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Borders® Celebrates the Grand Opening of its New Concept Store in
National City, Calif. May 9-11
Borders will celebrate the grand opening
of its newest concept store beginning Friday, May 9, through Sunday, May
11, at its new store in National City, Calif., located at the intersection
of Sweetwater Road and Plaza Bonita Road in the Westfield Plaza Bonita
mall. The 23,214-square-foot concept store represents a significant enhancement
over existing Borders stores inside and out and fulfills the company’s
mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and entertainment. MORE
INFO
Mysterious Gallery throwing a big 15 year
Anniversary Party on May 10th. See Calendar for details.
Amazon steers publishers to its own POD facilities
E-commerce site Amazon.com is requiring publishers of print-on-demand
books to use its digital print facilities if they want to sell their titles
on the Web site at no additional charge and qualify for free shipping
to purchasers. This push promotes its BookSurge self-publishing division.
Amazon acquired BookSurge in 2005. The division offers publishing, inventory-free
fulfillment and online distribution services for independent publishers.
Smith said BookSurge's pricing is “highly competitive” with competing
services.
Publishers who choose not to print their books through BookSurge can
still sell their titles through Amazon by enrolling in the Advantage program,
which costs $29.95 per year plus 55% of the list price of each book.
Read more about this subject at:
More on Amazon/BookSure
from the Internet
(On his Book Marketing Newsletter, John Kemer recommends that you don't
give either Amazon or Lightning Source an exclusive. Use BookSurge for
Amazon and Lightning Source for Ingram and other distributors.) 4/3
Free Telconfrence for Book Expo America – see Calendar May 9th
Writers Conference in Tuscany
The La Jolla Writers Conference has teamed up with Il Chiostro, a company
that has been presenting arts-related workshops in Italy since 1995, to
present a special week long writers conference featuring me, best-selling
author Wendy Corsi-Staub and publishing marketing specialist Antoinette
Kuritz. June 28 – July 5, 2008. One can’t have this experience anywhere
else. Michael Mele and Linda Mironti, Il Chiostro organizers, know where
to go, how to avoid tourist traps and how to make the best food – at home
with their own chefs.
The best thing is, participants pay for the trip in advance in dollars,
thereby avoiding the terrible Euro exchange rate. Traveling to Europe
is affordable again AND they get a week of one-on-one interaction with
industry professionals, which I’ve rarely, if ever, seen with writers
conferences. Learn more here:
http://www.ilchiostro.com/San%20Fedele-Writing.htm. Or just
call up Linda at 800-990-3506
PWSD Has a NEW MEETING LOCATION
Publishers & Writers of San Diego is now meeting
at the Encinitas Community Library (The New One!) 540 Cornish Avenue,
Encinitas, 92024; call 760-753-7376. Directions: www.publisherswriters.org.
Everyone is Welcome but it will cost you $10 Members for members and $15
Non-Members.
New PWSD Online Discussion Group
In case you’ve missed the news, PWSD has a new Yahoo dicussion group.
It’s a great
way to share ideas, ask questions and network with other PWSD members
between
meetings. For example, if a burning question about book promotion is keeping
you up at night, you don't have to lose sleep! Instead, just send an email
to pwsd@yahoogroups.com.
Everyone in our group will see your request and have an opportunity to
respond with their insights, experiences or resources. It's a nice way
to easily help one another and build relationships. To join, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pwsd
and follow the prompts. If you don't already have a Yahoo! account, you'll
need to set one up, but that's pretty fast and straightforward.
Read the message
to the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II 4/16
African American Writing Awards
The African American Writers and Artists, Inc., SanDiego, in Collaboration
with the Malcolm X LIbrary & Performance Arts Center is sponsoring
the Sixth Annual Writing Awards. The deadline is May 31 for submissions.
Go to http://www.charityadvantage.com/aawasd/WritingAwards2008.asp.
Monthly Sunday Book Brunch Bunch
Now is the time to sign up for an invitation to our Sunday brunch for
local writers. The Brunch is a good way to meet your fellow authors across
a table, one to one. To be included on our invitation list for the Writers
Brunch this month, send your email address to: editor@SDWriteWay.org.
Check the May 11 Calendar notice for additional information.
Hey! Don't be so serious. Check
out some of the jokes at the bottom of this eZine.
If you want to stay current on writing
events and news, you need to check the eZine more than once a month. We
get new listings all the time which we did not receive in time for the
first of the month eMail.
All functions ofThe Writers, Inktake place at The Ink Spot located at
730 13th Street, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92101 unless otherwise noted.
Check their website for additional information on their programs on their
website at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
First Fridays; Dime Stories Live
San Diego, at 7 pm at The Grove in South Park. Bring 3 minutes (and only
3 minutes) of your best prose and join host Amy Wallen and the writers
for San Diego’s only open mic prose-only reading.
Brown Bag Writing Group;
Tuesdays, Noon, at The Ink Spot, $5 donation requested.
Thursday
Writers; Thursdays at 5 pm, Lestat's West coffeehouse, 3343 Adams
Ave., Normal Heights, $5 donation requested.
Room
to Write: A free program that dedicates quiet time at The
Ink Spot for The Writers, Ink
members, is open the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, from 1 to 5 pm,
with host Nicole Vollrath.
Risk & Reward Read & Critique: The Writers, Ink
still has room for one or two more writers of prose—fiction or nonfiction,
in their Risk & Reward Read & Critique group which meets the first
and third Monday of each month, 6:30-9:30 pm. Roger Aplon leads. Submit
up to five pages to rogeraplon@gmail.com.
Screenwriting
Read & Critique: Saturdays, 3-5 pm, at The Ink Spot.
Writer's
Salon: the last Monday of each month, at The Ink Spot.
Dime
Stories Live: first Friday (June 6) of every month at The
Grove in South Park.
Room
to Write: open writing session, first and third Sunday of
the month, 1-5 pm at The Ink Spot.
Fri.
May 9 - 11 —Borders will celebrate the grand
opening of its newest concept store beginning Friday, May 9, through Sunday,
May 11, at its new store in National City, Calif., located at the intersection
of Sweetwater Road and Plaza Bonita Road in the Westfield Plaza Bonita
mall. The 23,214-square-foot concept store represents a significant enhancement
over existing Borders stores inside and out and fulfills the company’s
mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and entertainment. MORE
INFO
Sun.
May 11 — The no-host monthly Sunday Brunch for all San Diego
writers will meet at 10 am at the Terra Restaurant, next door to the Joyce
Beers Community Center in the Uptown Shopping Center in Hillcrest, across
from Trader Joe's.
For directions and menu, go tohttp://www.Terrasd.com.
There should be ample parking in Ralph's lot at 10am. ASK FOR THE WRITERS'
GROUP.
Please RSVP to editor@SDWriteWay.org
, but don't let that stop you if you decide to come at the last moment.
Bon Appetit! PLEASE FORWARD TO ANY WRITERS YOU KNOW..
Sun.
May 11 — Poetry Series every Second Sunday 3 pm at Open
Door Books, 4761 Cass Street, Pacific Beach; (858) 270-8642.
Sat.
May 17 — Romance Writers of America, San Diego Chapter Mini-Conference
meets at 8:30–3:30 pm. Harlequin/Silhouette editor Natashya Wilson and
agents Laurie MacLean of the Larsen-Pomada Agency, Kelly L. Mortimer of
the Mortimer Literary Agency and Kevan Lyon of the Sandra Dijsktra Agency
will be joining us for an afternoon of open and honest discussion about
the romance publishing industry. Fee for attending, plus $10 to pitch
your book. Location: 845 Chestnut Street, Escondido, CA. Info and Register:
www.rwasd.com.
Sat.
May 17 — 14th Annual San Diego Book & Writing Awards.Reception
6:00 p.m., Awards 7:00, Dessert 9:00. Guest Speaker: Steve Kowit, poet
and winner of the 2006 Theodore Geisel Award. $28 donation. Location:
AMN Healthcare Building, 12400 High Bluff Drive. Info and Register: www.sdbookawards.org
Sun.
May 18 — Don't forget about the first Clutter Control
Seminar! We know you have books
that you really need to give away ... Local author and professional organizer
Taffy Cannon will help you manage your excess inventory and find a home
for the books you no longer need.
Don't miss this special event. For more information contact: Mysterious
Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego, CA
92111; 858-268-4747; email mgbooks@mystgalaxy.comor visit http://www.mystgalaxy.com.
Sat.
May 24 — Upcoming PWSD Meeting & OPEN FORUM
from 10:30 am to noon with doors opening at 10:00 am at their new location
at the Encinitas Public Library, 540 Cornish Avenue. $10 members and $15
guests.
Sun.
May 25 — Deadline for the 2008 New York Book Festival
for their annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition
from the world’s publishing capital. The event will be held in June, 2008.
For additional information, go to: http://www.newyorkbookfestival.com.
Mon.
May 26 — Speaker ( Note: this is Memorial Day) at San
Diego Writers & Editors Guild, Joyce Beers Center, University
& Vermont by Trader Joe's at 6:30 pm for netwoking and 7 pm for the
program. Yvonne Nelson Perry, well-known writer, teacher, speaker and
seminar presenter at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, will present
her popular program featuring four guest experts who will speak on fiction,
non-fiction, memoirs and poetry. For additional informatin and directions,
go to http://www.SDWritersGuild.org.
$5 for non-members.
Tue.
May 27 – 29 —PMA University & BookExpo America:
Register at the PMA website http://www.pma-online.org/pmau/2008/template.aspx.
Publishing University, sponsored by PMA, the Independent Book Publishers
Association, is an internationally recognized three-day program for new
and experienced publishers. The program is organized by independent publishers
for independent publishers and is appropriate for all functional areas,
at any level of expertise, and for anyone who wants to start––and grow––a
book publishing company (either print or electronic). This Year’s Theme:
Creative Strategies for Growth, Profit and Success here. For more Information:
Terry Nathan, 310-372-2732 or terry@pma-online.org.
The cost to display is $85 per title, but space is nearly gone. To register,
go to http://www.pma-online.org/pubresources/exhibits.aspx.
Thur.
May 29 –June 1 — BOOK EXPO AMERICA at the LA
Convention Center, Los Angeles.Publishers of all sizes find BookExpo America
to be the perfect place for putting fall releases in the hands of retailers
and booksellers around the country. BookExpo America features over 1200
Publishers - including all major U.S. houses, university presses, independent
presses, international publishers and small presses. It is the largest
show for the U.S. retail book - buying community (bookstores, gift stores,
catalogs, premium, internet retailers).
Fri.
May 31 — The deadline for submissions to The African
American Writers and Artists, Inc., SanDiego, who in Collaboration
with the Malcolm X LIbrary & Performance Arts Center are sponsoring
the Sixth Annual Writing Awards. The deadline is May
31 for submissions. Go to http://www.charityadvantage.com/aawasd/WritingAwards2008.asp.
Sat.
May 31 — Underground America is the newest title from
the McSweeney's Voice of Witness series. Join us for a panel discussion
with assistant editor and immigration attorney Corinne Goria, Cal State
San Marcos professor Marcos Martinez, and award-winning local novelist
Patricia Santana-and we'll hear some of the powerful stories featured
in the book at 7 pm. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
May 31 — Poetry Un-Slam: An all-star lineup featuring Jim Babwe,
Janet Baker, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Terry Hertzler, Jackleen Holton, Steve
Kowit, Fred Longworth, Oriana Ivy Warwick, Megan Webster, and others.
May 31, 6 - 9 pm, The event is free and open to the public. Open
Door Books, 4761 Cass Street, Pacific Beach. 858-270-8642.
JUNE
Sat.
Jun. 1 — "Dialogue," an exhibit of work by Jim Bliesner
in the Arts Council Gallery at the Ink Spot. Join the artist for an opening
reception at 5:30 pm. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Wed.
Jun. 4 — Write It In Six Weeks: A class to start and finish a
short project with popular instructor Marni Freedman. More Info Online
at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
Jun. 7 — WORKSHOP: Change Your Thoughts Change Your Writing
Life: Join Sara Lewis at 10 am to hit that "reload"
button on your creativity, motivation, optimism, and empowerment. Change
Your Thoughts, Change Your Writing Life. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Tue.
Jun. 10 — Poetry on the Page and for the Ear: with poet and Grossmont
College instructor Sydney Brown. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
Jun. 21 — WORKSHOP: Writing the Travel Story:
Sought-after world traveler and world traveler writer Jim Benning is back
long enough to lead journeyers in Writing the Travel Story, a three-hour
workshop at 10 am. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Thur.
Jun 26 — Elements of the Craft: Learn and practice Elements of
the Craft-Techniques for Prose Writers with writer, teacher and SDW, Ink
executive director Judy Reeves. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sun.
Jun. 28 - Jul. 5 —Want to go to Italy for a writing
conference? The La Jolla Writers Conference has teamed up with
Il Chiostro, to present a special week long writers conference featuring
literary agent Taryn Fagerness, best-selling author Wendy Corsi-Staub
and publishing marketing specialist Antoinette Kuritz. Learn more at http://www.ilChiostro.com.
Mon.
Jun. 30 — SDW, Ink's Writer's Salon the last
Monday of each month. Features special guest host Seema Sueko, artistic
director of Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
JULY
Tue.
Jul. 1 — Poetry on the Page and for the Ear: with poet and Grossmont
College instructor Sydney Brown. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Tue.
Jul. 8 — Keep the Memoir Going: Tom Larson returns with another
memoir class, Keep the Memoir Going. Register early for this one; it's
sure to fill. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Wed.
Jul. 9 —Write It In Six Weeks: A class to start
and finish a short project with popular instructor Marni Freedman. More
Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
Jul. 12 — The 2008 Hollywood Book Festival will
hold its annual daytime festival celebrating books that deserve greater
recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities
on Saturday, July 12 at The Grove at Farmers Market, one of the premiere
entertainment, shopping and dining destinations in Hollywood. Presented
in conjunction with Barnes & Noble Booksellers, the Hollywood Book
Festival will feature author readings/signings, book publishing panels,
live music, book vendors, clowns offering face painting and balloon animals
and the bustling ambiance of the Grove's center square. With an anticipated
20,000 attendees expected, it's an event authors and publishers won't
want to miss. More information on vendor slots can be obtained by e-mailingHollywoodBKFest@aol.com. Based in the capital of
show business, the Hollywood Book Festival aims to (1) spotlight literature
worthy of further consideration by the talent-hungry pipeline of the entertainment
industry; and (2) facilitate getting those works into the proper hands
for consideration. The festival will consider published, self-published
and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage,
how-to, audio/spoken word, 'zines, comics, e-books, fan fiction, wild
card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, genre-based and biography/autobiography
works.
All entries must be in English. Our grand prize for the 2008 Hollywood
Book Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to Los Angeles
for our gala awards ceremony during our day festival in July, 2008. More
prizes will be announced shortly. TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online athttp://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed
to you. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee
via check, money order or PayPal online payment of $75 in U.S. dollars
for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry
must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
Sat.
Jul. 12 — WORKSHOP: Getting Published: And after
the writing, you'll want to publish. Find out how in Midge Raymond's workshops:
Getting Published, Part I: Finding the Right Homes for Your Short Stories,
Poems and Essay. Workshops start at 10 am. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Thur.
Jul. 17 — Elements of the Craft: Learn and
practice Elements of the Craft-Techniques for Prose Writers with writer,
teacher and SDW, Ink executive director Judy Reeves. More Info Online
at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
Jul. 19 — WORKSHOP: Getting Published: And after
the writing, you'll want to publish. Find out how in Midge Raymond's workshops:
Getting Published, Part I: Finding the Right Homes for Your Short Stories,
Poems and Essays. Getting Published, Part II, Pitching Manuscripts and
Book Proposals to Agents & Editors. Workshop start at 10 am. More
Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sun.
Jul. 20 — SDW, Ink's 3rd Annual Authors & Art
celebration in collaboration with San Diego Pride Festival and the San
Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park. 10:30 am at SDAI. More Info Online
at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Mon.-
Fri. Jul. 21 - 25 — SDSU Teen Writers Academy. New program for
8–12th graders 8:30 am – 4:00 pm. Students will create and develop characters
though multi media; write about themselves as writers as they explore
the writing process, their writing history, and their writing future;
and meet local authors and industry experts. Fee $299. Location: SDSU
Extended Study/Gateway Centers. Info: Contact Wendy Evers, 619-594-7078.
Wed.
Jul. 23 — Getting the Whole Story: And Geoff Bouvier is back
with another class, a first for SDW, Ink-Getting the Whole Story: The
Ins and Outs of Long-Form Magazine Journalism. If you've always wanted
to write a cover story for The Reader or another alternative publication,
join Geoff. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Tue.
Jul. 24 — Writing Series Mysteries: with six-time mystery novelist
Michelle Scott. Stay tuned for more at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
Jul. 26 – Sun. Jul. 27 —Vuelos Literarios: A Red CalacArts
Writing Series. In the tradition of nourishing and promoting
creative voices of resistance, the Red CalacArts Collective aka the Redz
(a project of Calaca Press) is sponsoring its first annual writer’s workshop
series, Vuelos Literarios. Recognizing the need to produce, nurture and
guide community based writers the Redz hope to create the next generation
of Calaca Press authoWorkshop will take place which will take place 10am-2pm
at the Front, 147 W. San Ysidro Blvd. Email redcalacarts@cox.net.
Sun.
Jul. 27 — Another annual event: SDWI's Community and Membership
Meeting combined with a redux of last year's popular Great Book Exchange.
5 pm at Eveoke Dance Theater in North Park. Details will be posted on
www.sandiegowriters.org
soon.
Mon.
Jul. 28 — SDW, Ink's Writer's Salon the last
Monday of each month. Featured will be There and Back Again:
The Elements of the Well-Told Tale with writer and storyteller
Sarah Saulter. Bring a friend and join us at 7 pm, at The Ink Spot. More
Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Mon.
Jul. 28 - Aug. 2 — Orson Scott Card's Writing Class and Literary
Boot Camp. Hone your writing skills with Orson Scott Card. For more details,
including the Boot Camp writing sample submission deadline, visit his
official web site at: http://www.hatrack.com/.
AUGUST
Sun.
Aug. 10 — Hillcrest City Fest featuring the Book Block,
a space set apart for us readers and writers and celebrators of literature.
Fifth Avenue & Ivy Lane. 10 am - 5 pm in Hillcrest.
Tue.
Aug. 12 — Keep the Memoir Going: Tom Larson returns with another
memoir class, Keep the Memoir Going. Register early for this one; it's
sure to fill. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Wed.
Aug. 13 — Getting the Whole Story: And Geoff Bouvier is back
with another class, a first for SDW, Ink-Getting the Whole Story: The
Ins and Outs of Long-Form Magazine Journalism. If you've always wanted
to write a cover story for The Reader or another alternative publication,
join Geoff. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sun.
Aug. 16 — 8th Annual Prose & Poetry in the Park. An open
mic festival of poetry hosted by Jihmye Collins and featuring: You. Bring
your poems and meet us at the Poetry Bench, 6th Avenue and Quince in Balboa
Park, 3 - 5 pm. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Sat.
Aug. 23 — WORKSHOP: Award-winning writer, photographer and multi-media
artist Jan Phillips leads one of her popular workshops, The Yin
and Yang of The Writing Life. You won't want to miss this all-day
workshop that explores the quiet practice of creative discipline and the
more active, aggressive act of getting our work out into the world. Register
early. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Thur.
May 15 — Sandy Brewer: Discusses and signs, Pursuit
of Light, Borders, 878 Eastlake Parkway,
Chula Vista, 6:30 pm, (619) 482-9883.
Thur.
May 15 — Chris Stiehl: Discusses and signs, Pain
Killer Marketing, Borders Mission Valley,
1072 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, 7 pm, (619) 295-2201.
Thur.
May 15 — Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, at
7:30 pm,will host authors Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, who will discuss
and sign Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the
Other China. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347. Background: This is your opportunity to learn a little
about China before the Olympics. For more than 25 years, both separately
and together, the authors have journeyed all over the outlying regions
of China, sampling local home cooking and street food, making friends,
and taking lustrous photographs. Here they offer a bold new cookbook with
magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.
Fri.
May 16 — Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, at
7:30 pm, at will host New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen,
who will discuss and sign The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return
to a Ruinous Sport. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347. Background: Ever wonder how to retrieve a sunken golf
cart from a snake-infested lake? Or which club in your bag is best suited
for combat against a horde of rats? If these and other sporting questions
are gnawing at you, The Downhill Lie, Carl Hiaasen’s hilarious
confessional about returning to the fairways after a 32-year absence,
is definitely the book for you. Hiaasen’s chronicle of his shaky return
to this bedeviling pastime and the ensuing demolition of his self-esteem
– culminating with the savage 45-hole tournament – will have you rolling
with laughter. Yet the bittersweet memories of playing with his own father
and the glow he feels when watching his own young son belt the ball down
the fairway will also touch your heart. Forget Tiger, Phil and Ernie.
If you want to understand the true lure of golf, turn to Carl Hiaasen,
who has written an extraordinary book for the ordinary hacker.
Sat.
May 17 — Local Reporter and Author, Caitlin Rother, signs TWISTED
TRIANGLE. The subtitle says it all: A Famous Crime Writer,
a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent Revenge.
Event Time: 2:00 pm. For more information contact: Mysterious
Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego, CA
92111; 858-268-4747; email mgbooks@mystgalaxy.comor visit http://www.mystgalaxy.com.
Sat.
May 17 — Chris Stiehl will be signing Pain Killer
Marketing at 2 pm at Borders Carmel Mountain, 11160 Rancho
Carmel Dr., San Diego, (858) 618-1814.. This will be of interest to small
businessmen and women and should be of interest to large company’s, too.
He reveals ways to get what would normally be high-priced marketing information
for a fraction of the cost. The secret –listen to your customers.
Sat.
May 17 — Popular local author Taylor Wilshire will discuss her
new book, The Book of Mom, at 2 pm at La Jolla/Riford
Branch Library, 7555 Draper Ave., 858-552-1567. This funny, inspirational
and thought- provoking story embraces the core of motherhood today as
it takes readers along on a journey of self-discovery and healing. The
story is both entertaining and enlightening. Wilshire poses the question
that every mom asks at one time or another…Is there room for me in mommy?
With humor and raw honesty, she goes in search of the answer to this question
in a story that is both entertaining and enlightening. Every mom will
recognize the challenges of tackling the larger issues of life while keeping
up with the exhausting day-to-day routine and will appreciate seeing that,
with help, anyone can find inward and outward balance. Taylor Wilshire
is also the award-winning author of The What-If Guy. Her path has included
corporate success as the vice-president of sales for a Fortune 500 company
as well as a spiritual quest which resulted in her becoming an ordained
minister.
Sat.
May 17 — Author, William Swank, discusses and signs, From
Padres to Petco at Borders, 878 Eastlake Parkway , Chula
Vista , 2 pm, (619) 482-9883.
Sun.
May 18 — A new book titled My Goodness: My Kids,
Cultivating Decency in a Dangerous World, is out in print
and ready to party. Join the author, Nesta Aharoni, 2 pm to 5 pm at the
Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Avenue, 619-291-8221, or cell at the event,
760-420-9297.
2:00 p.m. Social and Signing
3:00 p.m. Talk by Author
3:30 p.m. Demonstration
4:00 p.m. Chapter Reading
4:30 p.m. Social and Signing
Mon.
May 19 — Handwriting Expert and Mystery Author, Sheila Lowe,
signs POISON PEN at 5 pm. Handwriting expert
Claudia Rose assists officials in determining whether a suicide note is
genuine, or a clue to murder. For more information contact: Mysterious
Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego, CA
92111; 858-268-4747; email mgbooks@mystgalaxy.comor visit http://www.mystgalaxy.com.
Mon.
May 19 —Poet Series (3rd Mondays): FEATURE
POETS: Una Nichols Hynum & Karen Stromberg 7 - 9 pm at Barnes and
Noble Hazard Center (followed by Open Mic). Email: Matt Potter at wordsoup@juno.com.
Tue.
May 20 —Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue,
La Jolla, at 7:30 am, will host host CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz at a special
breakfast fundraising event for the San Diego Alzheimer’s Association.
Jim will discuss and sign Always By My Side: A Father’s Grace
and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other. This is a ticketed
offsite event to be held at La Valencia Hotel, 1132 Prospect Street, La
Jolla. For tickets or more information, please call the store book department
at (858) 454-0347. Background: America’s most visible sports commentator
tells the stories of some of the most dramatic moments in American sports
and pays tribute to the man who inspired him to pursue his broadcasting
dream - his beloved father, who has fallen victim to the ravages of Alzheimer’s
disease. Please join Warwick’s as we honor CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz
and his father with a special breakfast fundraising event for the Alzheimer’s
Association. Your $75 ticket will include admission to the speaking event,
a signed copy of Always By My Side, a delicious La Valencia breakfast,
a $25 donation to the Alzheimer’s Association in Jim’s father’s honor,
and an opportunity to sit at your breakfast table with a local celebrity.
Confirmed guests include Dick Enberg, Jerry Coleman, Randy Jones, Jim
Laslavic, Miss California, Jane Mitchell, and Scott & BR (who will
be broadcasting the event live for their morning radio program). Tickets
are available at Warwick’s for $75 per person, or you may purchase a reserved
table of 9 (10th seat is reserved for a celebrity guest).
Tue.
May 20 —Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue,
La Jolla, at 7:30 pm, at will host La Jolla, bestselling (and local) journalist
Mike Sager will discuss and sign Deviant Behavior.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please
call the store at (858) 454-0347. Background: The first novel from bestselling journalist
Sager offers a mad, vivid, and daring romp through a society in crisis,
telling the story of what happens when one frustrated father decides to
Just Say Yes. Jonathan Seede is the picture of Washington, DC, respectability,
an urban pioneer with a pretty wife, a new baby, and a job at the town’s
most esteemed newspaper. But ten blocks from the White House, on the notorious
Fourteenth Street strip, a war is raging over deviant behavior. And Seede
is on the front lines, deep into a secret freelance project that’s taking
him to places where most people would never dare to go.
Wed.
May 21 — Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:30
pm, at will host philosopher and musician David Rothenberg, who will discuss
and sign Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound..
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please
call the store at (858) 454-0347. Background: In the late 1960’s, two scientists did something
no one had ever thought to do before - they dropped a waterproof microphone
over their boat into the sea. What followed was as astonishing as it was
beautiful, the discovery of whale song. Now, 40 years later, philosopher
and musician David Rothenberg, author of the strikingly original Why Birds
Sing, provides a major new exploration of animal song.
Wed.
May 21 — Best-Selling Suspense Author, John Sandford, signs PHANTOM
PREY at 7 pm. Lucas Davenport works one of the most puzzling
cases of his career at his wife's behest. For more information contact:
Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San
Diego, CA 92111; 858-268-4747; email mgbooks@mystgalaxy.comor visit http://www.mystgalaxy.com.
Thur.
May 22 — The Mother Daughter Club Radio Show,
a segment of By For and About Women Radio Network. Tune in for your favorites
at http://www.themotherdaughterclub.com.
Diane Summers is the author of Parenting Outside the Box,
which offers a unique view into ways that parents can communicate with
each other in order to get on the same page for raising, loving and disciplining
their children. She teaches classes based on her book and has taught college
and high school as well as child development and teacher training classes
for 33 years. She has given many workshops locally and at the state level
through the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Find out the steps you can take with your partner to identify your parenting
style and learn how to work successfully together, even if those styles
are different. http://parentingoutsidethebox.org/author.php
Fri.
May 23 —Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:30
pm, at the bestselling author of the Twilight series Stephenie Meyer will
sign The Host. This is a ticketed offsite event
to be held at the Town and Country Hotel (Atlas Ballroom), 500 Hotel Circle
North, San Diego. For tickets or more information, please call the store
book department at (858) 454-0347. Background: The author of the #1-bestselling Twilight
series delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story
of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. This
may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies. *Tickets are
available for $30 at Warwick’s and include a signed copy of The Host and
one admission ticket to the event. Please call the store book department
at (858) 454-0347 or visit http://www.warwicks.com
for details.
May
24 — Craig Bender: Discusses and signs, Sports Fan
101, Borders, 878 Eastlake Parkway, Chula
Vista, 2 pm, (619) 482-9883.
Wed.
May 28 — Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, at
7:30 pm, at will host bestselling author and historian Alex Kershaw, who
will discuss and sign Escape from the Deep.
Attending the event with Kershaw will be a survivor from the submarine
sinking written about in the book,, Bill “Boats” Liebold. This event is
free and open to the public. For more information, please call the store
at (858) 454-0347. Background: Kershaw presents the adrenaline-soaked true
story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America’s deadliest submarine,
survived its sinkage, and endured months of brutal torture in captivity.
This amazing adventure and survival story, released in time for Memorial
Day, relates the story of the only men to have escaped from a submarine
during WWII.
Fri.
May 30 — Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, at
7:30 pm, will host New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George,
who will discuss and sign Careless in Red. This
event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call
the store at (858) 454-0347.
Background: In this eagerly anticipated novel,
the New York Times bestselling author brings back Scotland Yard’s Thomas
Lynley in a stunning mystery in which he’s caught in the middle of a seemingly
perfect crime.
Sat.
May 31 — Best-Selling Mystery Author, Elizabeth George, signs
CARELESS IN RED ast 2 pm. Scotland Yard's Thomas
Lynley can't escape murder, even while on holiday to recover from his
wife's senseless death. For more information contact: Mysterious
Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego, CA
92111; 858-268-4747; email mgbooks@mystgalaxy.comor visit http://www.mystgalaxy.com.
JUNE
Mon.
Jun. 1 — The San Diego Public Library will host an Author Talk
featuring Risa Levitt Kohn and Rebecca Moore, co-authors of A
Portable God: The Origin of Judaism and Christianity. at
2 pm, Central Library, 820 E Street, downtown San Diego.
Tue.
Jun. 3 —Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue,
La Jolla: New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Lovely,
Melissa Marr, will discuss and sign Ink Exchange
at 7 pm.. This event is free and open to the public. For more information,
please call the store at (858) 454-0347. Background: The author continues her tales of Faery in
a dark, ravishing story of temptation and consequences, and of heroism
when least expected. Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding
in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance
among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court,
is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together.
If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow. Seventeen-year-old Leslie
knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. When she is attracted to
an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she
has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately
craves for her own life. The tattoo does bring changes—not the kind Leslie
has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic.
Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper
and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless
to withstand its perils. . . .
Tue.
Jun. 3 — Young Adult Fantasy Author: Melissa Marr, Title: INK
EXCHANGE. Description: Seventeen year old Leslie gets a
tattoo without knowing it will create an unbreakable bond to the king
of the Dark Faeries. Event Time: 4:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Fri.
Jun. 6 — Best-Selling Young Adult Author: D.J. MacHale, Title:
PENGDRAGON: RAVEN RISES. Description: Bobby
Pendragon's confrontation with Saint Dane looms ... but they are on separate
worlds. Event Time: 7:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sat.
Jun. 7 — Best-Selling Thriller Author: Thomas Perry, Title:
FIDELITY. Description: The murder for hire of a L.A. P.I.
leads to a confrontation between his widow, the killer, and the person
who
arranged the hit. Event Time: 2:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sat.
Jun. 8 — The Writer's Book Club, The Beautiful Things
That Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Mengestu, is the featured book
in the second session of the book club series, which will meet at 3 pm
at the Ink Spot. Gina Cameron leads. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
Mon.
Jun. 9 — Legal Thriller Author: Sheldon Siegel, Title: JUDGMENT
DAY. Description: In the sixth Mike Daly and Rosie Fernandez
thriller, the district attorneys (and ex-spouses) try to defend an accused
murderer with only ten days before his execution. Event Time: 7:00 pm.
Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Wed.
Jun. 11 — Best-Selling Crime Author: John Connolly, Title:
THE REAPERS. Description: Private detective Charlie Parker's
friends Louis and Angel are the focus of the new novel by the author of
EVERY DEAD THING. Event Time: 7:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Fri.
Jun. 13 — Best-Selling Legal Thriller Author: Steve Martini,
Title: SHADOW OF POWER. Description: A controversial
author's murder in a San Diego hotel room has consequences that reach
back to America's Founding Fathers. Event Time: 7:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy;
Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sat.
Jun. 14 — San Diego Crime Author: Don Winslow, Title:
THE DAWN PATROL. Description: San Diego surfer and P.I.
Boone Daniels and his surfing buddies look into an insurance scam along
our local beaches. Event Time: 2:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Mon.
Jun. 16 —Barnes & Noble Poetry Series 2008.
Monday, June 16. Feature poets Gabriela Anaya Valdepena and Chris Vannoy
present their new book, Twenty Poems for Against Love and
A Song for the Air. Open mic follows. 7 pm. Host: Seretta
Martin. Barnes & Noble, Hazard Center, 163 & Friars Road East.
Email: wordsoup@juno.com
Fri.
Jun. 20 — Best-selling Suspense Author: Jeffery Deaver, Title:
THE BROKEN WINDOW. Description: Lincoln Rhymes
and Amelia Sachs face a clever killer who not only accesses data mines
to find his victims, but also to frame innocents for their murders. Event
Time: 7:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Fri.
Jun. 27 — Mystery & Suspense Author: David Rosenfelt, Title:
DON'T TELL A SOUL. Description: A chance encounter
in a bar leads to Tim Wallace's knowing a stranger's deadly secret. Event
Time: 7:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sat.
Jun. 28 — Southern CA Suspense Author: Brett Battles, Title:
THE DECEIVED. Description: Crime scene "cleaner"
Jonathan Quinn is distressed when asked to dispose of a body that belongs
to a close friend. Event Time: 12:30 pm. Mysterious Galaxy;Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sat.
Jun. 28 — Epic Fantasy Author: Lynn Flewelling, Title:
SHADOWS RETURN. Description: Nobles, spies and con artists
Seregil and Alex are captured and enslaved in the fourth fantastic Nightrunner
adventure. Event Time: 2:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sun.
Jun. 29 — Mystery Author: Elizabeth Zelvin, Title:
DEATH WILL GET YOU SOBER, Description: Addiction counselor
Zelvin's debut mystery is set in the community of AA meetings in New York.
Event Time: 2:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sun.
Jun. 29 — Local Author: Jincy Willett, Title: THE
WRITING CLASS. Description: Someone in Amy Gallup's writing
class is crafting a real life murder scenario. Event Time: 2:00. Mysterious
Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sun.
Jun. 29 — Best-Selling Adventure Author: James Rollins, Title:
THE LAST ORACLE. Description: SIGMA Force must
act to stop a well-intentioned scientific experiment to "create"
a new prophet when it spawns horrifying results that threaten the whole
world. Event Time: 4:00 pm. Mysterious Galaxy; Http://www.mystgalaxy.com
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302.
Sun.
Jun 29 — Join author and SDCC professor Laurel Corona when she
reads from her new book, Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust
Story of Love and Partisan Resistance at 7 pm at the Ink
Spot. More Info Online at: www.sandiegowriters.org.
LOOKING
AHEAD
Jul
13 - 19 — Idyllwild Arts Poetry Week is in the beautiful Idyllwild
mountains above Palm Spring and Hemit. Special guest: Ted Koozer, (former
US Poet Laureate) Marie Howe, and more. Email: Matt Potter at wordsoup@juno.com.
Jul.
21 — Jack McCarthy will present his books: Too Old to Make Excuses,
Grace Notes, Actual Grace Notes, Say Goodnight Grace Notes, and disGrace
Notes at Barns and Noble Grossmont Center 7:30 - 9 pm.. (Open Mic follows).
Email: Matt Potter at wordsoup@juno.com.
Aug. 18 — Lynn Thompson, the 2008 Winner of the New Writers
Award, Great Lakes College Association for her book: Beg No Pardon. Barns
and Noble Grossmont Center 7:30 - 9 pm. (Open Mic follows). Email: Matt
Potter at wordsoup@juno.com.
Sept.
15 — Barns and Noble Grossmont Center presents Lizzy Wan &
Robert O' Sullivan Schleith at 7:30 - 9 (Open Mic follows). Email: Matt
Potter at wordsoup@juno.com.
Check
out our latest Dramatic Reviews by our own drama queens
(I mean queens of drama).
Theatre Review
Editor, Peggy Lipscomb-Kazwara is accepting applications from qualified
persons for inclusion on our review staff. We are especially looking for
someone to cover North County. Please contact her at pslips@cox.net.
by Noel Coward at the Coronado Playhouse. Showing now through June 1,
2008. Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. Call 619-435-4856
or www.coronadoplayhouse.com
for ticket information.
It lit up Balboa Park at the San Diego Junior Theater. This is in the
Casa del Prado Theater. It runs from April 25-May 11, 2008. Fridays at
7pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. ASL-Interpreted performance at 2pm
on Saturday, May 10,2008. This show is recommended for all ages. http://www.JuniorTheater.com
Performances
at North Coast Repertory Theatre. April 12 – May 11, 2008.
For tickets and more information call the North Coast Rep Box Office
at (858) 481-1055 or on-line at www.northcoastrep.org.
Tickets may also be purchased at the Box Office window. The Box Office
is located at 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Ste. D Solana beach, CA 92075. Box
Office hours are daily 12pm to 4pm and performance days from 12pm to 6pm/
Run, don't walk to your phone or computer and buy tickets for this production!!!
You only have 6 more days to catch this fabulous production of a wonderful
mystery writer's play. Actually it only runs on Thursdays, Friday, Saturday
evenings and Sunday matinee, so that cuts your choices down to 4.
Call the box office at (619) 435-4856 or sit down to your computer and
go to http://www.coronadoplayhouse.com.
Performances will take place at the New Village Arts Theatre's beautiful
new theatre space in Carlsbad Village April 19 - May 18, 2008, Thursdays
and Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 3 PM and 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. General
admission tickets are $26, senior/student/military are $22 and groups
of six or more are $20. San Diego residents are encouraged to take advantage
of Coaster train service to and from the Saturday 3 PM matinees. There
are also two "pay-what-you-can" previews on Thursday, April
17th at 8 PM and Friday, April 18th at 8 PM.
What:
Stage, Screen, and Television ACTORS, Conference
Where: San Diego State University - Conference Center
When: April 26, 2008, Saturday, 8:00 am. to 5:30 pm.
Cost: $150
Who: Actors, 11 years old to adults (parents must accompany children under
15).
Contact: Diane Dunaway - email Ddunaway@aol.com
or (858) 484-857; http://www.actorsconferences.com
Why: Join us to meet, network with and learn from top casting directors,
agents, and artistic directors for stage, film, television, commercials
and voice-overs. Listen to lectures and participate or observe master
classes and show off your 'stuff' in audition appointments. Get direct
feedback from professionals looking for talent right now.
Bleacher
Bums Reviewed by Peggy Lips-Kaz Do you like baseball? Do you like sports? Do you like to watch
people? If you answered “yes to any of those questions, You want to get
to Chula Vista and see the OnStage Playhouse production of Bleacher
Bums. The show will continue until April 5, 2008. For tickets, call
619-422-7787 or visit their website
www.onstageplayhouse.org.
Dancing
In the Dark Reviewed by Diane Dunaway
Times: 7:00 pm. Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesday, 8:00 pm Thursdays-Saturdays,
2:00 pm Saturdays and Sundays through April 13; at: The Old Globe Theatre,
Balboa Park , San Diego
Times: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, select 7
p.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays; through March 23; AT: North Coast
Repertory Theatre, 987D Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. Tickets: $26-$40;
Written by: Barbara Lebow and Directed by David Ellenstein. Contact: (858)
481-1055; Web: www.northcoastrep.org.
March 7, 8, and 9th, Maxine
Theatre , 31322 Cole Grade Road , Valley Center , (858) 254-3100 OR email
msjuric@yahoo.com. Tickets available at box office.
Score by Jerry Herman; book
by Michael Stewart; 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays;
4 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; thru March 16 at Lamb's Players Theatre,
1142 Orange Ave., Coronado; Tickets: $26-$56; Info: (619) 437-0600; Web:
http://www.lambsplayers.org.
Curtain: 1:45 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays; 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; thru
April 6 at the Welk Resort Theatre, 8860 Lawrence Welk Dr., Escondido.
Tickets: $58-$63, includes buffet lunch or dinner. Show only (no buffet)
$44-$47. Info: (760) 749-3448. Web: www.welktheatresandiego.com
Theatergoers looking for engaging
plays, creatively directed, dynamically acted and beautifully staged,
should check out the offerings of the University of California at Irvine
Drama Department.
Balboa
Theatre
Read about the restored San Diego's historic theater and their 2008 Inaugural
Season schedule.
To have your
book mentioned here, just send the details to the editor@sdwriteway.org.
If you wish to have your book featured on our website or to have a webpage
of your own, go to Local Authors Books on our website for details.
Jen-Zen
and the One Shoe Diaries
Written by
Julie Ann Shapiro and published by Synerge Books. Brad
Lynberry is a successful photographer who is haunted by the memory of
Jen-Zen. When he finds himself first fascinated then obsessed with lost
shoes, Brad’s sister wonders if he’s driven by artistic inspiration or
if he’s going off the deep end. The answer comes through encounters with
his Grandma who loves birds; a shaman named Red Hawk who tells him to
look in the shadows; and Jonathan the art collector, who leads him to
Swansea where lost shoes keep popping up in a display of whimsy. Time
is running out. Brad must unravel Jen-Zen’s poetic riddles or go mad trying.
Behind
the Badge
This first
book by Harry D. Penny, Jr., a former deputy sheriff with the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department, is a look at the funny side of the "Thin
Blue Line." It is a collection of memories and stories from the purest
source: deputies and officers relating their own experiences and the moments
that carried them through. It's an engaging glimpse into the humorous
side of Southern California law enforcement. The contributors are not
professional writers. They're law enforcement officers. These are the
stories they tell themselves, related here just as comfortably as if they
were unwinding after shift. These stories are an enjoyable read. For additional
information, go to http://www.harrypenny.com/.
Forbidden:
The Revolution
By romance author Samantha Sommersby who has written in a variety of
sub-genres including mystery/suspense and paranormal. Her background in
the psychiatric field is apparent in her work and allows her to bring
a unique perspective to her characters and stories. Samantha's heroes
will sweep you off your feet.
Twenty-five years ago Dell Renfield's father started a revolution. Dell
plans to finish it. Sorcerer, sexy vampire, secret weapon, he's spent
his entire life training for what he believes to be his fate. The one
deterrent he isn't equipped for? Special Agent Alexandria Sanchez. The
signing will be on Saturday, May 10 @ 3 pm at
Mysterous Galaxy.
Marooned
With Very Little Beer
San Diego resident Graham Mackintosh's fourth Baja book has just been
published. Marooned With Very Little Beer is
a humorous and informative account of the two months Graham spent alone
on an island in the Sea of Cortez. The keg of beer shown on the cover
was parachuted down to him on a converted golf umbrella to help him survive
his ordeal. Graham Mackintosh is a man in tune with the land that he loves.
Baja California ! That rugged, cactus-covered, 800-mile-long desert peninsula
in the northwest corner of Mexico . When Baja summons… he goes. Graham
Mackintosh spent two months on the uninhabited 42-mile-long island getting
to know its history and geology, the people who come and go, the creatures
who call it home… and most importantly himself.
In keeping with all his Baja books, this is not just a simple travel
tale, but a deeply moving and probing spiritual insight into the joys
of overcoming life-threatening danger and health-shattering deprivation.
Like an Aztec priest, when obliged to kill, he does so with much heart
searching and reverence. The spiritual significance is never lost… the
quest for meaning never abandoned. Whatever your creed, however much you
are elevated on the path, you will find in this Everyman’s account a journey
open to all who seek, and an eloquent and seemingly, only seemingly, heretical
plea for peace and brotherhood. Baja Detour Press. ISBN 0-9626109-2-5
LCCN 2008901699 Price $16.95 4/2
Inventions
by Paul L. Woodring
Del Mar author Paul L. Woodring's best-selling novel, Inventions, tells
the story of Robert Watson, Jr., an intelligent, educated and hard-working
African American. When he perceives that he will never be more than the
token black employee in predominantly white business corporations, he
sets out to establish his own company and winds up creating an industry.
The novel overlays the African American experience in general with the
challenges faced by black Americans in the high technology world of the
1970s. Readers will follow Watson's journey from Cleveland , Ohio , through
the venture capital halls of northern California ’s Sand Hill Road , to
the business culture and technical innovation of Japan and the glamour
of Los Angeles . Inventions is the story of one man’s search for identity,
for the place he truly belongs, and a love that will make him whole.
“This book is loosely based on my experience in establishing my own
company,” says Woodring, who is a consultant for the medical device industry.
Prior to creating his own firm, Woodring worked in numerous management
capacities for a company specializing in life support ventilation. Under
his direction, the first successful microprocessor-controlled life support
ventilator was designed and commercialized, going on to become the most
used ventilator in the United States . For more information on the author
or Inventions, visit http://www.PaulLWoodring.com.
ISBN: 0-9786107-6-8, $21.95. 3/31
Madam
President and the Admiral
A new book
by Carl Nelson, is a powerful, unforgettable political military thriller
about a woman president who sends her lover to war against China. An excellent
read for men and women.” — Lionel Van Deerlin, Former U.S. Congressman,
professor emeritus of journalism, San Diego State University, and columnist
for the San Diego Union-Tribune. “Let me play this back,” President Cass
said as she scanned her advisors. “Russia and China are poised to fight
over a border dispute and an oil pipeline. If war breaks out, they will
need to replace that oil. They expand by taking the Spratly Islands, then
take control of the mid-East oil trade route and risk a world war? China
fights Russia and takes us and Taiwan on at the same time? None of it
makes sense.” She took a deep breath. “I have followed China and this
is out of character. For goodness’ sake, China was our ally during WWII.”
A sequel to Nelson’s earlier novel, Secret Players. Order:1-800-519-2465,
or go to www.newcenturypress.com
(ISBN: 978-1-890035-66-2) $16.95 3/11
Alexis
Ahrens new book Baby’s Little Log Book
New parents are tired, overwhelmed, and often unsure about how to do
their best with a helpless new baby. Though babies need very little, anticipating
those needs correctly can mean the difference ‘between a screaming baby
and a good night’s sleep. Baby’s Little Log Book helps parents
keep track of the details of their baby ‘s schedule. Its simple page-a-day
layout makes it easy to notice patterns and trends so parents can feel
confident as experts on their own baby. Baby’s Little Log Book also has
a section on each page for jotting down milestones, moods, medications
and more. This handy book makes a thoughtful and practical gift. For more
information or to order your copies, visit www.littlelogbook.com. Mention
PWSD in your order and receive free shipping. Ten percent of all profits
from Baby’s Little Log Book are donated to Autism Speaks, an organization
aiming to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum
disorders. Alexis is a write-at-home mom, naptime entrepreneur, and PWSD
member living in La Mesa. 3/11
Armando
and the Blue Tarp School
Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson's new book for children.
It is based on the work of David Lynch who teaching the children who live
in the Tijuana Dump. David went to volunteer for a summer in 1980 and
is now in his 28th year. Part of the proceeds from sales benefit his non-profit
organization, Responsibility. Edith and Judith are full-time writers of
children’s books and stories. Fine’s Under the Lemon Moon,
published by Lee & Low Books, was a Parents’ Choice Award Honor book.
Josephson’s biographies of Walt Disney and Beethoven won first place in
the San Diego Book Awards. Websites: www.bluetarpschool.com;
www.edithfine.com; www.judithjosephson.com.
3/11
Linking
Nutrition to Mental Health: A Scientific Exploration
by Ruth Wallace,
local San Diego auhor
Now for sale in the Bookwarren
Amazon Bookstore.3/1
To truly live well – to feel
good, engage in productive activities, enjoy fulfilling relationships
with other people, and be able to adapt to change and cope with adversity
– Americans must start addressing mental health with the same urgency
as physical health. Ruth Leyse-Wallace, PhD, RD reviews scientific research
from around the world and many disciplines to demonstrate how diet, vitamins
and minerals, genetics, and health conditions can affect an individual’s
mental well-being as much as his physical well-being. She explores how
the short-term and long-term intake of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty
acids, proteins, carbohydrates, medications, alcohol and caffeine can
potentially influence mental functioning.
Barzilla
and other Psalms
by Edwin Decker, local
San Diego author.
Edwin Decker is the author
of the column Sordid Tales, a staple of San Diego CityBeat, and
has contributed to the San Diego Reader, the SD Union-Tribune, Riviera
Magazine, Modern Drunkard Magazine, the Seattle Stranger, Tucson Weekly,
Cleveland Scene and other local and national publications. Mr. Decker
has tended bar in San Diego for more than twenty years and these experiences
flavor his book BARZILLA. Now for sale in the
Bookwarren Amazon Bookstore.3/1
Murder
without Pity
by Steve Haberman
A noirish mystery, set in contemporary Paris, but with echoes from that
city's tragic World War II German Occupation. For more information: http://www.parismurdermysteries.com.
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by Susan Vreeland, long time San Diego High School teacher and
now a literary celebirty who was awarded the San Diego Library LOLA 2008
Award.
The paperback edition will be available in bookstores on February 26.
The novel, a New York Times Best Seller and a Book Sense pick, celebrates
art, love, the "joie de vivre" of late 19th century Paris, and
the miracle of perseverance and passion that gave us this painting. The
book is her way to impart its seductive spirit and to offer a personal
Renoir, the poet of joy rendered in color.
"One of the great pleasures of a Vreeland book is looking
at the world through an artist's eyes. . . Susan Vreeland has once again
produced a masterwork, a resurrection of people, events and places long
since gone. Like the painters Vreeland writes about, she too is leaving
her legacy – some of the world's finest examples of historical fiction."
— San Diego Union Tribune
No Perfect People, Please! Wins Honorable Mention
No Perfect People, Please! (Culturelink Press,
Nov. 2007) by Diane Asitimbay and illustrated by Jim Whiting has won an
Honorable Mention for Children's Books at the London Book Festival sponsored
by DIY! Diane Asitimbay performs 11 of her poems in the Audio CD that
comes with the children's collection of verse. Diane plans to take her
poetry performances to local schools and libraries this year. If you'd
like to review her book, or know of a school that would like to schedule
an author visit, please give Diane a call at: Tel. (619) 501-9873.
LAME BRAIN 2008: A Dictionary For The Technically Challenged
by Lynn Manning Ross
It’s rumored three months equals one Web year and that technology reinvents
itself every eighteen months. I certainly buy that because every morning
I awaken to the challenge of relearning what I thought I knew. During
the night, someone rewrote the rules! In an attempt to keep up, I’ll often
ask a technocrat to highlight the latest aspects of a software application
or a new piece of hardware. More times than not, I end up brain dead!
I don’t speak tech and I don’t want to know what this techno-stuff is.
I want to know what it does. Specifically, give me a description in everyday
language so I can understand how it relates to my business model—or life
for that matter. More times than not, technocratic explanations remind
me of how people must have felt when ingenuity moved us from the outhouse
to indoor toilets in the late 1800’s. At one point someone probably asked,
“…and what is this long cord for?” ... Read more! Download this practical,
fun and FREE
PDF reference ebook with over 900 tech terms in everyday
language PLUS email and instant text messaging abbreviations. 3/1
Market your Fiction Book Like Mrs. Field's
Cookies
You can market a poetry, memoir, or novel with short "articles"
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Like an article, set up a dramatic incident from your story. Give it a
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Remember the who, what, where, when, why and how of your fiction book.
Create any one of these into a short piece that resembles an article.
Articles spread the word online about your book. Fiction writers can use
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Book Marketing Myth: I don't have
enough time to market
This complaint is common. While authors may
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Saying you don't have time for this is to say, "I don't want to make
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While important, writing a book isn't enough. It does not sell until it's
published. Publishing doesn't guarantee high sales. In fact publishers
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Marketing is an investment rather than an expense. Don't let your unsold
books go to waste. Reach out to learn how to do what it takes, so you
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readers to a better life.
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Have you dreamed about taking a month or
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Blithe
Spirit
Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jen-Zen
and the One Shoe Diaries 
Behind
the Badge
Forbidden:
The Revolution
Marooned
With Very Little Beer 
Inventions
Alexis
Ahrens new book Baby’s Little Log Book
Armando
and the Blue Tarp School
Linking
Nutrition to Mental Health: A Scientific Exploration 
Barzilla
and other Psalms
Murder
without Pity
Luncheon
of the Boating Party2/15