MIA for Writing Conferences

I'll be offline for a couple weeks attending writing conferences but will be back with conference updates and a cookbook giveaway!

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Mandy's Blogger Book Club: "America, You Sexy Bitch" by Michael Ian Black & Meghan McCain

We start off learning how anxious Michael and Meghan are to actually be delving into this project together not really knowing each other, but having decided to ride cross-country in an RV talking to the heart of America. Michael has said Meghan is one of his favorite Republicans and Meghan notes that she is a fan of Michael's. Having seen Meghan handle her own on Bill Maher's show I liked her side of things. While Meghan is conservative when it comes to the main aspects of the Republican party (small government, fiscal conservativeness, freedom to bear arms) she is very much open to other platforms that have been considered more "democratic" or liberal in nature (same sex marriages and the legalization of marijuana).

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Book Expo 2012: Lots to Celebrate (and Learn)

This year Book Expo of America (BEA) was held on a timid weather week in New York City (and it was announced that Book Expo will continue to be held in NYC until 2015). There were many award-winning authors, publisher anniversaries celebrated, and much discussed in terms of what and how to bring books to consumers. BEA was held in conjunction with IDPF and BlogExpo at Jacob Javits Center in midtown Manhattan.

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The Multi-Faceted Writer

Nowadays authors aren’t only creating the tome you purchase in a bookstore, online, or via your e-reader. Writers are also publicists, web content editors, marketers, and geniuses of social media. And it seems that emerging writers have it even harder these days having to build a base before the work itself is complete.

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On Writing: Helpful Books for Writers

As a skeptic of writing manuals I have to say three books have been very helpful for me in improving my writing and dissecting it more as a reader and one who critiques.

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