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‘Woman with a Blue Pencil’ – Characters in a mystery novel that is being rewritten find themselves in conflict in a world that keeps changing – #bookreview

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      Woman with a Blue Pencil Gordon McAlpine Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle   What if the characters in a mystery novel are alive in some other universe, and their world keeps changing, because their book, unknown to them, is being edited and rewritten? And what if one of those characters is … Continue reading ‘Woman with a Blue Pencil’ – Characters in a mystery novel that is being rewritten find themselves in conflict in a world that keeps changing – #bookreview

Idyll Threats: In 1997, a small-town police chief must solve a murder that can expose his deepest secret – #bookreview

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  Idyll Threats Stephanie Gayle Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle Recent and seemingly rapid changes in American society may make some potential readers of this book wonder why it is a big deal that a police chief would try to hide being gay. However, America was a much different world in 1997, when this … Continue reading Idyll Threats: In 1997, a small-town police chief must solve a murder that can expose his deepest secret – #bookreview

THE RELUCTANT MATADOR: Can you have too many good things in one novel? – #mystery #bookreview

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  The Reluctant Matador A Hugo Marston Mystery Mark Pryor Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle I have been a steady Hugo Marston fan since the debut novel for the series, The Bookseller, appeared in 2012. But I will be honest about this fifth book. As much as I like and admire Mark Pryor’s mystery … Continue reading THE RELUCTANT MATADOR: Can you have too many good things in one novel? – #mystery #bookreview

STONE COLD DEAD: In this third Ellie Stone mystery, the ‘girl reporter’ digs deeply into a dark case – #mystery #bookreview

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  Stone Cold Dead An Ellie Stone Mystery James W. Ziskin  Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle   Ellie Stone is a skilled investigator at a time when women are still expected to mainly stay home and take care of their families. The year is 1961, and local citizens call Ellie as “that girl reporter.”She … Continue reading STONE COLD DEAD: In this third Ellie Stone mystery, the ‘girl reporter’ digs deeply into a dark case – #mystery #bookreview

A new mystery from Terry Shames: ‘A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge’ – #bookreview #mystery

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A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge Terry Shames (Seventh Street – paperback, Kindle) The title may be a bit too folksy and over the top for a few hard-core mystery lovers. But the Samuel Craddock investigative series by Terry Shames does an excellent job of capturing the sights, sounds, speech patterns, customs, mannerisms and values … Continue reading A new mystery from Terry Shames: ‘A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge’ – #bookreview #mystery

Little Nation and Other Stories: A noteworthy collection with focuses on key Chicano themes – #fiction #bookreview

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 Little Nation and Other Stories Alejandro Morales Translated from the Spanish by Adam Spires Arte Público Press – paperback At least four key themes infuse the well-written short stories in this important collection: identity, injustice, marginalization, and the Chicano community’s seemingly endless search for space it can comfortably call “home.” The stories’ author, Alejandro Morales, … Continue reading Little Nation and Other Stories: A noteworthy collection with focuses on key Chicano themes – #fiction #bookreview

Bendición: The complete (and excellent) poems of a Manhattan Puerto Rican poet – #poetry #bookreview

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Bendición The Complete Poetry of Tato Laviera Arte Público Press – paperback Before his death in 2013 at age 54, Manhattan poet Tato Laviera achieved fame both for his excellent performance poetry and for his strong advocacy of Puerto Rico as an important part of American life and culture. Laviera was born in Puerto Rico … Continue reading Bendición: The complete (and excellent) poems of a Manhattan Puerto Rican poet – #poetry #bookreview

The Valley – Estampas del valle: Now in bilingual paperback for the first time – #bookreview

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The Valley / Estampas del valle Rolando Hinojosa (Arte Público Press – paperback) The long-turbulent Texas-Mexico border is in the news once again. So this is a timely moment to introduce or reintroduce readers to the famed Klail City Death Trip Series, fifteen books written by Rolando Hinojosa. The series is in a mythical Texas county on … Continue reading The Valley – Estampas del valle: Now in bilingual paperback for the first time – #bookreview

Go APE (Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur) with Guy Kawasaki & Shawn Welch – #bookreview #amwriting

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APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch (Nononina Press, Kindle) Okay, confession time. I know a bit about the book business—what used to be the book business. Years ago, I was a freelance developmental book editor for a trio of well-known publishing houses; I’ve had a couple of book agents; … Continue reading Go APE (Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur) with Guy Kawasaki & Shawn Welch – #bookreview #amwriting

Microsoft Manual of Style (4th Ed.) – Improve your technical communications – #bookreview

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Microsoft Manual of Style Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $29.99; Kindle edition, list price $23.99) Good writers know they need more help than they can find in a dictionary and a thesaurus. So they often have collections of reference books that include such works as the Chicago Manual of Style, the MLA Handbook … Continue reading Microsoft Manual of Style (4th Ed.) – Improve your technical communications – #bookreview