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  • Being Tabled at Barnes and Noble, and available bbq is a solid decision-making parameter

    August 10, 2009

    • Who were the geniuses who invented placing books not on shelves but in stacks on tables like so many sweaters at J. Crew? I don’t know, but they were smart. And I am on two tables! (Presumably more, but who knows where.) Thank you, B&N and/or marketing geniuses. Pics, this first from my agent: Powell's in Portland The West Village, where I made some poor Danish tourist take a picture of ...
  • Need People to review my book

    July 6, 2009

    • Hi Everyone,I am asking if there is anyone who has the ability to get a book review published and is interested in writing a review about my latest book to contact me at sbulanda@gmail.com. The book is God's Creatures: A Biblical View of Animals. This book compares the latest research about animals, their minds and behavior with Scriptures. While it is based on the Christian faith, most of the ...
  • Memo to Alice Hoffman: Next Time, Just Wear Body Armor...

    June 30, 2009

    • Writing is a masochistic art: essentially, you put the (ouch!) most sensitive parts of your anatomy on an anvil... and hand out hammers. It's a risky business, indeed.Alice Hoffman recently felt the sledge-hammer strokes --in, we're told, a "mildly negative review"-- and decided to swing back... by asking her legions of fans to take up the pitchforks and torches. (See news story ...