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The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Last year, while trawling the web, I came across mention of Rachel Power’s The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood. The book’s scope was clearly related to my own work, so I immediately ordered a copy even though I had to order it directly from Red Dog, the Australian publisher. The book arrived in good stead [...]

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Miranda: For the love of books

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on October 5, 2009 | 15 Comments »

Warning. This post contains an unusually intense degree of navel-gazing and otherwise raving on and on about one’s home library and related minutiae. If you find such material nauseating, turn away now. I warned you!
On Friday, I posted this on Facebook:
Miranda Hersey Helin is staging a serious overhaul of the home library/office today, with Mom’s [...]

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Cathy: I can’t even peek.

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

In my travels over a week ago, I retrieved one well inked copy of my first manuscript draft I had sent to a dear friend in the Boston area for critique and suggested edits.
Many moons ago, I lived in a 2nd floor walk-up on Newbury Street dubbed the shoebox, and he rented a room in [...]

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Judge a book by its cover

Posted in Miranda, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Not that any of us needs another way to waste time online (ahem), but I can’t help but share Judge By. Go to the site and you’ll see a random book cover from Amazon.com. Guess how good you think the book is, based on its cover. After you click your assessment, you’ll see what Amazon [...]

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Congratulations, Lisa!

Posted in Lisa D, tagged on July 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Lisa Damian’s nonfiction book, Trout Valley, the Hertz Estate, and Curtiss Farm, was released yesterday. Round of applause! From the publisher’s website:
John D. Hertz, of rental car fame, discovered Trout Valley (then a part of unincorporated McHenry County) in the 1920s. He built a mansion, barns, and polo grounds on the banks of the Fox [...]

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Book Review: The Yummy Mummy Manifesto

Posted in Miranda, tagged , on June 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

A few weeks ago, I read Christa’s review of The Yummy Mummy Manifesto by Anna Johnson. I was intrigued and ordered a copy. I agree with Christa’s assessment, so I won’t repeat all of her points here. I’ll simply say that this book was an interesting take on applying a creative outlook to the experience [...]

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Lisa D.: How NOT To Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman

Posted in Lisa D, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

HarperCollins sent me a very handy book to review: How NOT To Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them — A Misstep-By-Misstep Guide by writers and editors Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman.  I thought that a few of you might appreciate this hilarious and insightful book as much as I did.  If you’d like to [...]

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