Category: from the publisher
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Used Books in Coopersburg
Let’s come back to the Lehigh Valley and talk about our recent visit to Medina Books and Coffee on Main Street in Coopersburg, Pa. For our Readers: Medina Books and Coffee If you are a reader, Medina Books and Coffee has recently expanded their presence in Coopersburg, Pa. The store is a…
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While in Yemen…
If you saw my post yesterday, I talked about my travels in Tunisia, Yemen and Somalia. In Yemen, I had tea at one of the “coffee houses” in the suq. I originally lingered outside because women in Yemen do not frequent the same social spaces as men, but as a traveler/guest, I was invited…
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Why I don’t share my opinions on some topics
As a journalist, I learned to observe. I learned to listen and treat different people with different opinions the same and then evaluate what they told me via more sources and research. What I thought, what I felt, nobody cares about that. A journalist— a good journalist— seeks “truth” and serves…
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Random resources
Random Art Class So, I ended up on an artist’s newsletter list— and I think I discovered her on Substack but I have no idea really. She has an online, self-directed sketching class for beginnings. Now, I know writers sometimes relieve writer’s block by exercising other art forms or trying…
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Update on Writing Craft Books
Writing Craft Books In 2025, I hope to read or reread one writing craft book per month and add a review of it to this newsletter and to the curated, annotated bibliography available to my paid Substack subscribers. I have finished The People’s Guide to Publishing by Joe Biel of Microcosm Publishing. But the…
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Workshop: Setting Goals
I give a monthly writers workshop as a volunteer at Easton Area Public Library (main branch, downtown Easton, Pa.) on the second Thursday of the month. So, even if we haven’t announced a formal topic, you can mark your calendar and know that something is happening for writers at the library. January’s workshop will…
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Announcing an end-of-year giveaway
I am a member of the Panera Sip Club. Their monthly beverage subscription lessens my guilt when I host client and author meetings at Panera (and I do have a local favorite— it’s the one in the Southmont Shopping Center in Bethlehem Township, Pa.) They sent me an email telling me how many beverages…
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My five-star reads of 2024
This list does not include any books by Parisian Phoenix authors or books that I have worked on as editor. These are the books I read this year that I thought deserved top marks– which is only 12 out of the 76 books I finished in 2024.
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