edinburgh. The rest, of course, is called marketing. Some people believe the latter has...

I had some technical difficulties with my funny ladies video contest (sorry, Christina, but I can’t get that file to open!) so Em, you are the winner! I can’t seem to embed the video here, but if you want to see a great little commercial spoof click here. I guarantee you that it will bring a smile to your face this Monday morning with no scary side effects.

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It’s been a busy week, even though it is only Tuesday, but I don’t want to completely neglect the blog. However I am tired and not feeling witty or creative. So instead here’s some book-related humor that came by way of an email forward from my father: Confucius say, “If you are in a bookstore and cannot find the book for which you search, you are obviously in the . . .