A new Web site is offering to send classic books in bite-size installments to your handheld device or e-mail every morning before you go to work, or whenever you want, for free.
The e-mails from Dailylit.com are designed to be read in under five minutes.
“Our audience includes people like us, who spend hours each day [...]
The African American & Hispanic Unity Essay Contest is sponsored by the Historically Black College & University Community.The African American & Hispanic Unity Essay Contest is available to:
1. Graduating High School Seniors
2. Undergraduate College Students
3. Graduate College Students
Scholarship Rules:
You must write an essay that is between 500 and 2,500 words explaining your [...]
The 3rd Annual Book & Health Fair continues to: Promote the forging parnerships in New York’s independent literary scene. So, meeting and mingling with your favorite author is not as far removed as you’d think at this event.
The Atmosphere
Taking place at The Jamaica Market’s Harvest Room the vibe will be [...]
The “3 Rs” of BookCrossing…
Read a good book (you already know how to do that)
Register it there (along with your journal comments), get a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), and label the book
Release it for someone else to read (give it to a friend, leave it on a park bench, donate it to charity, “forget” [...]
Play Scrabble Online
Scrabulous is the best website where you can play Scrabble online for free.
Besides regular Scrabble, you can also play Scrabble via email or get an adrenaline rush playing Blitz Scrabble!
At Scrabulous we have something for all Scrabble lovers. So register now! It’s free, easy, and barely takes a minute.www.scrabulous.com
Duotrope’s Digest is a marvelous database of over 1725 current markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels/collections. Use this site to search for markets that may make a fine home for the piece you just polished. Check them out at www.duotrope.com
Be sure to check out Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at http://www.uctv.tv/library-series
This writers’ series includes lectures from Ray Bradbury, Bill Moyers, George Plimpton and others!
Lorena Daniels, a senior loan officer for a Chicago-based credit union, has just broken up with her live-in boyfriend of four years. Days later, while having lunch with a co-worker at a nearby restaurant, Lorena unknowingly catches the eye of Randall James, their stand-in waiter for the afternoon who doubles as a fulltime chef. Another [...]
YOU CAN BE A PART OF A BOOK TO EMPOWER SINGLE MOMS TO RECLAIM THEIR POWER!
My Daughter’s Keeper, Inc. is searching for single moms raising daughters between the ages of 8-19 to share their stories and reclaim their power by contributing to a book project. Single moms from all [...]