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November 21, 2009
- As I get older I find that I read less and less contemporary fiction and either go to older works I’d overlooked or had simply put off reading, or return to books I’d read years ago. Doing the latter is always enlightening, I think. The person we were when we first read the book is not the same person we are today. It engages us on another level, and our understanding of it is that much ...
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November 14, 2009
- I'd like to announce the release of my third children's picture book, Humberto the Bookworm Hamster, now available in both print and ebook formats! Humberto is an antisocial little hamster… he’s totally addicted to books! His neighbors, the squirrel, the rabbit, the skunk, the hedgehog and the beaver want to become his friends, but Humberto doesn’t have time for them. He’s too busy ...
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November 13, 2009
- You can read the first two chapters of my mystery novel Lucid on Book Rix for Free! http://www.bookrix.com/showbooks.html?lang=en&showbooktitle=katherine-angela-yeboah-lucid-sample-chapters&pid= Sloane Solomon is a beautiful, young college student who begins experimenting with a very intense type of dreaming known as ‘lucid dreaming’. At first, she really enjoys these dreams, ...
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November 13, 2009
- Did you know you can read Kindle Edition e-books on your iPhone or iPod touch? For more information, please visit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&ref=dp_kinw%5Fae%5F2&docId=1000301301 To purchase a copy of the Lucid Kindle Edition for only $2.99, please click here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SQKMAW ...
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November 12, 2009
- Katherine's Writing and Book Promotion Tips on BookRix: http://blog.bookrix.com/2009/07/23/thursday-tips-by-katherine-angela-yeboah/ Katherine's Featured Author Blog on BookRix: http://blog.bookrix.com/2009/07/14/featured-author-katherine-angela-yeboah/ You can also read the first two chapters of my mystery novel Lucid on Book Rix for ...
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November 6, 2009
- I live in Philadelphia, a wonderful city, vibrant and diverse, with a downtown that thrives after dark and on weekends, with residential neighborhoods that are cosmopolitan here and provincial there. Arts and culture? We have museums to rival those in D.C. or New York. We have restaurants offering every imaginable cuisine. We have a wonderful symphony orchestra and a magnificent ...
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November 5, 2009
- At some point early on in the marketing of Shimmer, someone at Unbridled, the publisher, asked me to write up a quick blurb about where I like to eat in Memphis. It seemed like a simple request, I'm sure. My response: You of course have no idea how deeply you've stepped into one of the strangest of my habits. I am a person with many particular habits, rituals in a way, each day structured around ...
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October 31, 2009
- Once, a few years ago, I was sitting in my office at my college, minding my own business, reading a few papers. It was warm, sultry, a light wind whisking through campus. My door and window were open, and I felt of a purpose, a plan, content and busy and comfortable. Outside my office, a couple of students sat waiting for one of my colleagues, and they were arguing about some piece of ...
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October 28, 2009
- He asked me if my eyes were blue. I answered "Yes," they are. They are the color given to me by my grandmothers. Hand-me down eyes, hand-me down name. Inheritance is what you make of it. Perception is the true name of the game.If you've ever prepared for something for a long time there are two ways to feel. As I prepare for my first reading in support of my first book I find myself ...
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October 27, 2009
- I did not write the following post, though I wish I had. But since I read the original-- almost a year ago--I have never forgotten it.Now, as some of us are counting down the days until November and some of us are in the middle of rewrites and deadlines, I'd like to take a moment. A short space in time. A deep breath. And remind us all why we write. COMFORT READINGby Toni McGee ...
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