First off I’d like to thank everybody for their comments last weekend. It’s been an exciting week at Book View Cafe. We have started selling our “premium titles, (and have acutally sold some, go us!)” So while we’re interested in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2009
About six years ago, I would have said you couldn’t teach anyone to write, in the creative sense. Then chance landed me with the second-year Creative Writing subject in my University’s then English department. After teaching that twice, and once … Continue reading
The best movie ever was made in 1954 in black and white and, if you don’t speak Japanese, you have to watch it with subtitles. I speak, of course, of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. … Continue reading
Travis the chimpanzee, late of Stamford, Connecticut, is all over the news this week due to the shocking attack on his owner Sandra Herold’s friend Charla Nash, who is currently fighting for her life. MSNBC has an excellent in-depth report on … Continue reading
I met someone over at podiobooks, a podbook author. Having amassed a large following with her podbook, she’s getting ready to self-publish it as a print book. Under normal circumstances I would caution her against it, but as everyone knows … Continue reading
No especially interesting comics this week (recommendations solicited, if anybody knows of anything thrilling coming up), but here is an exciting nonfiction volume! Published by Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, a nonprofit new to me, this is a solid well-made … Continue reading
We are an anecdote-making species. We tell stories: the time Aunt Suze’s cat got stuck in the sewer; the time Uncle Moe was arrested for skimping on child support…. You don’t have to be a writer to make stories out … Continue reading
Hello. I’m Sarah Zettel, and as you may, or may not, know I’m the Project Manager for Book View Cafe. Book View Cafe launched roughly three months ago. So far, we have received a tremendous response, and we have a … Continue reading
Dance For Your Life: The first time I set foot in a dance studio I lost my heart. I think I was 7. We lived in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. My mother had signed me up for a combined tap and … Continue reading