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Kent District Library is hosting children’s author Susan Roth on March 3rd – Kent District Library’s Grandville Branch is welcoming children’s author Susan Roth on March 3rd. The event is a children’s tie-in to a community reads pro…

General Electric to give work to up to 50 Metro Detroit firms, Toyota beats Big 3 in Consumer Reports – Here’s a collection of the Metro Detroit, Michigan and national business news stories today: Metro Detroit: • Detroit Free Press: General Electric plans …

Rush Limbaugh Takes Another Opportunity To Attack Black People – Far-right extremist Rush Limbaugh is taking another shot at black people and attacking them for what he sees as “black dialect” as far as the way he hears …

20th Annual Family Valentine Dance – Friday, February 26, 2010 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets for city residents: $20 per person, non-city residents: $25 person. Tickets can be purchased at the …

January’s Sparrow by Patricia Polacco – The story of the Underground Railroad, a wooden sparrow, hope and triumph mark this page turner about a courageous family and the townspeople who protect…

Book Pricing For Dummies – February 23, 2010 There’s been some furor and backlash and general whining about the latest stink between MacMillan and Amazon over the price of e-books. I …

3 of 4 LinkedIn invitations include this big mistake – When a business associate told me last week that she couldn’t understand why LinkedIn froze her account, especially because she invited only a few dozen pe…

There’s a lot going on this day in Black history. Check out the blog updates…(Feb 23) – [image: The Ultimate Collection] There’s a lot going on this day in history. Let’s start with sad, end with the good… How many of you have made babies …

Grandparent visitation — to be or not to be? – Sam Hasler, a family law lawyer in Indiana notes that the Indiana legislature has pending legislation that would add great-grandparents to the existing gra…

President Garfield’s Lawnfield home drew the nation to Mentor, Ohio – Today President James A. Garfield’s Lawnfield home exudes an air of quiet elegance, but the home and its spacious grounds drew the nation’s attention to Ment…

Stopped in my tracks – I like to read the headlines occasionally from the UK. The Guardian has a great literary section and recently ran a piece entitled “Ten Rules for Writing …

500 Follower Giveaway – *So far here’s what is in the 500 Follower Prize Pack* One lucky follower will win: A *Fang-tastic Books tote bag* and *t-shirt*, signed copies of my boo…

My tweets On 2010-02-22 – Come by and have your say in this discussion http://bit.ly/bGGlLk kicked off by @14bikes #tweetea #fb 14:59:31 When I dare 2 b powerful, use my strength in…

Teaser Tuesdays and It’s Tuesday..Where Are You? – It’s Tuesday…Where Are You? I live on the edge of Boundary Wood forest and have always had a fascination with the wolves that run wild. Once when I was …

World literature? Try the Caribbean – There are many good, and even great novels in the English language that do not originate in the USA and the UK, but most readers have never heard of them. …

Search has a long way to go – I spent the evening tonight working with my son, Harrison, as he tried to complete a report about a particular kind of wood. Harrison’s pretty sharp (of…

Jacqueline E. Luckett author of Searching for Tina Turner – Feb 24,2010 – Join Ella as she meets today’s hottest authors. publishing | bookclubs | african american | ella curry | edc creations

Could the internet radio prankers be making a comeback? – We’ll it’s a strong possibility. My Cuz Dj Dave and I are working out some detail and will soon meet up to finalize everything up. An exact return date is …

Homelessness Radio Marathon – Dear Colleagues in Service to Homeless Individuals and Families – On behalf of the Director and people of the Homelessness Marathon, we would like to invi…

Granholm on course to cut back services and staff at Library of Michigan – Governor Granholm moves forward on plans to trim State Library

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Any Woman Can - Any Woman Can! Reuben 1976 Okay Baby Boomers! I am sure everyone remembers Reuben’s book Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to...

Woo Hoo! Yippee! Yahoo! Hooray! - More than pleased, I'm terrifically happy to have had my Creative Gene blog named to the Family Tree Magazine's 40 Best Genealogy Blogs list. To each and e...

Survival Camping with Childen - [image: Humor Blogs] We’re buried under about a foot of new snowfall. Beautiful stuff, that. So as I’m tidying up inside our toasty warm house, listening t…

Monday Featured Blog – Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent – Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend ;o) I did, we got a new doggie – he’s 1 year old (same age as Maya) He’s a Shepard/Retriever Mix. Here’s a…

Bellingham Review: The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction – The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction 1st Prize: $1,000 Final Judge: Rebecca McClanahan Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked between Dec. 1, …

Social Flying – Getting a passport is like announcing to the world that you have arrived. Or rather that you will arrive. After successfully dodging an awkward photo, in t…

My First White Friend – My bookshelf is peppered with them: dusty books on racial reconciliation that often scream for me to clean and read them. They sit among my favorites: book…

Online Visibility Tip – Use your real name, please. – Real names. I’ve had this on my list of topics to address for some time and then I saw a post on the NAMS forum from David Perdew, the producer of the Nich…

Creative Byline – Like any author eager to get her work published, I’m always open to exploring new avenues that might give me more exposure. The other day, I was introduce…

Oath Keepers Nut Is Evidence of Extremism That Is Growing – When Bill O’Reilly looks moderate, while conducting an interview, it’s clear that the interviewee has to in all likelihood be an extremist nut. Enter St…

Magical Ice Carving Festival, 2010 – What better way to spend Valentine’s weekend than at the Magical Ice Carving Festival in St. Joseph, Michigan! We had a wonderful weekend checking out the ic…

Free Psychic Reading with Julie McNulty – Until You Walk the Path, You Won’t know Where it Goes is proud to announce the return of Intuitive Healer and Medium, Julie McNulty on February 21 at 5 …

Free Psychic Reading with Julie McNulty – Until You Walk the Path, You Won’t know Where it Goes is proud to announce the return of Intuitive Healer and Medium, Julie McNulty on February 21 at 5 …

Legacy – I have been given a legacy of momentous capacity A legacy left of fond memories of familial rhapsody A legacy sown from a deep African ancestral root A matri…

The Machine Who Might be Reading Your Resume – If it has been a few years since you have last applied for a job, you could be operating under the assumption that you just have to convince the person w…

The Book Group Meets in March – *Join The Book Group on March 31st to discuss the novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford.* We will meet in the Betsy Dole Women’s Re…

My Scheduled Writing Time – “Would you consider writing on your blog about how you schedule your time? How many hours a day do you devote to writing? Are they set hours? When you re…

MOCAD Winter 2010 Readings Begin With Cuban Poet Jose Kozer – Saturday, February 20, 2010- 7:00pm – 10:00pm MOCAD’s Winter 2010 Readings series curated by Barry Schwabsky begins on Saturday, March 20th w/ a bilingual …

Engage in Social Media and Use Strategies to Win like Barack 2.0 – Book Recommendations from Pam Perry – *I have been beating up (I mean coaching) my ministry author clients to really get involved (engaged) in social media.* * *Authors must do this – it’s no…

Chapter 9 “She is, but he ain’t” (A short story by Dara Nichole) – Chapter 9 “Joshua, I-” “What baby, tell me what you are thinking?” At that moment I knew I had to let go. I couldn’t hold on to what I was saying. It wasn’…

Mr. Fish’s Distant Cousin? – I’m not sure if a kiss from Miss Shimmer would be quite enough to turn this guy’s frown upside-down!

Lecture by Leonard Walle: “Chasing the Light: 19th Century Astronomical Photography,” February 27th, 2010 – *SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2:00 P.M.* Clements Library, University of Michigan 909 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 The work of 19th century phot…

“Dreams That Won’t Let Go” Blog Tour & Giveaway by Stacey Hawkins Adams – Dreams That Won’t Let Go Blog Tour & Giveaway About the Book Indigo Burns is excited. Her wedding preparations to the man of her dreams are underw…

Homemade Stories Podcast #5 – – photography of Spencer Tunick A story about a son, his father’s camera, creative expression, and reality… Listen Click HERE or and

By The Great Horn Spoon – Gene from Central Lake asked where this mild oath came from. I can find no definitive answer. *The Dictionary of American Regional English* declares its …

Blog Tour Feature: Dreams That Won’t Let Go by Stacy Hawkins Adams – About the Book Indigo Burns is excited. Her wedding preparations to the man of her dreams are underway, her photography career is a success, and her family …

Deborah Smith Pollard at Dickson’s Bible Bookstore in Detroit – http://www.twitter.com/debsmithpollard

For the love of poetry – *For the love of poetry It Can Feel as Liberating as Giving Birth Though I Never Had a Child So Maybe its Just Writing out My Worth With a Pen and Pad O…

The Shelby Show! with Relationship Expert Shelby M. Hill featuring Sylvia Hubbard tonight @ 7pm – Sylvia Hubbard- Writing with Purpose The Shelby Show Date / Time: 2/16/2010 7:00 PM// Category: Women Call-in Number: (718) 766-4841 www.blogtalkradio.com/…

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Ann Arbor – Art Lounge at U of M Student Center – Interview with James Browneagle Neimi http://www.youtube.com/user/tedcantu1#p/a/u/0/JjPdssJJxFw

Jeff Garlin to Entertain at Horizon Books – On Friday, February 19 and Saturday, February 20 at midnight, Jeff Garlin will be doing a LATE NIGHT COMBO PLATTER for free at Horizon Books! Horizon Book…

Leaving the Complaints Department… Peace, Out – Curt and Carl had been life long buddies. Back in the old days, kids at school called them the Columbine Boys behind their backs. Nobody really thought o…

2nd Saturday Writing Session – Seems like this 2nd Saturday of February took forever to finally get here! I’ve never been more excited about a Saturday writers meeting. Not my monthly Mo…

Cupid Shuffle – Cupid Shuffle Valentine’s Day is here. It always tickles me when I see both women and men scrambling to find a date for the occasion. They’ve gone th…

King’s 1963 Dream Still Deferred in Black History Month 2010 – King’s 1963 Dream Still Deferred in Black History Month 2010 In 2003, nearly half a century after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Edu…

Type Casting – February 11, 2010 Espionage novelist Robert Ludlum once wrote a comic caper novel. It got published, but didn’t do very well. David Morrell’s first novel w…

Links in the theme – So while novelist David Peace reminds the fictionists that they really can’t make this stuff up, Author Aphrodite Jones is getting her own TV show, though I …