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Monthly Archives: November 2010

November Wrap-Up

NEW BOOKS:
MICHAEL P. SPRADLIN just released Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs, the follow up to his New York Times killer (heh) bestseller It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Zombies. AUTHOR WEBSITE BONUS: Not actually/technically on Mike’s site, zombie-cards.com has your twisted holiday cards ready to [...]

Support Small Business Saturday

Have you heard about Small Business Saturday? It’s Amex’s effort to “support the local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country.”
We love it! If big stores can advertise for Black Friday, and the internet can max out bandwidth on Cyber Monday, why not Small Businesses?
Here are a few in [...]

Don’t make your site visitors tense just because you write suspense

We are working on a site right now for a suspense author. She says she supposes it could be considered romantic suspense because there is romance in it, but she really drags her characters through it. It’s really quite psychological, she says.
During the Discovery phase she cited other authors in her field. This is standard [...]

Genius Bar Appointment Etiquette, a Plea

I spent some quality time at the Apple store recently. Our Airport was acting bratty then just quit. So I dropped in on Thursday and was directed to the semi-Genius Bar (my name for it — that table almost in the back where you can see the Geniuses, but you can’t get any face time [...]

Persimmon Gingerbread Cakes (with assistance from a certain “Trader Joe”!)

With their signature selection of healthy eats and specialty imports at ridiculously low prices, Trader Joe’s is my happiest place on Earth. My condolences to the 24 states of the Union that do not have TJ’s yet; hopefully this amazing grocery chain is coming soon to a shopping center near you!
One of my favorite Trader [...]

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