Our author being featured today is cgerrib! Let’s give him a warm welcome. If you would like your talents featured in the Artists in Our Midst series – or your work as an author featured in our Authors in Our Midst series – please send me an email message. Greetings Balloon-Juicers! My name is Chris Gerrib, and …
Authors In Our Midst
Creature NYC – Writing DRAINED!
A couple of you have asked whether and how authors might fight fit (!) into the Artists in Our Midst series. The answers are sort of, not exactly, and yes. I hope that clears everything up! If you’re an author and you want to talk about your writing or your books – or even focus on just …
Authors In Our Midst: Dorothy Winsor, The Trickster
I feel terrible, I completely missed Dorothy’s publication date, even though I knew it was coming up! I blame raising ducklings. So delayed, but welcome, here’s Dorothy Winsor on her latest novel: ================ Last weekend, Frankensteinbeck told us about how his new books spin off characters into books of their own. I did the same …
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Authors In Our Midst: Jennifer Schiff, Sanibel Island Mysteries
Delighted to have another author to highlight today. From J. (formerly of J-TWO-O), longtime Balloon Juice reader and occasional commenter: *** Thank you, TaMara, for allowing me to flog my books on Balloon Juice. ? When I first started following this blog, back in 2007, I was a technology/business journalist with a blog called J-TWO-O …
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Authors In Our Midst: WereBear Did NaNoWriMo in 2020
From WereBear: NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. Officially, NaNoWriMo.org emphasizes the month of November. The essential idea is that a writer sets a goal: 50,000 words in 30 days. I only got to 12,000, but that is the best I’ve ever done. So I did get my shirt, this year, for the …
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Quick Program Note: Me And Carl Down By The School Yard
Should have put this up earlier, but Carl Zimmer (NYT science columnist and the author of lots, including most recently She Has Her Mother’s Laugh) will be talking TONIGHT about Money for Nothing (virtually) at the MIT Museum. It starts and 7:30, and details can be found here. We’ll jabber for half an hour or so, …
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Recipes, Pets and More!
Let’s just jump in with recipes. I know everyone is all about the sourdough starter these days. I’m not a fan, although I understand the appeal and this video didn’t hurt and it’s a great step-by-step instruction on starter and bread making if you need it. I have been playing with different bread recipes: homemade …