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`Secret Life of Bees' Film is Finally Here
10 hours ago by Sally Andersen @ genrefiction.net
Almost as soon as Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees (2002) became an instant bestseller, readers were teased with the knowledge that it would eventually become a bigscreen film. Now, six years later, it is al coming to frutition.The film -...
Velvet Verbosity's 100 Words
22 hours ago by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hello everyone!I don’t usually post on Saturdays here, but in an effort to bring something new and different to this site, I am participating in Velvet Verbosity’s 100 Words prompt.If you read me over at Fiction Scribe, this will be a repeat...
Velvet Verbosity's 100 Words
22 hours ago by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Ah, it feels so good to be back writing here again. And doing my beloved 100 words again! I suppose I could have done the one I missed on my personal site, but…Yeah, that’s probably not a place you want to explore. My mind is quite scary.Anyway,...
July Book Blowout
22 hours ago by JM @ thebookstacks.com
I can’t quite remember how I found it, but Mrs. S at Blue Archipelago is hosting a reading challenge for the month of July and I have decided to take part.Usually I’m a bit wary of joining reading challenges because either it’s a month that a...
Friday Feast...
Yesterday by JM @ writeanyway.com
It looks like the chef is taking a break this Friday, so I don't have something from the site to bring you.However, if you're like me and live outside the United States, I have a feast of questions you can participate in.On to the feast!Appetizer...
Author Interview with Traci Hall
Yesterday by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Hello and welcome to Fiction Scribe, Ms. Hall. Hi! Thank you so much for having me. Letʼs start with getting to know you a little better. List five things you feel define you as a person.Wow! What a way to start- serious introspection, lol. Let...
Crash! by Marya Calvani - Book Review
Yesterday by JM @ thebookstacks.com
This review was meant to go up last Friday. I apologize to the author and to those who where planning on this site being up and running last Saturday.Marcelo is thrilled when he gets a golden retriever puppy for his birthday, but now he faces one of...
Friday Feast 195
Yesterday by JM @ writeanyway.com
Happy Friday!Thank goodness it’s Friday. I am so ready for the end of the week to be here, that’s for sure. Today I’m putting up last week’s Friday Feast (not put up because of all the site mess going on) as well as this week’s Friday...
Getting to Know You…
58 hours ago by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hi all! Man it seems like forever since I’ve been able to post here. Do you feel the same?Anywho, because of what happened, it came to my attention just how many people read here that have no way of getting in touch with me when the site is down....
Getting to Know You…
58 hours ago by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Hi all! Man it seems like forever since I’ve been able to post here. Do you feel the same?Anywho, because of what happened, it came to my attention just how many people read here that have no way of getting in touch with me when the site is down....
Booking Through Thursday + Tuesday Reading List
58 hours ago by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Equals my Booking Through Thursday reading list.This week's Booking Through Thursday question...It’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S., so let’s keep today’s question simple–What are you reading? Anything special? Any particularly juicy...
Losing Heart… And Taking It Back
07/03/2008 by JM @ fictionscribe.com
A friend recently told me that while Fiction Scribe is a good blog, it isn’t THE blog and could do better. He acknowledged that working for a network and meeting minimum posting requirements means that my heart isn’t likely going to be...
Getting to Know You…
07/03/2008 by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Hi all! Man it seems like forever since I’ve been able to post here. Do you feel the same?Anywho, because of what happened, it came to my attention just how many people read here that have no way of getting in touch with me when the site is down....
Thirteen Writing Prompts
07/03/2008 by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen everyone!This week’s Thursday Thirteen prompts are going to continue on with prompts, questions, first lines, and other inspiration to help you get writing.If there is another prompt you think would be helpful, be...
A Wise Author Once Said: New Novel by Lauren Weisberger
07/02/2008 by Sally Andersen @ genrefiction.net
Author Lauren Weisberger has a new novel – Chasing Harry Winston (May 2008) – topping the lists. Being her third novel, and the only whose scandals I have not yet devoured, it seems an appropriate time to review her first two: The Devil Wears...
Trouble Accessing, Update
07/02/2008 by Annie Mueller @ writersunbound.com
You might have noticed there haven't been any posts for over a week.That will be changing soon.451Press has been in the middle of a big server redo to keep up with increased traffic. I've had (very) limited access to this site as they've been...
And We’re Back!
07/02/2008 by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Hi everyone!Phew! We are back in action (as you can see). Did you miss me? I missed you!Group hug!Too much? Okay. I’ll behave.I am very glad to be back in action and posting here on site. I apologize for all the down time, but as happens with...
And We’re Back!
07/02/2008 by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hi everyone!Phew! We are back in action (as you can see). Did you miss me? I missed you!Group hug!Too much? Okay. I’ll behave.I am very glad to be back in action and posting here on site. I apologize for all the down time, but as happens with...
Booking Through Thursday... A Little Late
07/02/2008 by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Hello and welcome once more to Booking Through Thursday. Once more we have a question about books to think about. The question for last week (due to the site being down)…Think about your favorite authors, your favorite books . . . what is it about...
Technical Difficulties
07/01/2008 by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hello everyone.As you likely already know, many of the sites on the 451press network are down and have been down for some time (what seems like forever!).I would like to apologize on behalf of 451press for the technical difficulties we have been...
And We’re Back!
07/01/2008 by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Hi everyone!Phew! We are back in action (as you can see). Did you miss me? I missed you!Group hug!Too much? Okay. I’ll behave.I am very glad to be back in action and posting here on site. I apologize for all the down time, but as happens with...
Call for Submissions
07/01/2008 by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Submissions for the next CSFG Publishing anthology, Masques, are welcome between 20 April-31 October 2008. Masques will be edited by Gillian Polack (who writes for Food Past here on the 451 network) and Scott Hopkins. Stories may be any length up to...
A Book By Any Other Name... Time
06/30/2008 by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Welcome to this week’s A Book By Any Other Name!The game works like this: Each week I will choose a word and offer a few titles that I’ve come up with containing that word in the title. Then it’s your turn to come up with book titles...
The Well-Fed Self-Publisher by Peter Bowerman - Book Review
06/24/2008 by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Want to get published? Do it yourself – and make a living from it!Here’s the proven blueprint that built a full-time income from one book!Novice or Seasoned… New to the publishing game? TWFSP takes you step-by-step through every stage of your...
Calling All Angels - Part 1 - By Michael Nolan
06/23/2008 by JM @ writeanyway.com
Calling All Angels - Part 1an excerpt from an upcoming novel by Michael NolanIn the distance she could hear a throng of carolers singing the too-happy and too-joyous songs of a too-commercialized holiday and she questioned the empty room as though...