Matthew Henry at Child’sPlayX2 (which has now changed its name to Clever Tykes) is having an auction to raise money for the Border View YMCA, which has been hit really hard by the economic downturn. There’s a lot of cool stuff over there, including a dinner with MetroDad in NY and a $100 American Express Card. Best of all, of course,…
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For readers who haven’t heard of it, the ASJA is the American Society of Journalists and Authors. I don’t belong to a lot of professional organizations but I belong to this one. You have to apply to get in to ASJA, to show that you are a serious and published writer. The application process is not meant to discourage new…
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Two fat, long issues of Skirt! came in the mail yesterday. It’s nice to get hard copies, as it’s a magazine I usually read on-line. I have a Valentine’s Day essay in the current issue. It’s called “Learning to Love Pink.” Here’s an excerpt: Learning to Love Pink First time?” A woman with platinum blond hair and a wide smile looks…
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I’ve written several articles for Wildlife Conservation Magazine. There’s a lot of bad news for print publications these days and I received some more in my inbox yesterday. Wildlife Conservation Magazine, which is a wonderful glossy published by the Wildlife Conservation Society (which also runs the Bronx Zoo) is folding. Shutting its doors It’s not going to Web only. It’s…
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Upcoming Alexandra Fuller event in Ashland, Oregon! Here’s the letter that’s been sent out by the event organizers: Dear Southern Oregon Educators, I am writing to inform you of the upcoming Chautauqua Poets and Writers event. Nonfiction writer Alexandra Fuller will read February 19, 7:30 p.m., 2009 at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theater. Bestselling memoirs by Alexandra Fuller Alexandra…
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After I finished Dombey and Son (a brilliant novel by Charles Dickens though one that’s surprisingly not well known), I took a break from Dickens to start an Updike’s The Centaur. We’re reading The Centaur in our book group. Anjie et al forgive me, but since page one it has been very effectively putting me to sleep. Zzz. But I left the…
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