And the winner of the Imaginary Interview is…EDMEE who created a wonderful interview with Opal Kaboi from Eoin Colfer's 'Artemis Fowl' series. CONGRATULATIONS!! Here's how Edmee's interview would go… I'd find it interesting to interview Opal Kaboi from Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series via Skype (or another video/voice/instant messaging application) because I'd be able to […]
Georgia Bragg comes from a family of artists and is an artist herself. On her website, she says she has changed careers five times – among other things she has been a printmaker, a painter and a storyboard artist. Georgia is now an author and talks about her non-fiction book How They Croaked – The Awful […]
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Imaginary Interview contest. I had a delightful time reading all the entries and it's going to be difficult to choose a winner. But stay tuned – the winner will be announced shortly. I must confess to being ABSOLUTELY humbled by the creativity and quality of the imaginary interviews […]
How they Croaked – The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous! By Georgia Bragg The title really says it all!! Details of the demise of close to twenty historical figures, including King Tut, Edgar Allan Poe, Beethoven and Galileo are just part of this book. Discover some of the not-so-helpful medical practices that were popular […]
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber Image from Wikimedia Commons
I've always thought of myself as an addicted reader – piles of books on my night table (in fact most tables), bookshelves crammed & overflowing, a novel tucked into my purse – you get the idea.
The imaginary interviews are INCREDIBLE!! The contest ends Friday 13 2012 at midnight so there is still time to submit an entry. Keep them coming!
Blue Exorcist by Kazue Kato Fifteen year old Rin is having a really bad day. First he discovers that he is the son of Satan and then the man who raised both Rin and his twin brother, Yukio, dies in the aftermath […]
When I picked up Tempest several months ago, I enjoyed one of my delicious 'lost weekends' when I do nothing but read – I barely put the book down until I was finished! So I was absolutely THRILLED when I contacted Julie Cross and she enthusiastically agreed to be part of Word Out. If […]
This is definitely not Shakespeare’s Tempest ! Nineteen year old Jackson’s newly discovered and relatively unexplored time-travel abilities hurl him into the past seconds after his girlfriend is fatally shot. As Jackson desperately struggles to manipulate his past to save his girlfriend, he realizes he must unravel the truth about himself, his family and everyone […]