My guest today is Terry L. Sumerlin, author of Leadership: It Takes More Than a Great Haircut!Terry is a client, but I didn’t edit his book. You see, the book is a compilation of columns he’s written for the San Antonio Business Journal. The articles were all professionally edited at the time they were published, … Read more
Thank you to the 131 commenters who left 191 comments in December. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them.Every month when I post thanks to commenters, I get questions about how I compile this list. I have explained my system in detail in … Read more
My heart is breaking today. In the 38 years since the Supreme Court handed down the decision in the Roe v Wade case, more than 52 million precious babies have been legally murdered in the womb. Nearly half of all pregnancies to American women are unintended; four in 10 of these end in abortion. ~ … Read more
January 16 is National Religious Freedom Day. The following explanation comes from A Guide for Commemorating Religious Freedom at School at ReligiousFreedomDay.com. Each year, since 1993, the President declares January 16th to be Religious Freedom Day, and, as in 2005, calls upon Americans to “observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and … Read more
A little book/IT humor for National Book Month.
Thumbing Through Thoreau: A Book of Quotations by Henry David Thoreau Kenny Luck Illustrators: Jay Luke and Ren Adams Tribute Books April 19, 2010 Hardcover, 320 pages, $24.95 Also available in Kindle edition at Amazon.com and ebook formats at Smashwords Quotations with original illustrations I received a PDF review copy, which I converted and read on my … Read more
January is National Book Month or National Book Blitz Month—or maybe not. I’ve seen one of those two designations on several places, including John Kremer’s Book Marketing. The articles I found were from previous years, and everything about “Book Blitz Month” seem to be a marketing gimmick for a couple of booksellers. Although I haven’t found anything about … Read more
Prayer for the Deceased: REMEMBER thy servants who lost their lives in this act of senseless violence, O Lord, according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, they may go from strength to strength, in the life of perfect service, in thy heavenly kingdom; … Read more
Just about a year ago, I reviewed Rightfully Mine and interviewed the author, Aggie Villanueva. Since I first discovered what a talented and active author, blogger, photographer, and much more she is, Aggie has gone on to many new accomplishments. Her latest book, The Rewritten Word: How to Sculpt Literary Art, No Matter the Genre, … Read more
A few months ago, I had a new experience in editing. I edited The Rewritten Word: How to Sculpt Literary Art, No Matter the Genre by Aggie Villanueva. Last year about this time, I reviewed Aggie’s novel Rightfully Mine and also conducted an interview with her. We got to know each other better throughout the … Read more