Jay Cannon, Sci-Fi Whiz
When you think back to your childhood, about your passions, your quirks, your strengths… Did any of it resurface in your adult life? For Jay Cannon, author of The Euclician: Alien Hitman, the answer is yes! Also known as JC, he spent countless hours in front of the TV watching Star Trek during his teen […]
Bookish in the Star City
When I read the caption for this postcard, I wanted to know what the Star is. After googling, I learned that it is officially called The Roanoke Star, which is an illuminated iconic symbol that sits at the top of Mill Mountain. Click on Virginia’s Blue Ridge website to see a photo and to read […]
Stephanie Knipper, Pure Imagination
I was prepared to talk about Stephanie Knipper’s debut novel, The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin, and to mention her love of fiber arts, her rainy day at the Kentucky Derby, and her biggest project, the raising of her six children (five of them were adopted from China); but then I stumbled across a post […]
Debut Book Club Postcard!
Book Club Name: Circle of Friends (named after the book by Maeve Binchy)Number and names of current members: 11 – Swati, Colleen, Norey, Kelly, Jenny, Lynn, Anita (me), Jackie, Lisa, Sallie, AmyAge range: 47 – 77Gender makeup: womenDate of first meeting: October 27, 1997 (I joined in July, 2006)Meeting schedule: every 6 weeksMeeting place: home […]
Who IS Brianna S. Clark?
Lilly “Lulu” St. Blanc has a lot in common with Brianna S. Clark, the author of Cracked (as in, crack cocaine), but ahhh… how much? In one of her Instagram posts, she posed the question of life vs. fiction, which is a topic she talks about during book tours and speaking engagements; however, her main […]