June 2008
This month: I went under the laser for corrective eye surgery. You can read more about the ongoing saga via My Lasik Experience Lens.
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Eye Absent
I’m away from the computer from June 26 to July 16th to recover from eye surgery.
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New From Finland
Long time BIW member, Christine Hammar (a.k.a Christine in Finland) recently announced an emotionally rewarding writing project her and 8 other women embarked on. They have written stories (one each) about “the thing in our lives that have bothered us most for years and years”. Christine says, “the theme of the stories is how a…
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February 2008
This month: Book-in-a-week was listed for a third year in Writer’s Digest!
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101 Best Websites for Writers
I picked up the February 2008 edition of the Writer’s Yearbook by Writer’s Digest and I’m happy to say that Book-in-a-week is listed for yet another year as one of 101 Best Websites for Writers. That is three years in a row! Under the “Challenges/Creativity” section it says this: “Forget about outlining. Forget about editing….
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Cafe Press Coupon
Thinking about stocking up on some BIC HOK TAM paraphernalia? Cafe Press has a $10 off coupon for purchases of $50 or more. It’s a great deal since the last one was only$5. The BIW Cafe Press shop has t-shirts, mouse pads, notebooks, environmentally friendly bags, mugs, stickers and more. I actually just received a…
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Encouraging Literacy
In the fall of 2007 I came across a website called Book Club Works (it is no longer in service). In short the purpose of the site was to put schools and other organizations in need of books in contact with people and groups wanting to help out by providing new or used books. Through…
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December 2007
This month: I can’t believe it but I’m celebrating my fourth year with BellaOnline; specifically with the Large and Lovely site. Wow. Other than marriage that has to be my longest committment. I’m growing!