Children's author Rhonda Boulette, a WhipCity Wordsmith since the group's beginnings, will be at the Westfield Farmer's Market at the Church of Atonement on Saturday, December 7th.The church is on the corner of Pleasant and Court Streets in downtown Westfield just past the Athenaeum on the left, same side of the street as the Women's Club but one short block west.
Artistic, crafty Rhonda will have some of her hand-painted repurposed items for sale, as well as copies of her Wolfgang Loses His Whistle storybook with sweet illustrations. We've watched this book evolve in the group and given Rhonda encouragement and support along her path to getting this book into print.
If you can, drop by the Farmer's Market to say Hello to Rhonda this Saturday!
Friday, December 7, 2018
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
137 Books by WhipCity Wordsmith Authors in the Gallery!
Kelly and I have purchased many of the Wordsmiths' books, some before there was even a WhipCity Wordsmiths group. She and I have supported local authors since emerging into the writing world in May of 2015. To date, we have 137 Wordsmiths' novels, anthologies, novellas, picture books, poetry books, and more pictured in the Book Gallery, many of them with a click-the-pic link to a retail site where people can buy your book or some of your fellow Wordsmiths' books.
I encourage you to refer friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, and those you meet at book events to check out the blog site, meet the authors via their bios, and check out their amazing body of work! It's free advertising for you!
Together, we are a talented powerhouse of authors/writers. Let's not keep this a secret just between us!
I encourage you to refer friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, and those you meet at book events to check out the blog site, meet the authors via their bios, and check out their amazing body of work! It's free advertising for you!
Together, we are a talented powerhouse of authors/writers. Let's not keep this a secret just between us!
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Updates
New member Joseph Seal's bio and books have been added to the Authors page and Book Gallery Page.
Claudia Turner's bio and book have previously been added.
And, yes, I tracked down a few more of Glen Ebisch's books to put pictures with titles.
As many book images as possible have been linked to a retail site so anyone you refer to the blog can visit the gallery and click on your book (-s) and find a way to purchase it.
Reminder- many of you are also authors on the blog. Feel free to post. Promote your book, give us your news, tell us what you're reading or working on...Kelly and I just ask that you keep it courteous and straightforward. Thanks!
Claudia Turner's bio and book have previously been added.
And, yes, I tracked down a few more of Glen Ebisch's books to put pictures with titles.
As many book images as possible have been linked to a retail site so anyone you refer to the blog can visit the gallery and click on your book (-s) and find a way to purchase it.
Reminder- many of you are also authors on the blog. Feel free to post. Promote your book, give us your news, tell us what you're reading or working on...Kelly and I just ask that you keep it courteous and straightforward. Thanks!
December Meeting Set- A Little Different!
Blue Umbrella Books is open on Sundays during December. It's quieter downtown with more convenient parking on Sundays, so, I've booked the meeting for Sunday, December 16th, at 1:30PM-3:30PM. That way there's also some daylight remaining when we head home!
I'm making some cookies and brownies and will bring water and soda. Since we're a diverse group, we'll call this our Celebration of Good Cheer and Friendship to Close Out the Year.
Hope to see as many of you as can make it!
I'm making some cookies and brownies and will bring water and soda. Since we're a diverse group, we'll call this our Celebration of Good Cheer and Friendship to Close Out the Year.
Hope to see as many of you as can make it!
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Four Stars for Talk To Me ...
I read Talk To Me by Sonia Ellis back in early November, just about a full year after I purchased the book from Sonia at the Art & Authors Show in October 2017.
Sorry it took so long Sonia!
Children’s books are not a regular part of my literary repertoire but I like to read everything by local authors. This is a really fun story, targeted at 4th-6th graders, that presents some very adult issues about honestly and integrity to some very young adults. In addition to the social issues, the book introduces science, technology, engineering and math as equally important elements of the story.
My full review is on Goodreads. Wonderful story ... I am mailing the book to one of my Good reads friends to share with her daughter!
Sorry it took so long Sonia!
Children’s books are not a regular part of my literary repertoire but I like to read everything by local authors. This is a really fun story, targeted at 4th-6th graders, that presents some very adult issues about honestly and integrity to some very young adults. In addition to the social issues, the book introduces science, technology, engineering and math as equally important elements of the story.
My full review is on Goodreads. Wonderful story ... I am mailing the book to one of my Good reads friends to share with her daughter!
Monday, November 26, 2018
Warm Welcome to our New Wordsmiths!
I just want to take a moment to welcome our two new WhipCity Wordsmiths- Claudia Turner and Joseph Seal. Both authors joined this month. Kelly and I are happy to have them in the group.
Claudia is the author of Scars and Stripes Forever, a modern day thriller set against the backdrop of the JFK assassination. I met her at PumpkinFest in downtown Westfield in October, but unfortunately didn't have an opportunity to speak with her at length, however, I did buy a copy of her book. Bill Westerlind provided her the Wordsmiths info and she contacted me. She attended the November 17th meeting.
I met our other new Wordsmith, Joseph Seal, when he held an author event at Blue Umbrella Books to promote and discuss his first book, a novella entitled The 100-Year Wind in which an evil Shaman seeks revenge on his village by cursing it with a deadly 100-year wind. Joseph is also an artist and did the artwork for the cover and interior of his book. He is a young man with a passion for writing and creating magnificent stories.
I'm glad to see the group growing and transforming with every meeting into the type of group I wanted it to be- a friendly enclave of writers, authors and others who share a passion for the written word and are willing to support one another, share their knowledge, instruct, critique and beta read for one another, and help one another grow as writers. The group is like a battery writers and authors can plug into to recharge their batteries. I know that's how I feel at the end of every meeting- reenergized and ready to write!
Welcome Claudia! Welcome Joseph!
Kelly will be adding info to the Author bio and book gallery pages for Joseph when she has a spare moment.
Claudia is the author of Scars and Stripes Forever, a modern day thriller set against the backdrop of the JFK assassination. I met her at PumpkinFest in downtown Westfield in October, but unfortunately didn't have an opportunity to speak with her at length, however, I did buy a copy of her book. Bill Westerlind provided her the Wordsmiths info and she contacted me. She attended the November 17th meeting.
I met our other new Wordsmith, Joseph Seal, when he held an author event at Blue Umbrella Books to promote and discuss his first book, a novella entitled The 100-Year Wind in which an evil Shaman seeks revenge on his village by cursing it with a deadly 100-year wind. Joseph is also an artist and did the artwork for the cover and interior of his book. He is a young man with a passion for writing and creating magnificent stories.
I'm glad to see the group growing and transforming with every meeting into the type of group I wanted it to be- a friendly enclave of writers, authors and others who share a passion for the written word and are willing to support one another, share their knowledge, instruct, critique and beta read for one another, and help one another grow as writers. The group is like a battery writers and authors can plug into to recharge their batteries. I know that's how I feel at the end of every meeting- reenergized and ready to write!
Welcome Claudia! Welcome Joseph!
Kelly will be adding info to the Author bio and book gallery pages for Joseph when she has a spare moment.
Friday, November 23, 2018
The Kept Woman ... WOW!
I woke up this Friday morning determined to tackle my backlog of book reviews. I finished my review of Karin Slaughter's The Kept Woman. Oh my ... this thing is dark and illicit, absolutely zero sunlight in this story of a murder in an abandon construction site with ties to big money, professional athletes and gang rape. Certainly not for the faint of heart! My review can be found on Goodreads.
Next review... Talk To Me by Westfield author Sonia K. Ellis.
Current reading ... The Scions of Atlantis by Claudia Turner. I am up to page 74 ... Claudia's weave of the current divisive political climate in the nation, USA intelligence agencies and a retro 1960's hippe-esque social activist movement is as captivating and intriguing as the mention of legitimate third parties to stand up against Democratic and Republican Party domination (and corruption???). Brings back pleasant nostalgic feelings of growing up in the 1960s and the enthusiasm of positive change in the air!
Next review... Talk To Me by Westfield author Sonia K. Ellis.
Current reading ... The Scions of Atlantis by Claudia Turner. I am up to page 74 ... Claudia's weave of the current divisive political climate in the nation, USA intelligence agencies and a retro 1960's hippe-esque social activist movement is as captivating and intriguing as the mention of legitimate third parties to stand up against Democratic and Republican Party domination (and corruption???). Brings back pleasant nostalgic feelings of growing up in the 1960s and the enthusiasm of positive change in the air!
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