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B&N’s Nook

Posted on 10/23/2009 by amitha

I haven’t blogged about this yet because for some reason I though Barnes and Noble’s e-reader had already been announced (probably due to all the speculation online about it). Anyway, from the website, B&N’s Nook features many snazzy things that … Continue reading →

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Blog Carnival Post and Name Change

Posted on 10/23/2009 by amitha

I’ve just submitted to my first Blog Carnival! I’m hoping it’ll help generate some more traffic to my blog. Here’s the link: http://www.missyfrye.net/Blog/?p=2042 My friend Livia is the one who told me about blog carnivals (you can check out one … Continue reading →

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Fashion photos for Project Runway and Mad Men Fans

Posted on 10/22/2009 by amitha

MyVintageVogue.com has a ton of lovely photos like the one above featuring vintage fashion images. Enjoy! (via The Morning News)

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Developing your book idea into a full-length novel

Posted on 10/22/2009 by amitha

image by churl So you have an idea for a story, but you can’t seem to get more than a few pages into it. How do you turn a few pages of an idea into a full-length novel? Strategy #1 … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When You Reach Me

Posted on 10/21/2009 by amitha

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead This novel is strange and thought-provoking–but in a good way. It starts off quietly, and reads as an episodic kind of a story (which usually bores me to death) but as soon as … Continue reading →

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3 Writing Lessons from Battlestar Galactica

Posted on 10/20/2009 by amitha

(Inspired by Peta Andersen’s blog post “5 Things I Learned From ‘The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh‘”. We had a bit of an online conversation on the commentary section of her blog about learning from TV shows, and I … Continue reading →

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New E-reader from Spring Design

Posted on 10/19/2009 by amitha

E-reader alert! Spring Design has announced their new e-reader Alex. Like Barnes and Noble’s new e-reader, Alex will have both a black and white e-ink screen and a smaller color LCD screen and run on Google’s Android software. It will … Continue reading →

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National Book Award Finalists

Posted on 10/14/2009 by amitha

The National Book Award finalists have been posted! Now I have even more books to add to my to-read list… From Publishers Weekly and Nationalbook.org: Young People’s Literature: (judges were: Kathi Appelt, Coe Booth, Carolyn Coman, Nancy Werlin, and Gene … Continue reading →

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The new WikiReader: umm…why?

Posted on 10/13/2009 by amitha

The WikiReader: Basically you can read wikipedia (sans images) on a new $99 device that doesn’t have an internet connection. Great. It’s like buying an encyclopedia only…less accurate and without pictures. Not sure I get the reasoning behind this device.

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Boston Globe Horn-Book Award Speeches

Posted on 10/08/2009 by amitha

Here is Neil Gaiman’s Acceptance speech for The Graveyard Book: You can see the rest of the videos here (including MT Anderson’s speech): http://www.hbook.com/bghb/video09.asp (via ReadRoger blog)

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