Book View Café
Book View Café is a cooperative publishing effort among authors across all genres, from science fiction to romance to historical to mainstream. Come on in, sit down, grab a cup of coffee and sample our daily offerings.
New Book Alert
Blogs by Author
Follow Us On The Web!
- Madeleine Robins Talks Fairy Tales on The Big Idea ... 17 hours ago
- Talking Heads ... 19 hours ago
- Why Your Library May Not Have the E-Book You Want ... 1 day ago
- Horse Yoga Evolves ... 1 day ago
- Story Inspiration Sunday ... 2 days ago
- Nostalgia Vacations and Indoor Volcanoes ... 3 days ago
- “Nahiku West” a Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist ... 3 days ago
- Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Rituals & Habits ... 4 days ago
- Spy Princess a Mythopoeic Award Finalist ... 4 days ago
- Writing Tools and the March of Technology ... 5 days ago
Browse Categories
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Virginia, aka Willowgreen on Why Your Library May Not Have the E-Book You Want
- Damigiana on Story Inspiration Sunday
- Damigiana on Why Your Library May Not Have the E-Book You Want
- J. Andrews on Why Your Library May Not Have the E-Book You Want
- Sherwood Smith on Talking Heads
Archives
Author Blogs
- A Commonplace Book Pati Nagle
- aberwyn's Journal Katharine Kerr
- David D. Levine's blog
- Deborah J. Ross
- Hahvi.net Linda Nagata
- incipit vita nova Amy Sterling Casil
- Into the Labyrinth K.E. Kimbriel
- Jennifer Stevenson.com
- Leah Cutter's Blog
- Life Among the Lipizzans Judith Tarr
- Lois Gresh's Blog
- Maya Culpa Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
- Oached Pish Sherwood Smith
- Patricia Rice's Blog
- Planet Pooks Patricia Burroughs
- Pushing a Snake Up a Hill Jeffrey Carver
- Ramblin' Phyl Irene Radford’s Live Journal
- Singularity Watch Sue Lange
- Steven Harper Piziks
- Suricata's Burrow and Bar Laura Anne Gilman’s Live Journal
- Swan Tower Marie Brennan
- The Cosa Nostradamus On-Line Characters from Laura Anne Gilman’s Retrievers series
Author Sites
- Brenda W. Clough's website
- David D. Levine's website
- Katharine Eliska Kimbriel's website
- Laura Anne Gilman Writer, Editor, Tired Person.
- Leah Cutter's website
- Linda Nagata's Website
- Lois Gresh's website
- Mystic Fig Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
- P. G. Nagle's historical fiction
- Pati Nagle's website
- Patricia Rice
- Phyllis Irene Radford's Website
- Planet Pooks Patricia Burroughs
- Science Fiction Worlds of Jeffrey Carver
- Sherwood Smith's Website
- Sue Lange
- Swan Tower Marie Brennan’s Website
- Vonda N. McIntyre's website
Search Print Titles @ Powell’s
Calendar
Site Business
Cafe Authors Area
Daily Archives: February 18, 2009
In Search of … the Mysterious Tea Stalker
The morning of my birthday (February 9th), an anonymous package arrived on my doorstep containing an amazing tea sampler with a wooden tray, a lovely lidded cup, sugar and cream pots and tea bag holder. There was no name on … Continue reading
EVERGREEN: On Becoming a Professional Amateur # 14: When to Hide the Thesaurus
Sample paragraph: I saw Hal coming toward me across the office commons, waving. “What did the boss say?” he screeched. “Oh, Ron, please tell me he didn’t fire you!” he squealed. If you read my last post, this should be … Continue reading
Posted in Writers on Writing
Tagged amateurism, connotation, craft of writing, professionalism, thesaurus, word meanings
5 Comments





