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from Jim three days a week
Notes 2008
Archives
July 1:
Writers On Writing...
Jesse Ball wrote The Way Through Doors...
"Prose has the burden to entertain. The poem, on the other hand,
is the place, of all places even more than philosophy, where you
can get the sharpest look into what thought forms are, without
the burden to entertain. To me, a book of poems is a manual on
thinking, on stripping away weakness from your thought and
having the sharpest, clearest perception. I don't think it's
necessarily a difference of style or content--in a certain way
good writing is good writing; it's the clearest transmission of
thought."
June 29:
Writers On Writing...
 John
Cheever wrote Falconer...
"Loneliness I taste. The chair I sit in, the room, the house,
none of this has substance. I think of Hemingway, what we
remember of his work is not so much the color of the sky as it
is the absolute taste of loneliness. Loneliness is not, I think,
an absolute, but its taste is more powerful than any other. I
think that endeavoring to be a serious writer is quite a
dangerous career."
June 26:
Summer in Spain at the National Gallery of Art...
Luis Melendez...May 17-August 23
The Art of Power...June 28-November 1
see
www.NGA.gov
June 24:
ALA Annual Conference...JULY...Chicago...
see
www.ALA.org ...
June 22:
Last weekend, Paul Dry Books had a display booth at the BEA
(BookExpo America) in New York. There publishers and "book
people" meet in a controlled frenzy to talk about the season's
upcoming books.
We have attended these gatherings since 2000. Each year, we have
a book or two we particularly tout. This year, The Book Shopper
led the list. Since everyone at the BEA is a book shopper,
Murray Browne's book interested everyone who came by.
And who were these happy warriors eager to weigh themselves down
with giveaways of all kinds? Well, some of you were among them:
librarians from libraries small, large, and very small, writers
who were at the BEA to promote their already published work,
writers looking for publishers, printers looking for publishers,
delivery men from Chinese restaurants distributing, every hour
or so, their menus, publicists offering to help publishers get
buzz for their books, software makers who specialize in serving
the book trade, media people from small and big markets--from
obscure blogs to national networks-and remainder folks who will
buy for pennies the overrun copies of last year's would-be hit.
Last, but by far the most important, were the buyers from
bookstores (yes, actual buyers of books), looking for new books
that their customers20back home in Portland or Cincinnati or
Austin might want to read.
These are the folks we most wanted to meet so we can pitch
our titles to them. But all of you are book people and so we're
interested in all of you. Alas we did see many people (maybe
even some of you) who wanted to pitch us.
When a well-put together man in his forties comes up to the
booth and appears quite interested in our titles from several
years past (which we display along with our new books), I assume
he's probably out to sell printing services in China or promote
his ability to get our books buzzed in the media. As for the
work of the fleet-footed courier who deposits all those Chinese
menus, by the end of the BEA we had acquired a library of menus
whose offerings are almost as extensive as the quantity of books
on display at the show.
If you were at the BEA, let us know what your experience was
like. And if some of you have already had a chance to read The
Book Shopper, we would like to hear your thoughts about it.
Sincerely, Paul Dry
Visit us at PAULDRYBOOKS.COM.
Shipping & Handling are always FREE at our website!
June 19:
Greetings Folks,
From the kitchen table, from somewhere out there on the
road:
I just received a grant from the New York Watershed Agricultural
Council and I'll be doing some Trailer Talk picnics in Sullivan
County sharing locally grown foods and addressing issues around
clean water, gas drilling, food and more! I've also been
producing Trailer Talk reports and commentaries for 51% out of
WAMC that broadcasts nationally. Additionally, I received a
grant (which I had to be nominated fo r) from Art Matters for
the Trailer Talk "On The Line" project that I'm still
fundraising for which is about the border between Texas and
Mexico. It deals with ideas of home, identity and belonging.
Joan Wulff, The First Lady of Fly Fishing at Junction Pool in
Roscoe, NY
Of course, I've been busy as you know and Trailer Talks have
included traveling to West Virginia to see and meet the citizens
fighting Mountaintop Removal, Obama's Inauguration, Natural Gas
Drilling forums, Gay Marriage, The Bethel Woods Woodstock
Museum.
Actor Rip Torn and DEC Officer Steingardt at Junction Pool in
Roscoe, NY
Recent shows are: an interview with the First Lady of
fly-fishing, Joan Wulff. She's in her eighties and not only
casting to the awe of all of those around her in th e rivers,
but also continuing to fight to protect the environment around
her. In addition the incredibly wonderful actor Rip Torn joins
me to speak about fishing and acting. Simon Singh and I speak
about the big bang theory and physics theories about the origin
of the earth. I speak with one of the first same sex couples to
marry in New Paltz NY, Thanks Mom, a contemplation on mothers
and my Mother, Dorette, a conversation with John Adams the
founder of the NRDC, Sue Currier the director of the Delaware
Higlands Conservancy and Peter Pinchot from the Milford
Experimental Forest. Finally this week in celebration of
friend's falling in love with vintage trailers and bringing them
to the neighborhood, a conversation with a trailer historian (Al
Hesselbart) from Elkhart, Indiana.
Amazingly, I realized that if everyone that receives my mailing
contributes $20 to Trailer Talk (more of course gleefully
accepted) I could purchase a replacement vehicle to tow the
trailer. It's that or I'll have to start shopping for a team of
Belgian draft horses or some mules to transport us!
Keeping it homemade, Sabrina
Guess What?
TRAILER TALK can now be heard every Friday at 2 PM EST on WJFF
Radio Catskill 90.5 FM (streaming live at wjffradio.org) in
Jeffersonville, New York, the nation's only hydro-powered radio
station.
Podcasts of the show are available at trailertalk.net on the
PROGRAMS page too.
Sabrina Artel's TRAILER TALK is a live performance, a
community event, and a radio broadcast. Its goal is to bring
attention to important issues where least expected, on the
streets and in people's neighborhoods.
Everyone who participates in TRAILER TALK is important to both
the live and the recorded audio event. Thanks so much to
everyone for joining in the conversations!
Safe travels,Sabrina
If you support independent radio, live performance and the voices of your
neighbors speaking for themselves , please help me by making a
contribution to Sabrina Artel's TRAILER TALK. To make tax
deductible donations please contact me directly. Thank you so
much!
June 17:
2009 Fiction & Non-fiction Writing Seminar
NY Palace Hotel...New York City...August 14-16...
see
www.rutgersseminars.com
June 15:
Brooklyn Book Festival
September 13, 2009...
see
www.visitbrooklyn.org
June 12:
Illness and medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of
all bankruptcies
Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001
Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had
insurance
Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1
percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in
the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine that will
be published online Thursday. The data were collected prior to
the current economic downturn and hence likely understate the
current burden of financial suffering. Between 2001 and 2007,
the proportion of all bankruptcies attributable to medical
problems rose by 49.6 percent. The authors' previous 2001
findings have been widely cited by policy leaders, including
President Obama.
Surprisingly, most of those bankrupted by medical problems had
health insurance. More than three-quarters (77.9 percent) were
insured at the start of the bankrupting illness, including 60.3
percent who had private coverage. Most of the medically bankrupt
we re solidly middle class before financial disaster hit.
Two-thirds were homeowners and three-fifths had gone to college.
In many cases, high medical bills coincided with a loss of
income as illness forced breadwinners to lose time from work.
Often illness led to job loss, and with it the loss of health
insurance.
Even apparently well-insured families often faced high
out-of-pocket medical costs for co-payments, deductibles and
uncovered services. Medically bankrupt families with private
insurance reported medical bills that averaged $17,749 vs.
$26,971 for the uninsured. High costs - averaging $22,568 - were
incurred by those who initially had private coverage but lost it
in the course of their illness.
Individuals with diabetes and those with neurological disorders
such as multiple sclerosis had the highest costs, an average of
$26,971 and $34,167 respectively. Hospital bills were the
largest single expense for about half of all medically bankrupt
families; prescription drugs were the largest expense for 18.6
percent.
The research, carried out jointly by researchers at Harvard Law
School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University, and
supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is
the first nationwide study on medical causes of bankruptcy.
The=2 0researchers surveyed a random sample of 2,314 bankruptcy
filers during early 2007 and examined their bankruptcy court
records. In addition, they conducted extensive telephone
interviews with 1,032 of these bankruptcy filers.
Their 2001 study, which was published in 2005, surveyed debtors
in only five states. In the current study, findings for those
five states closely mirrored the national trends.
Subsequent to the 2001 study, Congress made it harder to file
for bankruptcy, causing a sharp drop in filings. However,
personal bankruptcy filings have soared as the economy has
soured and are now back to the 2001 level of about 1.5 million
annually.
Dr. David Himmelstein, the lead author of the study and an
associate professor of medicine at Harvard, commented: "Our
findings are frightening. Unless you're Warren Buffett, your
family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy. For
middle-class Americans, health insurance offers little
protection. Most of us have policies with so many loopholes,
co-payments and deductibles that illness can put you in the
poorhouse. And even the best job-based health insurance often
vanishes when prolonged illness causes job loss - precisely when
families need it most. Private health insurance is a defective
product, aki n to an umbrella that melts in the rain."
"For many families, bankruptcy is a deeply shameful experience,"
noted Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard
and a study co-author. Professor Warren, a leading expert on
personal bankruptcy, went on: "People arrive at the bankruptcy
courts exhausted - financially, physically and emotionally. For
most, bankruptcy is a last choice to deal with unmanageable
circumstances."
According to study co-author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, an
associate professor of medicine at Harvard and primary care
physician in Cambridge, Mass.: "We need to rethink health
reform. Covering the uninsured isn't enough. Reform also needs
to help families who already have insurance by upgrading their
coverage and assuring that they never lose it. Only single-payer
national health insurance can make universal, comprehensive
coverage affordable by saving the hundreds of billions we now
waste on insurance overhead and bureaucracy. Unfortunately,
Washington politicians seem ready to cave in to insurance firms
and keep them and their counterfeit coverage at the core of our
system. Reforms that expand phony insurance - stripped-down
plans riddled with co-payments, deductibles and exclusions -
won't stem the rising tide of medical bankruptcy."
Dr. Deborah Thorne, associate professor of sociology at Ohio
University and study co-author, stated: "American families are
confronting a panoply of social forces that make it terribly
difficult to maintain financial stability - job losses and wages
that have not kept pace with the cost of living, exploitation
from the various lending industries, and, probably most
consequential and disgraceful, a health care system that is so
dysfunctional that even the most mundane illness or injury can
result in bankruptcy. Families who file medical bankruptcies are
overwhelmingly hard-working, middle-class families who have
played by the rules of our economic system, and they deserve
nothing less than affordable health care."
*****
A copy of the study is available at http://www.pnhp.org/new_bankruptcy_study
or through the American Journal of Medicine, ajmmedia@elsevier.com,
(212) 633-3944. The authors have also prepared a supplementary
"Fact Sheet" and a "Q&A" on medical bankruptcy, both of which
detail the study's methods and findings. See same link above.
"Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results of a
national stud y," David U. Himmelstein, M.D; Deborah Thorne,
Ph.D.; Elizabeth Warren, J.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
American Journal of Medicine, June 4, 2009 (online).
Physicians for a National Health Program (www.pnhp.org), a
membership organization of over 16,000 physicians, supports a
single-payer national health insurance program. To contact a
physician-spokesperson in your area, visit www.pnhp.org/stateactions
or call (312) 782-6006.
June 10:
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BBC Audiobooks Amer
ica Wins Audie®,
Benjamin Franklin
Awards™
MARTIN MISUNDERSTOOD,
THE GOOD RAT, and THE
ODYSSEY are honored by
the Audio Publishers
Association &
Independent Book
Publishers Association
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-BBC Audiobooks
America proudly
announces that two of
its 2008 titles were
the recipients of
Benjamin Franklin
Awards from the
Independent Book
Publishers Association
(PMA) on May 28, 2009.
The exclusive
audiobook original,
Martin Misunderstood,
written by Karin
Slaughter and narrated
by Wayne Knight, was
named the Best Fiction
Audiobook, and
The Good Rat
written by Jimmy
Breslin and narrated
byRichard M. Davidson,
Richard Mover, and
Kaipo Schwab was named
the Best Nonfiction
Audiobook.
Other BFA finalists
published by BBC
Audiobooks America
include Blindness
by Jose Saramago, and
Life Class by
Pat Barker, both in
the Fiction category.
Named in honor of
America's most
cherished
publisher/printer, the
Benjamin Franklin
Awards™ recognize
excellence=2 0in
independent publishing
and are bestowed by
the Independent Book
Publishers
Association.
Publications, grouped
by genre, are judged
on editorial and
design merit by top
practitioners in each
field. The awards were
presented atthe
Roosevelt Hotel, New
York City.
On May 29th, 2009, in
a ceremony at the New
York Historical
Society in New York
City, the Audio
Publishers Association
named The
Odyssey
by Homer, narrated by
a full cast, as an
award winner for Best
Audio Drama in its
2009 Audies®
competition. These are
the industry's top
awards and the only
awards in the United
States devoted
entirely to honoring
spoken word
entertainment.
Additional Audie®-nominated
titles, published
under the BBC
Audiobooks America
company imprints, BBC
Audio and BBC Radio,
include: Tales
from the Perilous
Realm by J.R.R.
Tolkien (Audio Drama),
Martin
Misunderstood by
Karin Slaughter
(Humor), Buying In
by Rob Walker
(Nonfiction), and
Mismatch by Tami
Hoag (Romance).
Finalists in 31
categories were
considered for the
2009 Audies® based on
content, production
quality, packaging,
and narration. More
than 1000 entries were
submitted for
consideration in 2008.
BBC Audiobooks
America is a leading
publisher of
bestselling
single-voice and
full-cast dramatized
audiobooks. BBC
Audiobooks America
has a library of
more than 3,00 0
audio titles
available under its
Sound Library, BBC
Radio Collection,
and Chivers Audio
Books institutional
imprints and has won
multiple Audie
Awards, including
Audiobook of the
Year in 2006, for
The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy:
The Tertiary Phase.
BBC Audiobooks
America distributes
product to libraries
across North America
and to consumers via
Perseus
Distribution. For
more information
about BBC Audiobooks
America, visit our
website:
BBCAudiobooksAmerica.com.
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June 8:
***THE WRITERS PLACE SCREENPLAY CONTEST FINALIST
ANNOUNCEMENT***
It is with much pleasure The Writers Place announces the
finalists for the
full-length and teleplay/short screenplay contest for the
November 2008 through
April 2009 competition period. Admittedly, this selection was
difficult – to say
the least. Many finely crafted scripts were submitted, however,
the following,
in the view of our readers, excelled. The order in which the
below screenplays
and authors are listed is no indication of preference.
FULL-LENGTH SCREENPLAYS
War in the Shadows – Daniel Payne
Fin Chaser – Maria Cozzi
The Next Big Thing – Peter McArdle
Severed – Erick Ziegler
Benazir – Muhammad Ali Hasan
Duet – Pamela Wielgus-Kwon
The Zoo – Pamela Wielgus-Kwon
Uncommon Denominator – David Termuhlen
Bless Me, Father – D
avid Termuhlen
One Story for My Brother – Rudy Tavarez
Frozen Fire – Paul Pawlowski
Running Gun – Mike Bencivenga
Friends and Romans – Gregg Greenberg
Panacea – Kent Hastings
Holiday Mix-Up – Christopher Acosta
Traces of You – Matthew Karges
Maiden Flight – Tom Jannetta
Dazzle Land – Steven Schoen & James Loos
Shadow Selves – Gavin Cruickshank
Doctor Sunshine – Lauren Uzdienski
Kheng Kheng Crocodile – Donna Lisa
Hallowed Ground – Maurizio Marmorstein
Lucky Eddie – Rusty Rhodes
Dana’s Inferno – Andrew Bailey
Dr. Sky: The Relationship Guy – Gregory Schwartz
TELEPLAY/SHORT SCREENPLAYS
Rupert and the Flying Weasel – Katarzyna Kochany
Dragon Tales: A Special Job – Katarzyna Kochany
Want – Steven Karageanes
The Wait of Our Discontent – Juli Lasselle
Salvaging – Joseph Lyons
The Office: The Paper Cut – Gregory Heitmann
Rebound – Gavin Cruickshank
PSYCH: You Can’t Spellcheck ‘Yippie-Ki-Yay’ – Lee Stewart
Acts of Witness – Annie Grosshans
30 Rock: Netwars – Will Dorney
My Daddy the Monster Hunter – James Butler
The Office: Going Green – Adam Perrotta
Competition winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd & honorable mentions) in both
the full-length
and teleplay/short categories will be announced on July 1, 2009.
Congratulations and good luck to our finalists.=2
0To all contestants who were not
selected for finalist standing, do not become disheartened. KEEP
WRITING!
***************2009 STIMUS PACKAGE PRICE
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************WORK WITH TOP FILM COACH ON YOUR
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June 5:
Writers At Work...
 Daniyal
Mueenuddin wrote...In Other Rooms, Other Wonders...
"Three or four years ago I started sending stories to magazines
and received several rather cutting notes of dismissal. One
summer day I found an accceptance from Zoetrope. There's a
picture of me, taken just at that moment, in which I look
poleaxed and goofy and overwhelmingly happy. Soon after the
story came out, an editor at Penguin asked to see more of my
work. That brought me to an agent, who auctioned the book."
June 3:
Writers On Writing...
 Stephen
Lovely wrote...Irreplacable...
"I think the main thing was being patient during all those years
when I really had nothing to show for all my work. Other writers
were publishing and getting awards and prizes. I sequestered
myself and just concentrated on my book, putting aside any
immediate need for reward or encouragement or anything like
that."
June 1:
The Sami Rohr Prize For Jewish Literature...
Sana Krasikov...One More Year (Spiegel & Grau) $100,000.
Dalia Sofer...The September Of Shiraz (Ecco) $25,000.
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
May 29:
My Favorite Books...
 Justin
Kaplan wrote...Mr. Clemens And Mark Twain...
THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON
SHERLOCK HOLMES
ROBINSON CRUSOE
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
LORD OF THE FLIES
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA
BARTLETT"S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
FLAUBERT AND MADAME BOVARY
EMINENT VICTORIANS
REVEILLE IN WASHINGTON
THE REASON WHY
ADOLPHE
THE RED NOTEBOOK
PORTRAIT OF ZELIDE
May 27:
Writers At Work...
Ralph Ellison wrote...Shadow And Act...
"I'm in my old agony again trying to write a novel. I've got
some ideas that excite me and a few scenes and characters, but
the rest is coming like my first pair of long pants--slow as
hell. Never mind, I'll get it out, it just takes time to do
anything worthwhile."
May 25:
Writers On Writing...
 Leonard
S. Bernstein wrote...The Official Guide To Wine Snobbery...
"There Is nothing more difficult than writing a story, simply
because the writer begins with nothing, He has a blank sheet of
paper, a typewriter, and an idea. Nothing is started; there is
no format, no procedure. He must bring it all forth from a
vacuum."
May 22:
Good morning Jim,
Thank you for your daily pick of Lynn Grabhorn’s Excuse Me,
Your Life Is Waiting, now with a new cover. Lynn Grabhorn was
the first to reveal that the power of feelings is what
unconsciously shapes and molds every moment of every day. In her
ground-breaking book Grabhorn shows that paying attention to
feelings—rather than positive thinking, or sweat and strain, or
good or bad luck, is the way to change your life, make dreams
come true, and create the kind of life you really want to live.
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting was on the New York Times
Bestseller List and sold over a half-million in hard cover
alone. Lynn began her professional life in advertising in New
York City, she founded and directed an audiovisual educational
publishing company in Los Angeles and ran a mortgage-brokerage
firm in Washington, D.C. She died in 2004.
=0 A
Lynn’s book has changed many lives and continues to influence
young lives; Sebastian Oddo wrote about the influence this book
had on his life in Excuse Me, College Is Now with co-author
Doreen Banaszak. We have two other titles that have been
inspired by Lynn’s book,
Excuse Me, Your Life Is NOW by Doreen Banaszak and Excuse Me,
Your God Is Waiting by Michelle Prosser.
As always thank you for featuring books that we feel essential
for body, mind and spirit.
Warm regards, Sara Sgarlat
May 20:
Writers On Writing...
Irwin Shaw wrote...The Young Lions...
"The writer has only one obligation--to stay alive and try to
please himself."
May 18:
Writers On Writing...
 Paddy
Chayefsky wrote...Marty...
"The whole labor of writing is to make it look like it just came
off the top of your head."
May 15:
My Favorite Books...
Robert Coles wrote...Children Of Crisis...
WAR AND PEACE
MIDDLEMARCH
May 13:
Writers on Writing...
 Dennis
Palumbo wrote... Writing From The Inside Out...
In addition to the usual problems of talent, craft and
imagination, what makes the profession of writing so difficult
is that it requires constancy.
You have to do it every day, with consistancy and will, just
like any other occupation...Anybody can be a writer for one
day."
May 11:
Writers At Work...
Katherine Porter wrote...Ship Of Fools...
"Oh God! how I have to beat myself over the head to get started
every morning."
May 8:
Writers On Writing...
 Henrick
Ibsen wrote ...An Enemy Of The People...
"A dramatist's business is not to answer questions, but merely
to ask them."
May 6:
My Favorite Movies...
 Frank
Rich...Columnist, the New York Times...
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
DR. STRANGELOVE
JULES AND JIM
BLOWUP
BONNIE AND CLYDE
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
May 4:
My Favorite Musicals...
Julie Andrews wrote...Home...
WEST SIDE STORY
CAROUSEL
GUYS AND DOLLS
GYPSY
MY FAIR LADY
May 1:
Writers At Work...
Stephen King wrote...The Shining...
"Once I start work on a project, I don't stop and I don't slow
down unless I absolutely have to. If I don't write every day,
the characters begin to stale off in my mind--they begin to seem
like characters instead of real people."
April 29:
Writers On Writing...
 Margaret
Mitchell wrote...Gone With The Wind...
"My time is not my own. It has not been my own since Gone With
Wind was published."
April 27:
My Favorite Books...
Charlotte Bronte wrote...Jane Eyre...
THE ADVENTURES OF WALTER SCOTT
ARABIAN NIGHTS
THE POETRY OF LORD BYRON
April 24:
Writers At Work...
 Arthur
M. Schlesinger, Jr.... wrote...Journals 1952-2000...
"I have never learned how to use research assistants (and doubt
whether they are of great use in my kind of history, since you
can never program an assistant to know what may suggest a scene
or an insight to oneself)".
April 22:
Writers On Writing...
Ezra Brudino wrote...The Tether...
The Jewish American novel "must be a problem novel, and its
essential problems must be identity and assimilation."
April 20:
My Favorite Movies...
 Hugh
Hefner...Founder-Publisher, PLAYBOY...
CASABLANCA
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE
42ND STREET
FOOTLIGHT PARADE
& THE MUSICALS OF...
FRED ASTAIRE
GINGER ROGERS
ALICE FAYE
BETTY GRABLE
BUSBY BERKELEY
April 17:
Writers At Work...
Truman Capote wrote...In Cold Blood
"I'm always quite nervous at the beginning of my workday. It
takes me a great deal of time to get started. Once I get
started, it gradually calms down a bit, but I'll do anything to
keep postponing...Anyway, one way or another, I manage to write
about four hours a day."
April 15:
Writers On Writing...
 Tennessee
Williams wrote...Outcry...
"Economic security is a kind of death, I think, and it can come
to you in a storm of royalty checks beside a kidney-shaped pool
in Beverly Hills or anywhere else at all that is removed from
the conditions that made you an artist, if that's what you are
or were or intended to be. Ask anyone who has experienced the
kind of success I am talking about--what good is it?"
April 13:
My Favorite Books...
Anita Shreve wrote...The Pilots Wife
ETHAN FROME
April 10:
Writers at Work
Isaac Asimov wrote...Caves Of Steel...
"My only ritual is to sit close enough to the typewriter so
that my fingers touch the keys."
April 8:
My Favorite Books...
Anita Shreve wrote...The Pilots Wife...
ETHAM FROMME
April 6:
Writer's On Writing...
 John
O'Hara wrote...Butterfield 8...
"I believe...that the writer who loafs after he has made a
financial success is confessing that the money was all he was
after in the first place."
April 3:
Writer's On Writing...
 Ernest
Hemingway wrote...The Old Man And The Sea...
"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark
Twain called Huckleberry Finn...It's the best book we've had.
All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before.
There has been nothing as good since."
April 1:
My Favorite Authors...
Charles Dickens wrote...Oliver Twist...
HENRY FIELDING
TOBIAS SMOLLETT
DANIEL DEFOE
CERVANTES
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
March 30:
My Favorite Books...
Jenny Bond wrote...Who The Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?...
EMMA
THE GREAT GATSBY
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
POSSESSION
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
March 27:
 The
title... From Here To Eternity...was taken from the Rudyard
Kipling poem "Gentlemen-Rankers.
March 25:
My Favorite Books...
Jane Austen wrote...Pride And Prejudice...
HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON
March 23:
Writer's On Writing...
Mary Shelley wrote...Frankenstein...
"It is not singular that, as the daughter of two persons of
distinguished literary celebrity, I should very early in life
have thought of writing. I had a clearer pleasure than this,
which was the formation of castles in the air--the indulging in
waking dreams...
March 20:
 Norman
Mailer's favorite ten American novels he read during his
freshman year at Harvard..."and gave me the desire, which has
never gone away, to be a writer, an American writer."
USA
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
STUDS LONIGAN
LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
THE GREAT GATSBY
THE SUN ALSO RISES
APPOINTMENT TO SAMARRA
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
MOBY DICK
March 18:
Writer's At Work...
Hugh Nissenson wrote...My Own Ground...
"You have to trim away the fat, achieve more with less."
March 16:
Writer's On Writing...
 E.L.
Doctorow wrote...The Book Of Daniel...
"Do The least amount of research you can get away with, and no
less."
March 13:
The first winner of the National Jewish Book Award For
Fiction...
1949...Howard Fast...My Glorious Brothers..
March 11:
Writer's On Writing...
 Saul
Bellow wrote...The Adventures Of Augie March...
"The restraint of the first two books had driven me mad...I
hadn't become a writer to tread the straight and narrow. I am an
American, Chicago born--that somber city--and go at things as I
have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my
own way."
March 9:
Writer's At Work...
Eria Jong wrote...The Fear Of Flying...
"Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all
down--revising and embellishing as I go."
March 6:
Jim's Notes...
Thrillerfest...Sept...NYC.. .www.thrillerfest.org
Santa Barbara Writers Conference...March 13-15...
www.sbwriters.com
March 4:
Writer's on Writing...
 Olen
Steinhauer wrote...The Tourist...
"It wasn't until I picked up John le Carre's The Spy Who Came In
From The Cold that it became clear how spy fiction can encompass
all the social commentary, realism, philosophy and fine writing
of literature yet still maintain the vigorous pacing that hooks
an audience."
March 2:
Writer's At Work...
Brian Douglas Coyle wrote...The Devil's Sanctuary?"
"I have general ideas on paper for 12-15 books. I rank them in
the order I want to write them. I usually have a title selected
or at least a temporary title and plot. When I write, I do a
"spreadsheet" with the basic characters, the story-line and how
things will develop and end. I know the flow of the plot and
where it is going but "tweak" it along the way as better ideas
come to me."
Feb. 27:
Writer's On Writing...
 Alice
James wrote...The Diary of Alice James...
"I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about
what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may lose a little of
the sense of loneliness and desolation which abides with me."
Feb. 25:
Rudyard Kipling was the first English writer to
receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
Feb. 23:
Writer's At Work...
 Plutarch
wrote...Essays...
"I treat the narrative as a kind of mirror and try to fine a way
to arrange my life and assisimate it to the virtues of my
subjects. Could one find a more effective means of moral
inprovement?"
Feb. 20:
Writer's At Work...
James Jones wrote...Whistle...
After I get up it takes me an hour and a half of fiddling around
before I can get up the courage and nerve to go to work. I smoke
half a pack of cigerettes, drink six or seven cups of coffee,
read over what I wrote the day before. Finally ther's no further
excuse. I go to the typewriter. Four to six hours of it."
Feb. 18:
My Favorite Books...
Gretel Ehrlich wrote...The Solace Of Open Spaces...
THE UTA
POEMS OF THE LAST T'ANG
PIEDRA de SOL ("Sunstone")
SNOW COUNTRY
THOUSAND CRANES
THE TALE OF GENJI
THE PLAGUE
LYRICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS OF ALBERT CAMUS
NOTEBOOKS OF ALBERT CAMUS
THE PLUMED SERPENT
TWILIGHT IN ITALY
MORNINGS IN MEXICO
CANNERY ROW
THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD
GRIEFWORK
THE TUGMAN'S PASSAGE
Feb. 16:
Writer's On Writing...
Tiffany Baker wrote...The Lucky Giant of Aberdeen County...
"I think writing is a lot like cooking--you throw things in a
pot, you have a recipe to follow, but if you follow it too
closely, it doesn't come out quite right. Sometimes you need to
throw in that crazy spice. You need the proper contrasts to make
the flavors pop."
Feb. 13:
My Favorite Books...
Rita Dove wrote...Thomas And Beulah...
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
JULIUS CAESAR
ROMEO AND JULIET
HAMLET
A TREASURY OF BEST-:LOVED POEMS
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
RETURN TO MY NATIVE LAND
THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET
TROPIC OF CANCER
INVISIBLE MAN
GIOVANNI'S ROOM
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON
OMEROS
BELOVED
Feb. 11:
Writer's On Writing...
 Wally
Lamb wrote...The Hour I First Believed...
"Writing a novel is like taking a sledge hammer to a stained
glass portrait of yourself and then putting all the pieces back
together to create a new picture."
Feb. 9:
Writer's At Work...
Sarah Sims wrote...The Face...
"I work with four elements; plot concept, characters, setting
and theme. The plot concept usually shows up first, then the
other pieces either fall into line...or I give them a shove."
Feb. 6:
Writer's At Work...
Jo Walton wrote...Half a Crown...
 "I
wanted to write mysteries where everything wasn't put back in
the box at the end. I've always wanted to subvert the way
mysteries have these absurb murders as interruptions, and the
right person is always brought to justice and order is
restored."
Feb. 4:
WHITING WRITERS' AWARDS, 2008...
FICTION
Mischa Berlinski
Manuel Munoz
Laleh Khadivi
Lysley Tenorio
Benjamin Percy
PLAYS
Dael Orlandersmith
POETRY
Julie Sheehan
Douglas Kearney
Rick Hilles
NONFICTION
Donovan Hohn
Each writer received $50,000 from the Mrs. Giles Whiting
Foundation.
Feb. 2:
Writer's On Writing...
Virginia Wolf wrote...The Waves...
 "How
tired I am of stories, how tired I am of phrases that come down
beautifully with all their feet on the ground!...What delights
me...is the confusion, the height, the indifference, and the
fury."
Jan. 30:
THE LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's first true love was movies
Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times
“Everything I learned about love, I learned from the movies,”
says Hugh Hefner, here in the entrance of his mansion.
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'Everything I learned about love I learned from the movies,' he
says.
By Geoff Boucher
January 4, 2009
"You've caught me with my pants on," Hugh Hefner said with a sad
smirk. There are days (or entire decades) when Hefner greets the
midday sun in silk pajamas and a robe, but on this particular
December afternoon, well, the playboy just wasn't in the mood.
Hefner had arrived back at his 29-room Holmby Hills mansion
after attending the funeral of Bettie Page, the pin-up queen,
and he was still wearing his mourner's jacket as he sat and
slowly sipped from a bottle of Diet Pepsi in the hush of a
downstairs library. Hefner considered Page a friend and fellow
pioneer of sorts on the old frontier of American sex culture.
Now, like so many others in Hefner's long journey, she is gone.
"We knew it was coming and there comes a point in the illness. .
. ." His voice trailed off and then, adjusting his gold bunny
cuff links, he smiled. "We're not really talking about Bettie
Page here today."
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No, but the legacy of desire -- as well as the desire for legacy
-- are core concerns for Hefner these days. He has arguably
never been more famous, but the glossy centerfold citadel of his
empire, Playboy magazine, has struggled, and Hefner, 82, seems
most at ease talking about the past and his consuming passion --
no, not that one. According to Hef, Hollywood was actually his
first true obsession.
"Everything I learned about love, I learned from the movies,"
Hefner said. "The reality is because I was not shown affection,
I escaped into an alternate universe, and it came right out of
the movies. Love for me is defined almost exclusively in terms
of romantic love as defined by the films of my childhood."
There's a strong chance that Hefner finally will see a version
of himself as a child up on the screen; a long-elusive
biographical film is ramping up and, according to Hefner,
production could be underway in the next few months. Brian
Grazer is the producer, Robert Downey Jr. is keenly interested
in the starring role and Brett Ratner has been lined up to
direct. Hefner, a devotee of Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges,
seemed uncertain about the "Rush Hour" auteur.
"It's going to be a very curious change of pace for him . . .
but I believe in Brian," Hefner said. "The one thing I would
want the film to be is something other than a light comedy, to
have something to say and express something about the change in
social sexual values. You know, Brian made a comment that I was
the only man who had made love to over a thousand women and they
all still liked him. And I do take some pride, in fact, that I
remain friends with the majority of former wives and
girlfriends. I am a romantic."
Perhaps, but this is the graceless age of Internet porn and
Hefner's magazine has been receding. It celebrated its 55th
anniversary in 2008 but, in an unfortunate coincidence, gave
pink slips to 55 employees in October. If the glossy print life
is stepping down, Hefner's lifelong fascination for film is
moving up among his priorities. The biopic will be co-produced
by Playboy's Alta Loma Entertainment, his production company,
which is redoubling its efforts in Hollywood. The company was
started in the '70s, and after years of making soft-core porn,
was a limited partner in August's " The House Bunny," a racy but
PG-13 farce that starred Anna Faris and Colin Hanks.
Alta Loma is following that up with the R-rated "Miss March," a
comedy about a guy who wakes up from a coma to find his
girlfriend as one of Hefner's playmates. It hits 2,000 theaters
in March with Fox distributing. There's also talk of a
live-action version of Little Annie Fanny, the air-headed and
bubble-breasted Playboy comic-strip character created for
Playboy in 1962 by Mad magazine alums Harvey Kurtzman and Will
Elder.
If it all sounds sophomoric, well . . . Hef, like his magazine,
has a penchant for flipping between cartoon lewdness and lofty
parlor-room pursuits.
Last month, a limo whisked him over to USC where, for the 13th
year, he gave a lecture to a cinema censorship class that he
seeded with a $100,000 donation. In 1995 he also gave $1.5
million to endow USC's Hugh M. Hefner Chair for the Study of
American Film (held by film historian Richard B. Jewell). He has
made major donations to UCLA as well -- $1 million in 2006 to
the school's Film & Television Archive, establishing the Hugh M.
Hefner American Film program. And according to Dick Rosenzweig,
Hefner's longtime lieutenant who runs Alta Loma along with Jason
Burns, the mogul has quietly funded a number of documentary
productions and film preservation efforts. Hefner, who has a
"Maltese Falcon" statuette and a bust of Boris Karloff in his
bedroom, said all of it is a valentine to his youth.
"It's my way of trying to pass along some little part of it," he
said. "Movies will never have the same impact that they did when
I was a kid. I was fortunate to have been born in 1926 and to
have grown up during the Great Depression and war years, to have
lived through almost the perfect time frame. For me the boy
really is the father of the man."
The checks written by an aging rich man, though, are gestures,
not commitments. Better proof of his celluloid fixation is the
crypt he has purchased; when Hefner gives up the ghost, his
well-used body will spend eternity in L.A.'s Westwood Memorial
Park, next to Marilyn Monroe, a woman he never met, except in
the dim light of the movie palace.
Childhood influence
Hugh Marston Hefner, born in Chicago on April 9, 1926, grew up
on the far west side of town, where the prairie was still part
of the horizon.He was a ringleader for the local kids, creating
and presiding over elaborate games and drawing an
autobiographical comic book called "School Daze" that starred
his friends as the supporting cast. He looks back on it as his
first success in publishing. At age 16 he also drafted his pals
to make a horror movie. His defining ritual as a youngster was
taking the streetcar on Grand Avenue ("And," he says, "it was
grand") to the movies. Some days he sat through a double feature
in the afternoon and then another in the evening. Afterward he
would carefully record every movie title in his diary.
"The movies, other than family, were the major influence of my
childhood," Hefner said. "I was in a very typical Midwestern,
Methodist home with a lot of repression and not much
demonstrative expression of emotion. My escape was the darkened
theater."
When it comes to relationships, some men spend their life
looking for their mother; Hefner has been searching for leading
ladies -- sometimes two or more at a time, like those
double-feature days.
"And I think my fascination with blonds is directly connected to
the impact that the platinum blonds had in the movies of the
1930s," he said in a clinical tone. " Jean Harlow, Alice Faye,
all of those Busby Berkeley showgirls. You can't go wrong. Well,
you probably could, but what fun."
For decades, movie screenings have been a tradition at the
Playboy mansion. Hefner used to screen two new films every week
but, in the 1990s, he surrendered to the fact that the
contemporary cinema output just doesn't yield 104 good movies a
year. Now, Friday nights are for new films ( "Frost/Nixon" and "Gran
Torino" were recent selections) while Sunday nights are for the
classics (he screened "Mrs. Miniver" and "I Was a Male War
Bride" last month). Hefner devotes "an afternoon I really can't
afford" each week to preparing notes for his introductions of
the vintage fare.
On Mondays, it's Manly Night, in which the audience is smaller
and older -- mostly Hefner's circle of longtime pals, people
like tough-guy actor Robert Culp and Ronald Borst, a leading
collector of old horror film posters. In recent weeks, they have
watched the old "Flash Gordon" serials, which, of course, Hefner
remembers in sexual terms. "The women I have been most enamored
with over the years," he says, "looked very much like Dale
Arden."
The old movies stay the same, but the mansion audience doesn't.
"The group changes by and large only by making new friends and
having old friends die," Hefner said. "Don Adams and Mel Torme
used to be part of the group. . . . This literally is a second
home for a great many of my friends. I think on my passing a lot
of my friends are going to be lost socially."
Refining an image
The Playboy mansion and its master have become symbols of
refined debauchery, and Hefner has carefully cultivated that
imagery. "The Girls Next Door," an E! channel show that brought
cameras into the mansion (à la "The Osbournes") to record
Hefner's relationship with a trio of curvy blond girlfriends,
began its fifth season in October. A sixth season is on the way
and, after much-publicized strife, there is more public interest
than ever in the strange love rectangle. There's also "Mr.
Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream," the biography by
Steven Watts, who was given unrestricted access to the tycoon's
vast archive of self, which includes journals and scrapbooks
dating to his youth.
Hefner has a deep voice, an impish grin and the small, delicate
hands of man whose mansion has Jergens cherry-almond lotion in
every one of its bathrooms. He is not as tall as he used to be
and he hunches forward, but the only moment he looks frail is
when standing next to the bare-breasted statue of Barbi Benton
that lords over his library.
The library shelves are dominated with books on Hollywood
history, and it's surprising, perhaps, that Hefner hasn't put
himself in their pages in a bigger way since moving west in
1971. Like Howard Hughes, he could have bought a spot in the
dream factory, but Hefner has mostly been content with just
watching.
The great exception to that was his unlikely role as a key
producer for Roman Polanski's grim and gory 1971 "The Tragedy of
Macbeth." A top executive at the Playboy Club in London had
championed the idea of Hefner getting involved in the project,
which became Polanski's first film after the 1969 murder of his
pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, during the Manson family attacks.
During production, the movie was lagging behind schedule and the
company that had insured the film was pushing for Polanski to be
replaced.
"I told them, 'Polanski is our star, he's the reason we're
making the movie,' so we gave up the insurance policy and I
covered the film myself," Hefner said. "It was a fascinating
film, flawed but fascinating. It was directly related to the
murders. There was a moment in which during the murder scene
that he misaddressed the actress as 'Sharon.' It was such a dark
and cathartic project. I only wish I had produced his next film,
'Chinatown.' . . ."
But Hefner's attentions in the 1970s were the massive success of
his magazine. The man who started a vast empire with $8,000 and
a 1950s vision of a smoking-jacket approach to smut doesn't
dwell on regrets, but he might have made more Hollywood films if
he could do it all over. Still, in his mansion, the flicker of
old Hollywood looks a lot like twilight memories.
"So much of my life traces back directly to my childhood. Any
time I go to Chicago, I always go back and walk the old
neighborhood. Much of it is still there. The house I grew up in
is still there, but the neighborhood has grown up. When you go
back to your old neighborhood and your old home, everything
seems smaller than you remember. The only thing that was larger
than I remembered it was the movie theater. It seemed bigger
than ever."
Jan. 28:
...Mickey Rourke is 56 years old, but, he said: "If you
write that you won't be my friend. I don't tell my age."
...NYT, 11/30/2008...by Pat Jordan...
Jan. 26:
My Favorite Books...
 Truman
Capote wrote...In Cold Blood...
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
MY ANTONIA
THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
OUT OF AFRICA
WINESBURG, OHIO
COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST
Jan. 16:
Writer's On Writing...
Albert Camus wrote...The Plague...
"Those who write clearly have readers; those who write obscurely
have commentators."
Jan. 14:
Writer's At Work...
 Gore
Vidal wrote...Burr...
"I write in different styles because I hear different voices in
my head. It would be boring to have always the same voice, point
of view."
Jan. 12:
My Favorite Books...
Art Buchwald wrote...I Never Danced At The White House...
CATCH-22
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Jan. 9:
Writer's At Work...
 Nat
Hentoff wrote...Listen To The Stories...
Read what you've written aloud---you'll learn the rhythms that
work for you."
Jan. 7:
Writer's On Writing...
Vladimir Nabokov wrote...Lolita...
"Caress the detail, the divine detail."
Jan. 5:
My Favorite Books...
 Guy
Davenport wrote...The Geography of Imagination...
THE GOLDEN APPLE
MOLLOY
HUMPHRY CLINKER
IN PARENTHESIS
TRAVELS IN ARABIAN DESERTA
OUT OF AFRICA
|
Jim's Pick...Best Book Of 2008...
In Spite Of Myself: A Memoir by
Christopher Plummer (Alfred A.
Knopf)
Mr. Plummer's memoir is a journey
through the 20th century in the
performing arts.
The London stage with Olivier and Tynan,
Broadway, Sardi's and all the great
1950's watering holes, live television
and the movies.
Plummer shares with us all the houses,
the wives and his ways.
Along the journey we meet John Huston,
Nicholas Ray, Sean Connery and dozens
more. All given generous personal
segments.
And the MAN is still at it!!
BRAVO...and thanks for the front row
seat !!!!
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Many thanks, Jim, for the exposure for
our books!
Judy A. Heise | Publicist
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road | Annapolis MD 21402
 Hi
Jim
Hope all is well. Thank you for the
Religion Link on Divinely Inspired and
Messiah Interviews. Hope all is well.
Best , Jerry Divinely Inspired by Jerry
Pollack (Shechinah Third Temple)
Divinely Inspired: Spiritual Awakening of a Soul.
 Wow!
Thanks, Jim! This is a great honor, and
I really appreciate your choosing Toxin
as a daily pick.
Maryglenn.
Toxin by Paul Martin Midden (Millennial
Mind)
Toxin
 Thank
you for Lady Jasmine/Victoria
Christopher Murray listing. Its
much appreciated. Shida
Lady
Jasmine by Victoria Christopher Murray
(Touchstone Books/S&S)
Lady Jasmine: A Novel
 Thanks
Jim,
I posted this notice on Twitter:
Jim Agnew selects THE ART OF
GIVING BIRTH by Frédérick
Leboyer, M.D. as a Religion
Daily Book Pick:
Cheers, Cynthia
The Art Of Giving Birth
by Frederick Leboyer, M.D. (Inner Traditions/Bear)
The Art of Giving Birth: With Chanting, Breathing, and Movement
(Book & CD)
 Dear
Jim,
Thanks for the featured titles.
I will do my best to get our
Jun/Jul titles out this week
Kind regards ,Rebecca
Summer Lightning by P.G.
Wodehouse (CSA Word)
Summer
Lightning (The Blandings Castle
Saga)
 Thank
you so much,Jim!!!!!!!!! Caitlin Hamilton Summie
The
Last Prince Of The Mexican Empire by C.M.
Mayo (Unbridled Books)
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
 Dear
Jim,
Thanks for this coverage!
All best,
Amanda Williams Publicist
Ave Maria Press.
This Flowing Toward Me by
Marilyn Lacey (Ave Maria Press)
This Flowing Toward Me: A Story of God Arriving in Strangers
 Jim
Agnew...
I want to thank you for placing
my book "Home After Dark" on
your daily pick list.
I feel honored to be associated
with your service. Thank you
again. Regard's Darryl Robidoux
Home
After Dark by Darryl Robidoux (www.homeafterdark.com)
Home After Dark: One Man's Memories
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you for picking The
Gnostic Mystery as one of your
Religion Daily Picks!
As always we are so appreciative
of you helping us get the word
out!
Warm regards, Sara. The Gnostic Mystery by
Randy Davila (Hampton Roads)
The Gnostic Mystery
You rock!!! Thanks a bunch for
the info Jim!!! Raquel Razon
Booth Media Group
Parenting Is A Contact Sport by Dr.
Joanne Stern (Greenleaf Book Group
Press)
Parenting Is a Contact Sport: 8 Ways to
Stay Connected to Your Kids for Life
 Jim,
I love your web site, and am
very grateful that you have
included "Grant Me a Higher
Love," as one of your picks of
the day.
You are a Godsend to writers!
Cindi Sansone-Braff Grant
Me a Higher Love by Cindi
Sansone-Braff (BookSurge, LLC)
Grant Me a
Higher Love: How to Go from the
Relationship from Hell to One
that's Heaven Sent by Scaling
The Ladder of Love
Wow Jim - I'm below Oprah! How
impressive :) Thanks so much for
supporting this important show -
btw - got my first months
numbers and have discovered Wake
UP America is 175% ABOVE (in
popularity and listeners) the
other 'pilot' shows. This show
is to go into production after
my last pilot show of April 4th
- but first I have to find
sponsors - I'm working on that
now :)
Thanks again for everything!
Tina
 Dear
Jim, I really am flattered and
extremely proud to have been one
of your daily picks. It's much
appreciated, as is the irony, or
maybe it's just plain old karma,
of seeing the photo of you with
Mr. Bugliosi. With all the
serious and horrific parts of
the "family" events back in the
day that Vincent had to deal
with, I wonder if he'd
appreciate the different take my
book has on "Chuck?"
Do you think he'd appreciate a
copy of my book, and do you know
how I can get a copy to him?
Thanks again, Jim. It's a
special treat indeed and
continued good luck and success
with your wonderful website.
Regards,Mike Seid, author of
Chuckin' Chuck
 Good
morning Jim,
Thanks, it is a pleasure working with
you. This is an older book about the
movie Conversations with God. We have
new releases coming from Neale Donald
Walsch in April The Conversations with
God Companion The Essential Tool For
Individual and Group Study.
Warm regards Sara Sgarlat
Conversations with God:
The Making of the Movie
by Monty Joynes (Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc.)
Conversations with God: The Making of the Movie
 Hi
Jim --
Thanks for the Genie Scheme
daily pick . We always
appreciate your coverage. All
best, Susan
The
Genie Scheme by Kimberly K. Jones (McElderry
Books/S&S)
The Genie Scheme
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks - always a lift to see our titles
featured on your Web site.
Best wishes,
Cynthia
The
Therapeutic Yoga Kit by Cheri Clampett
(Inner Traditions/Bear Company)
The Therapeutic Yoga Kit: Sixteen
Postures for Self-Healing through Quiet
Yin Awareness
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you for your wonderful Literary World, it is a pleasure to
see my author’s books as your “Daily Pick” and it is a way to
learn about the other wonderful books being published. Warm
regards, Sara Sgarlat Publicity Director Hampton Roads
Publishing Company, Inc.
The
Ghost Who Would Not Die by Linda Alice
Dewey (Hampton Roads)
The Ghost Who Would Not Die: A Runaway
Slave, A Brutal Murder, A Mysterious
Haunting
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks for promoting our products on
your Web site. Blessings, Carol Hunger
Publicist
Saint Mary's Press
Primary
Source Readings In World Religions by Jeffrey Brodd (Saint
Mary's Press)
Primary Source Readings in World Religions
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you. It is such a pleasure working
with you.
You are a bright spot in all this bad
news! Sara.
Buddha For Beginners by
Stephen T. Asma (Hampton Roads)
Buddha for Beginners
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you! I really appreciate seeing
our logo on a site I truly admire. Warm
regards, Sara
Hampton Roads
Publishing Company
 Jim
- WOW! Thanks so much for helping me get
the word out. What a great ad. Please,
if you have any guest suggestions, or
questions for any guests scheduled,
don't hesitate to ask!
The Fast Food
Craze: Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and
Our Animals
 Thanks,
Jim! You’re on a roll!!!
Judy A. Heise | Publicist
Naval Institute Press
Shield Of Dreams by Stephen J. Cimbala
(Naval Institute Press)
Shield of Dreams: Missile Defense and
U.S.-Russian Nuclear Strategy
 Thanks
Jim! My warmest wishes for a
Happy, Healthy and Successful
New Year!
Regards, Sara
The
Back In Time Tarot Book by Janet Boyer
(Hampton Roads)
The Back in Time Tarot Book: Picture the
Past, Experience the Cards, Understand
the Present
 Hi
Jim:
Hope you had a great New Year.
I've sent you out some
promotional copies of recent
books for giveaways. All the
best
Vincent W Rospond
North American Sales Manager -
BL Publishing
Titanicus by Dan Abnett (Black Library)
Titanicus (Warhammer 40,000 Novel)
 Thanks
so much for including Baby Steps
in your daily picks! My Google
Alerts
just found it and I was
thrilled. I really appreciate
it. K. L. Mc Loughlin
Baby Steps
by K.L. McLoughlin (PR by the
Book)
Baby
Steps
 Thanks
much Jim!
Happy holidays to you,
ABBY SEIXAS,
Licensed Mental Health
Counselor
Author, Finding
the Deep River Within:
A Woman's Guide
to Recovering Balance
and Meaning in
Everyday Life
 Thanks,
Jim! Robert Waggoner and I
appreciate it.
Susan Ray
Moment Point Press
Lucid Dreaming by Robert
Waggoner (Moment Point Press)
Lucid Dreaming:
Gateway to the Inner Self
 Thanks,
Jim! By the way, the new site
looks great. Best, Valerie
McClanahan
PublicistIndiana University
Press
Bogolan by Victoria L.
Rovine (Indaina University Press)
Bogolan: Shaping Culture Through Cloth in Contemporary Mali
(African Expressive Cultures)
 Thanks,
Jim. It's good to see Monica's
book listed on your site.
Nickole Brown
Beasts For The Chase by Monica
Ferrell (Sarabande Books)
Beasts
for the Chase: Poems (Kathryn a.
Morton Prize in Poetry)
 Thanks
so much for featuring Black
Glasses Like Clark Kent April
19!
Terese Svoboda
Black Glasses
like Clark Kent by Terese
Svoboda (www.graywolf.org)
Black
Glasses Like Clark Kent: A GI's
Secret from Postwar Japan
 Dear
Jim,
Good morning! Judy Heise, my
publicist at the Naval Institute
Press, sent me a link to your
website, where I was very
pleased to see my book listed as
one of your "daily picks." Thank
you very much for the
endorsement! I was also quite
taken by your quote: "Reading is
your constant silent companion,
and loyal friend!" What a
wonderful thought that is! If we
could somehow imbed that into
the mind of every child the
world would instantly be a much
better place!
Again, thanks for the
endorsement,
Gannon McHale
Stealth Boat by Gannon McHale
(Naval Institute Press)
Stealth
Boat: Fighting the Cold War in a
Fast Attack Submarine
 Thanks
so much for including me on your
Daily Picks. It's an honor to
have my work placed in front of
your book-loving readership.
Caregiver isolation and support
are huge issues these days, and
including my work on a general
book site is validation that
solutions to these issues are
needed by a broad audience.
Carol Bradley Bursack
Minding Our Elders by Carol
Bradley Bursack (www.mindingourelders.com)
Minding
Our Elders: Caregivers Share
Their Personal Stories
 Hi
Jim, Thank you so much for
including Erica Abeel's
Conscience Point in your Daily
Picks!
I know she'll be thrilled, too.
Much appreciation, Libby Conscience Point
by Erica Abeel (Unbridled Books)
Conscience Point
 Thank
you, Jim! thanks so much!
Caitlin Hamilton Summie
The Islands Of
Divine Music by John Addiego
(Unbridled Books)
The
Islands of Divine Music by
 Hey,
Jim!
Many, many thanks for choosing
Defending Angels as an October
24th Book Pick.
And the site is very exciting!
Warmest Regards,
Mary Stanton
Defending Angels by Mary Stanton
(Berkley Prime Crime)
Defending Angels (A Beaufort &
Company Mystery)
 Thank
you, Jim, for adding my title to
your daily picks.
All the best
Michael Largo
Genius And Heroin by Michael
Largo
(www.finalexits.com)
Genius
and Heroin: The Illustrated
Catalogue of Creativity,
Obsession, and Reckless Abandon
Through the Ages
Thanks
so much Jim,
www.deepriverwithin.com
ABBY SEIXAS, Licensed
Mental Health Counselor
Author, Finding the Deep River
Within:
A Woman's Guide to Recovering
Balanceand Meaning in Everyday
Life
ABBY SEIXAS, Licensed Mental
Health Counselor
Author, Finding the Deep River
Within:
A Woman's Guide to Recovering
Balance and Meaning in Everyday
Life
http://www.deepriverwithin.com
 Thank
you Jim, we really appreciate
you including Where Our Food
Comes From in your Daily
Picks--yippee!
Take care, Kathlene Where Our
Food Comes From Gary Paul Nabhan
(Island Press)
Where
Our Food Comes From: Retracing
Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End
Famine
Jim,
 At
your request, we are sending you
a copy today of Dr. Ruthann
Russo’s book. The Raw Food Diet
Myth. Please see our website
www.rawfoodmyth.com for reviews,
interviews etc. Also, you can
see Dr. Russo on YouTube. Thanks
very much for your interest in
the book. Please let me know if
you would like to interview Dr.
Russo!
Best wishes,Ginger McQueen, MBA
DJ Iber Publishing, Inc.
 Dear
Jim,
You don't know me, but my name
is Michael Agovino. You included
my book (called the Bookmaker)
on your website as one of your
picks of the month. I thank you
very, very much for that. You
have very good taste in books,
so I was delighted you included
me. All the best to you, Jim.
Warm Regards, Michael J. Agovino
The
Bookmaker: A Memoir of Money,
Luck, and Family from the
Utopian Outskirts of New York
City
 Dear
Jim: Thanks so much for
including Edward Feser's The
Last Superstition: A Refutation
of the New Atheism.
Best, Bruce Fingerhut
St. Augustine's Press
The
Last Superstition: A Refutation
of the New Atheism
 Jim;
Sir, just a quick e-mail to
thank you for the opportunity to
have MY little BLACK BOOK TO
SUCCESS listed on your site.
If I can be of any assistance or
you feel as if we could work
together on any project, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Dedicated to the Mission!
Tom Marquardt, The Profit
Repairman® The
Profit Repairman by Tom
Marquardt (Tate Publishing)
My
Little Black Book to Success
 Jim,
Thanks so much for this review
and posting. We certainly
appreciate it. If Jim puts
anything about our book in one
of his newsletters or articles,
we would love to hear about it.
If you need anything further,
please don't hesitate to let us
know. Thanks again.Liz
Golden Anniversaries by Dr.
Charles D. Schmitz & Dr.
Elizabeth A. Schmitz (www.goldenanniversaries.com) Golden
Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets
of Successful Marriage
 Thank
you Jim! You are on our list for
finished books, so I hope you've
been getting them!
Rachel Hayward
Beyond Words Publishing
Assistant to Richard Cohn,
Publisher
Publicity Assistant
Nurturing
Spirituality In Children by
Peggy Jenkins (Atria Books)
Nurturing Spirituality in
Children: Simple Hands-On
Activities
 THANKS!!!!
All the best,
Molly Brandenburg. Meow!
Everyday Cat
Excuses by Molly Brandenburg
(Sterling)
Everyday Cat Excuses: Why I
Can't Do What You Want
 Looks
great, thanks so much for
providing a link!
Jennifer
The First Vice
Lord by Arthur J. Bilek
(Cumberland House)
The
First Vice Lord: Big Jim
Colosimo and the Ladies of the
Levee
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks for including our titles
on your Web site. New titles are
on the way!
best wishes,
Cynthia
Last Pagan by
Adrian Murdoch (Inner
Traditions)
The
Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate
and the Death of the Ancient
World
 Dear
Jim,
Thanks for the post on Catholics
in New York by Terry Golway.
Sincerely,
Katie Sweeney
Publishing Assistant
Fordham University Press Catholics In New
York edited by Terry Golway
(Fordham University Press)
Catholics in New York: Society,
Culture, and Politics, 1808-1946
 Hello
Mr. Agnew,
I was delighted to find a book
that I co-authored in your
"daily picks" section...."1-2-3
Magic for Kids". I was wondering
how you go about choosing these.
Thank you so much! Tracy Lewis
1-2-3 Magic for Kids: Helping
Your Children Understand the New
Rules (Parentmagic,
Inc.)
 Dear
Jim Agnew;
Choosing Honor is a daily pick!
I'm honored. Thank you so very
much. I thought the work of
getting the book was the biggest
job ahead of me. Then I thought
the self-publishing was the big
job. NOW I know, getting the
word out is the most important
work. Your support is thoroughly
appreciated and highly valued.
Most Sincerely, Mary T
Choosing Honor by
Mary T. Ficalora
(www.availpress.com)
Choosing Honor
 Dear
Jim,
Hi there! Hope this email finds
you well, and that you are
enjoying
what's left of the summer. All's
well here.
Just wanted to share this with
you -but only if you have a
moment...
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1732351772
All my ongoing admiration,
appreciation and gratitude,
Sally :-) The
Daughter-In-Law Rules by Sally
Shields (The DILRules.com)
The
Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101
Surefire Ways to Manage (and
Make Friends with) Your Mother-
 Thanks,
Jim, for all the recent posts!
Best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
Made In Mexico by
W. Warner Wood (Indiana
University Press)
Made in
Mexico: Zapotec Weavers and the
Global Ethnic Art Market
(Tracking Globalization)
 Thanks,
Jim!
Eric Reynolds
Fantagraphics Books
More Old Jewish
Comedians by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics)
More
Old Jewish Comedians (A BLAB!
Storybook)
 Wonderful!
Thanks Jim,
Cynthia
Western Herbs
According To Traditional Chinese
Medicine by Thomas Avery Garran
(Inner Traditions)
Western
Herbs according to Traditional
Chinese Medicine: A
Practitioner's Guide
Hi
Jim -
Hope you're well! Just a quick
note to say that I'm getting the
DIL Rules
out to you tomorrow.
Really looking forward to our
continuing correspondence!
With much gratitude and
appreciation,
Sally :-) TheDILRules.com
The
Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101
Surefire Ways to Manage (and
Make Friends with) Your
Mother-In-Law!
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks for the good news! We
have a number of new books on
the way to you.
best wishes, Cynthia
The Mystery Of
The Crystal Skulls by Chris
Morton (Inner Traditions)
The
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls:
Unlocking the Secrets of the
Past, Present, and Future
 Great,
Thanks Jim.
Megan Walsh
Marketing Executive
Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Four Fires by
Bryce Courtenay (Bolinda
Publishing)
http://www.bolindalibrary.com
Four
Fires
 Thank
you!
Kenya Henderson
Senior Publicist
McGraw-Hill Professional
The New Gold
Standard: 5 Leadership
Principles for Creating a
Legendary Customer Experience
Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Company by Joseph A.
Michelli (McGraw-Hill Companies,
The)
The New
Gold Standard: 5 Leadership
Principles for Creating a
Legendary Customer Experience
Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Company
 Thank
you for choosing both Long
Journey Home and Always A
People. In so doing you bring
much needed attention to the
long-neglected Lenape/Delaware
and Woodland People as a whole.
Rita Kohn
Always A People
by Rita Kohn (Indiana University
Press)
Always
a People: Oral Histories of
Contemporary Woodland
 Jim,
I saw that the book I sent you
last month, Legends of the Jews,
is listed on your “Religion”
page. Legends Of The Jews by
Louis Ginzberg (The Jewish
Publication Society)
www.jewishpub.org
Thank you!
Anita Bihovsky
Publicity Manager
The Jewish Publication Society
Thanks,
Jim!
All the best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
Always A People
by Rita Kohn (Indiana University
Press)
Always
a People: Oral Histories of
Contemporary Woodland Indians
 Thanks,
Jim!
Kafka Comes To
America by Steven T. Wax (Other
Press)
Kafka
Comes to America: Fighting for
Justice in the War on Terror - A
Public Defender's Inside Account
 Many
thanks for your continued
interest and support of our
books.
Most appreciated, Jim.
~Judy Through
Wheat: The U.S. Marines in WWI
by Edwin Simmons, Joseph
Alexander (With) (Naval
Institute Press)
 Thanks
so much, Jim!
Best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press Santa Claus In
Baghdad by Elsa Marston (Indiana
University Press)
Santa
Claus in Baghdad: Stories About
Teens in the Arab World
 Dear
Jim,
Thanks for including my book,
"Red, White or Yellow? the media
and the military at war in Iraq"
on your Web site. If anyone in
radio or TV wants to find me,
please forward this email. My
phone is 804-200-6928. I have
spoken at Pritzger Military
Library in Chicago, and hope to
return (if Ed Tracy invites me
again!)... if I head out your
way and you know anyone who
wants to chat, please let me
know. And thanks again! Chip
Jones (Stackpole Books)
 Thanks,
Jim!
Best,
Kristen
Kristen Pisanelli
Raab Associates Inc.
Off To War by
Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
Off to
War: Voices of Soldiers'
Children
 Thank
you very much for including my
book Last Call in your July 5th
edition. I owe you one.
J D Seamus
Last Call
by Jd Seamus (Blu Sky Media)
Last
Call
 Thank
you, Jim!
Hope you had a wonderful 4th!
Maryglenn
Charles Fort by
Jim Steinmeyer (Tarcher/Penguin)
Charles
Fort: The Man Who Invented the
Supernatural
 Hi
Jim,
I would like to apply to be
interviewed as a Vegan and Vegan
Chef and the author of one of
your daily picks; Vegan
Inspiration, Whole food recipes
for Life. I think you would find
my story very interesting Much
Thanks Vegan Chef Todd Vegan Inspiration
by Todd Dacey (www.bluedolphinpublishing.com)
Vegan
Inspiration: Whole Food Recipes
for Life
 You’re
wonderful!!!! Thanks, Jim, for
picking our Architecture of
Leadership book! The
Architecture Of Leadership by
Donald T. Phillips (Naval
Institute Press Books)
Architecture of Leadership
~Judy
Judy Heise, Publicist
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
 Thanks,
Jim. We'll get a fall catalogue
to you soon.
Emily K. Grandstaff
Publicist
HarperOne, An Imprint of
HarperCollins Publishers
353 Sacramento St. Suite 500 San
Francisco, CA 94111
A Civilization Of
Love by Carl Anderson (Harper
One)
A
Civilization of Love: What Every
Catholic Can Do to Transform the
World
 Thank
you for featuring my book, "Bead
One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making
and Using Prayer Beads" on your
Religion picks! I am just
thrilled. I wish I could be as
up on books as you are. I am
going to blog about your
inclusion of my book and will
send you a link. Thanks again.
Bead One, Pray Too by Kimberly
Winston (Church Publishing)
Bead
One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making
and Using Prayer Beads
Kimberly Winston ReligionLink
Publishers Weekly
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you for "helping me help
the kids" by including my book
Drama Is Optional: A Guide For
Teens as a Daily Pick on your
website. It is my passion to
help make a difference in the
lives of teens by giving them
the "tools" they need to create
the life they want to live and
become the person they want to
be. Thanks again for your help,
I am grateful! (iUniverse,
Incorporated)
Drama
is Optional: A Guide For Teens
Have a great day,
Judee Ausnow
Wildwood West Real Estate
 Jim,
I really appreciate your making
my book, "Every Man Sees You
Naked: An Insider's Guide to How
Men Think," one of your Daily
Picks for today, May 2nd.
Thanks for giving my work
exposure and for providing a
thoughful and informative
destination for all those that
are interested in the written
word.
Keep up the great work! Every Man Sees
You Naked by David M. Matthews (Wheatmark)
Every
Man Sees You Naked: An Insider's
Guide to How Men Think
 Thanks
for including my book Hot
Issues, Cool Choices: Facing
Bullies, Peer Pressure,
Popularity, and Put-Downs in
your Daily Picks for April 22nd.
Sandra McLeod Humphrey Hot Issues, Cool
Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer
Pressure, Popularity, and
Put-Downs
by Sandra McLeod Humphrey, Brian
Strassburg (Illustrator)
(Prometheus Books)
Hot
Issues, Cool Choices: Facing
Bullies, Peer Pressure,
Popularity, and Put-downs
 Great,
Thanks so much Jim!
Best,Erin
Under The
Eagle's Wing by Gary Hart
(Fulcrum Publishing)
Under
The Eagle's Wing: A National
Security Strategy of the United
States for 2009 (Speaker's
Corner)
Erin Palmiter | Fulcrum
Publishing
Marketing Manager
Thank you very much, Jim, for
making my Midway Dauntless
Victory one of your Daily Book
Pick selections for 30 April. am
flattered and pleased. Midway by Peter
C. Smith (Casemate)
Midway,
Dauntless Victory: Fresh
Perspectives on America's
Seminal Naval Victory of World
War II
My own favorite Memorable Lines
from the book are on page 136,
column 2, when Wade McClusky is
searching for the Japanese Fleet
and sights a lone destroyer at
speed to rejoin a larger force
"He decided to 'tag along' for a
while and see what turned up.
What turned up was the 1st Kudo
Butai..."
It encapsulates this, the most
crucial moment of the whole
battle I feel.
Thanks again Peter
 Thanks
for mentioning Protect Your
Child on the Internet, Jim!
Really appreciate your support. Protect Your
Child on the Internet: A
Parent's Toolkit
by John Lenardon (Self-Counsel
Press, Inc.)
Protect
Your Child on the Internet: A
Parent's Toolkit
Selina Rajani . Publicity
Manager . Self-Counsel Press
Hey there Jim,
 Thanks
for the Identity Theft Toolkit
pick! Glad you liked the book.
All best,
s
Identity Theft Toolkit: How to
Recover from and Avoid Identity
Theft by John Lenardon
(Self-Counsel Press, Inc.)
Identity Theft Toolkit: How to
Recover from and Avoid Identity
Theft
Hello Jim,
 Thanks
for including Original
Instructions on your web site. I
received the information about
your new address and we've made
the updates in all of the
necessary places. They may be a
book or postcard that is already
making the trip to the old
address but we'll redirect them
to your new address from now on.
Original Instructions...edited
by Melissa K. Nelson (www.innertraditions.com)
Original Instructions:
Indigenous Teachings for a
Sustainable Future
Best wishes, Cynthia
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you for putting The
Grieving Garden on your Daily
Picks. This is something that
touches all of our lives in one
way or another and The Grieving
Garden relates a message from 22
parents who have suffered the
death of a child. What they have
to say will help those who are
grieving and help those of us
who want to help a family member
or friend through their grief.
Sara Sgarlat
Publicity Director
Hampton Roads Publishing Co,
Inc.
Hi Jim,
Thank you.
I have a quote for your quote
page. It appeared in the Sunday
NY Times
From the article What Created
this Monster quoting Jeremy
Grantham chairman and chief
investment strategist at GMO, a
Boston investment firm. The
article is about the problems
that have spread from Wall
Street practices to the rest of
the world.
Íf it is too complicated for
most of us to understand in 10
to 15 minutes, then we probably
shouldn’t be doing it.”
Best,
Sara
 Terrific,
thanks!!
Emily Mullen
Sourcebooks Publicist
Instant Marketing
for Almost Free: Effective,
Low-Cost Results in Hours, Days,
or Weeks by Susan F. Benjamin
(Sourcebooks, Incorporated)
Instant
Marketing for Almost Free (Quick
Start Your Business)
 Hi
Jim,
We appreciate your continued
support of our books. Thanks
much!
Best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
Thanks, Jim!
 Hope
all is well with you!
Joanne McCall
The Sports Lover's Guide To
Recovery by Andrew Dieden (www.hcibooks.com)
The
Sports Lovers Guide to Recovery:
Strategies and Rules of the Game
Lovely! Thanks, Jim.
Bruce Coville Publisher FULL
CAST AUDIO Wolf-speaker (The
Immortals Series #2)
by Tamora Pierce, Tamora Pierce
(Narrated by) (Full Cast Audio)
Wolf-speaker: The Immortals:
Book 2 (The Immortals)
 Thanks
for this, Jim! Really appreciate
the coverage.
All best,
Selina
Tax This by Scott
M. Estill (www.self-counsel.com)
Tax
This!: 2008 Edition: An
Insider's Guide to Standing Up
to the IRS (Self-Counsel Press
Legal)
 J im
this is great – thank you.
Lori
Lori A. Wenzinger
Publicist
Moody Publishers
Something To Jump About by Mabel
Elizabeth Singletary (Moody)
Something to Jump About (Double
Dutch Club)
 Dear
Mr. Agnew,
Enclosed is a review copy of my
book THE TATTERED TAPESTRY and a
press release.
I am also including a brochure
featuring the Karla Smith
Foundation which we founded as a
result of the events in the
book. I appreciate anything you
can do to promote this book and
the Foundation.
With best wishes, I amSincerely
yours,
Tom Smith
301 Southridge Drive
Shiloh, IL 62269
(618) 628-3129
www.karlasmithfoundation.org
KSF@KarlaSmithFoundation.org
 Thank
you so much for choosing Imagine
That as a religious pick in
January of
this year. I would have
responded sooner had I known
about the post.
You gave me the gusto to market
my book more than I have. My
book ended with
obtaining a lawyer to finally
get my long awaited license back
for it has been 5
years since I've been behind a
wheel. I just received my
restricted permit
yesterday........the last 5
years never driving a car will
be my next book.
Once again, thank you for your
selection.Karla Korff Sullivan
Dear Jim.
 Thanks
so much for expressing interest
in my book (it has just been
released).
I will be in Chicago on Febuary
19 at the Transitions book
store.
Much love - Auriela McCarthy
The Power Of The Possible
Beaufort Books
Jim,
 Thank
you for including my book in
your daily pick (2/18). I
appreciate your interest and
support...and for also helping
me to get in touch with Susan
Benjamin.
Kindly, Beth H. Harrison
Shedding Light On Genetically
Engineered
Foodwww.thetruthaboutGMOs.com
 Hi
Jim!
Thanks for making WASHINGTON
IRVING a daily pic -- I'm only
sorry I missed sending you my
thanks the day you actually MADE
the pick (Feb 23rd). Anyway, I'm
flattered, and thanks very
much.Best,Brian Washington
Irving: An American Original by
Brian Jay Jones (Arcade
Publishing)
Washington Irving: An American
Original
 Thanks,
Jim, for selecting DESTROYER
CAPTAIN as one of your “daily
picks!”
Hope all is well for you in
Chicago on this Friday morning…
~Judy
Destroyer Captain by Adm. James
Stavridis, USN (Naval Institute
Press Books)
Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a
First Command
 Thank
you for posting 16 MYTHS OF A
DIABETIC DIET, 2ND EDITION
today. It is greatly
appreciated.
Best,
Amy Katz
Publicist 16 Myths Of A Diabetic
Diet, 2nd Edition by Karen
Hanson Chalmers (www.diabetes.org)
16
Myths of a Diabetic Diet
 What
a nice surprise to see my book,
The Woman I Am Becoming, listed
on your Daily Pick.
Blessings!
T. Suzanne Eller
http://daretobelieve.org
Harvest House Publishers
Dear Mr. Agnew,
 I
just learned from Pelican
Publishing Company that you had
chosen my prose poetry epic of
the Civil War titled "Amongst
Immortals Raging: Gettysburg's
Third Day Begins" as one of your
February 4, 2008 Daily Book
Picks. I feel greatly honored
that you would consider it
worthy of such high mention.
Thank you again, Mr. Agnew.
Sincerely - Marshall Conyers
Amongst Immortals
Raging by Marshall Conyers (www.pelicanpub.com)
Amongst
Immortals Raging, Gettysburg's
Third Day Begins
Jim,
I
was happy to hear the news and
appreciate your including my
book, Shedding Light on
Genetically Engineered Food, in
your daily picks today (February
18). A copy is on the way to
Susan Benjamin. Thank you for
your interest and support!
Beth Harrison
www.TheTruthAboutGMOs.com
Shedding Light on Genetically
Engineered Food:
What You Don’t Know About the
Food You’re Eating and What You
Can Do to Protect Yourself
 THANK
YOU JIM!
The team at TFH is thrilled to
have Senior Dogs selected by you
for posting - and a copy of the
book is on its way to Susan!
Again, many thanks for the
support you provide to the
publishing community and
its/your readers! Best,
Leigh Curtin
Curtin Communications The Living
Well Guide For Senior Dogs by
Diane Morgan (TFH Publications)
 Jim,
glad that you enjoyed my book
"The Bunko Babes". I am grateful
for your posting it as one of
your daily picks. Blessings,
Leah Starr Baker
The Bunko Babes
by Leah Starr Baker (Emerald
Pointe Books)
The
Bunko Babes
 Re:
The Lost Battalion of Tet.
Jim, thanks for picking my book
today, the beginning of the 40th
anniversary of Tet '68. I worked
for UPI for a year before going
to Vietnam. The office was in
the same building as the
Billygoat. All things being
equal, I miss the bar more than
the war. Regards, Charles
The Lost
Battalion Of Tet by Charles A.
Krohn (Naval Institute Press)
Lost
Battalion of Tet: The Breakout
of 2/12th Cavalry at Hue (Ausa)
(Ausa)
 J im,
Thank you so much for including
Hemanta Mishra’s Soul of the
Rhino in your Daily Picks
today!! It’s great to see such a
wonderful book and author get a
little shine from you. Soul of
the Rhino: A Nepali Adventure
with Kings and Elephant Drivers,
Billionaires and Bureaucrats,
Shamans and Scientists and the
Indian Rhinoceros by Hemanta R.
Mishra, Jim Ottaway (Editor)
(Lyons Press, The )
I hope all is well. Best,
Khuong Phan
Associate Account Executive
Mouth Public Relations
 Jim,
Thanks for posting my book on
your site. It's great PR, to say
the least. In fact, I'm hoping
it will generate interest in the
[major] publishers' community to
the extent that they'll want to
pick up a copy of the book and
review it. Thanks again! Kill
The Devil by T.K. Marion (www.tkmarion.com)
KILL
THE DEVIL
 Thanks
-- pretty impressive being on
your site, and appreciated!
Best,James C. Fairfield, MD,
FAAD
Center for Aesthetics
Central Montgomery Dermatology
Associates, LLC
Erase The Years by James C.
Fairfield, MD (www.cmderm.com)
Erase
the Years
 Dear
Jim,
We were delighted to see that
you included Ferenc Mate's book
in your daily picks!
A copy of A Vineyard in Tuscany
is en route to Susan Benjamin
today.
Best,Celine LittleAssociate
Editor
Albatross Books at W. W. Norton
& Co. A Vineyard In Tuscany by
Ferenc Mate (www.norton.com)
 Thanks,
Jim. Happy New Year.
Yvette Romero
Public Relations Director
Kaplan Publishing
The Bankruptcy
Handbook by John Ventura (Kaplan
Publishing)
 T hanks
as always Jim, and have a great
day! Tara Lichterman
Down To Earth by
Kenneth Butterworth McGlashan
with Owen Zupp (www.casematepublishing.com)
 T hanks
Jim! Happy New Year to you.
The Cult Of
Perfection by Cooper Lawrence
(Globe Pequot/Skirt)
 J im,
I just wanted to say thanks -- I
noticed that you posted my new
book on your website review
yesterday. We just posted the
press release yesterday:
http://www.braunmincher.com/en/PRESS-AND-MEDIA.html
Please let me know if you need
anything else on my end. Have a
great weekend.
Regards,Braun Mincher,
Author/Publisher
"The Secrets of Money: A Guide
for Everyone on Practical
Financial Literacy"
 Thank
you for picking my book Crop
Circles, An Art of Our Time for
your list yesterday. It was a
huge surprise and a delight when
I received the news.Mary Carroll
Nelson
 Thanks,
Jim!
Hope you had a delightful
Thanksgiving….
~Judy
Judy Heise, Publicist
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
Online at www.usni.org
 Thanks
Jim!
Keep sending those requests!
Best,
Tamar
Tamar Elster
Publicity Coordinator
Teachers College Press Why
Science by James Trefil (www.tcpress)
Why
Science?
 Thank
you! Great to see.
The Future Of
Management by Gary Hamel
(Harvard Business School Press)
The
Future of Management
 J im:
Thanks for putting I WAS A TV
HORROR HOST up on your book
picks webpage. -- John Stanley
I Was A TV Horror Host by John
Stanley (www.stanleybooks.net)
I
Was a TV Horror Host: Memoirs of
a Creature Features Man
 Dear
Jim,
I hope you are well.
Thank you for the posting.
Would you be so kind as to tell
me how you became a literary
researcher, please? I enjoy
doing research and have been
considering doing this
professionally, but I was unsure
how you break into the business
and get yourself known. Thank
you for your expertise.
Have a great day!
Heather Resnick, Author of Women
Reworked Empowering Women in
Employment Transition
Rights the Wrong and Writes the
Right
Women Reworked by Heather
Resnick (www.womenreworked.com)
Women
Reworked Empowering Women in
Employment Transition
HI!
Thank you so much for your
request for a book review. Your
site looks great. How did you
find me?
Many blessings on your wonderful
services, Helene Rothschild
www.lovetopeace.com
Thank
you Jim!
Laurie Sixth Sense by Laurie
Nadel, Ph.D
Sixth
Sense: Unlocking Your Ultimate
Mind Power
 Great,
thanks Jim!
Kendra
Kendra Michael
PR and Marketing
BND/Bayard Novalis Distribution
Holy Anger by Lytta Basset (Novalis)
Holy
Anger
 T hat’s
terrific. Thanks so much!
All my best,
Esther Porter
Marketing Assistant
Coffee House Press
The Ocean In The Closet by Yuko
Taniguchi (Coffee House Press)
The
Ocean in the Closet
 Thank
you for all the wonderful things
you do!
The Magic Gown by J.L. Kimmel
(Spring Tree Press)
 Thanks,
Jim. Much appreciated.
Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce
(www.fullcastaudio.com)
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you for your support of
our books.
Best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
 Dear
Jim,
Thank you for including my book,
"The Ugly Truth About Managing
People" on your daily picks. I
especially thank you for putting
my book first!
I appreciate your interest in my
book and me. I hope it helps
your readers.
Have a great day!
Best regards...Ruth King...www.ontheribbon.com
 Thanks
for posting our titles Jim!
Christopher Columbus, the Last
Templar by Ruggero Marino (Inner
Traditions & Bear Company )
 Thank
you for listing my book on your
website. --Linda Cruz All His
Jewels by Linda Cruz (Xulon
Press)
 Jim,
Thanks for featuring my book.
You provide a great service for
authors as well as readers.
Bill Billimoria
 Thanks
so much for making OUR COUNTRY
RIGHT OR WRONG your daily pick!
Our Country, Right Or Wrong by
Leonard F. Guttridge (Forge
Trade)
Any chance you might want to
have a short (or long!) chat
with the wonderfully
entertaining historian and naval
battles expert, Mr. Leonard
Gutteridge?
Please let me know. He’s a dear
gent with a charming accent!
Thanks again,
Leslie Henkel
Tor Publicity
Hi
Jim,
THANK YOU! I really appreciate
your interest in my book and me.
Have a great day.
Ruth
Ruth King Chief Evangelist The
Ugly Truths About Managing
People by Ruth King (www.ontheRibbon.com)
 Jim
- Thank you for supporting Santa
Monica Canyon. My review from
Booklist just hit the amazon
website before your daily pick
appeared. Perfect timing and
much appreciated! Best, Gregory
Hinton Santa Monica Canyon by
Gregory Hinton (iUniverse,
Incorporated)
 Hi
Jim,
Well, it's not Oprah (yet), but
earlier this year I was
interviewed on the local morning
show
Sacramento & Company, sharing my
story and ideas about Loving the
Life You Have so that
You Can Create the Life of Your
Dreams.
Please click here (or go to
http://www.yopalhal.com ) to
visit my website and scroll down
to
watch this inspirational
4-minute TV interview (When my
site opens, just scroll down to
the
bottom of the screen and click
on the video. It will start
playing).
Thank you for your valuable
time, energy, love, support and
attention!
Always with Unconditional Love &
Gratitude, while...
Empowering People and
Organizations to Create
Miraculous Results
Hal Elrod
Professional Speaker ~
Best-selling Author ~ Life &
Business Coach
http://www.yopalhal.com
 Thank
you for the notice!
All my best,
Esther Porter
Marketing Assistant
Coffee House Press
Minnesota State
Fair by Kathryn Strand Koutsky
and Linda Koutsky (Coffee House
Press)
 Jim,
Thanks so much. It looks
terrific.
Bob
Bob Buchicchio, LCSW, DCSW
www.takingspace.com Taking
Space: How to Use Separation to
Explore the Future of Your
Relationship by Robert J.
Buchicchio (Charler Publishing)
Jim, you are so the bomb-diggity!
(Sometimes I just get really
excited about the coverage you
give our books and I can't help
but revert back to high school
vocabulary.)
 Thanks
Anne Iverson, Marketing Manager
Mountain Press
The Bristlecone Book by Ronald
M. Lanner (Mountain Press)
Cheers & thanks!
Tara :)
 Thanks
Jim, and I’ll get a catalog out
today.
Tara Lichterman Days Of Valor
by Robert L. Tonsetic (Casemate)
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks for helping me get the
word out on natural cancer
treatment.
Warmly,
Bill Henderson
Author: "Cure Your Cancer" and
"Cancer-Free"Prevention and
Treatment. Cancer-Free by Bill
Henderson (www.beating-cancer-gently.com)
 T hank
you.
Shida
The Way Life Should Be by Terry
Shaw (Touchstone)
 Thank
you, Jim!
I hope you're well...
Warm Regards,
Carrie Grossman
Publicist
SoundsTrue
Wake Up And Roar by H.W.C.
Pounja/Papaji
 That’s
great! Thanks for bringing
attention to these three books….
Most appreciated.
Judy Heise...Publicist
NAVAL INSTIUTE PRESS
Honor Bound by Stuart I.
Rochester and Frederick Kiley
What
Are Old People For? by Dr.
William H. Thomas (VanderWyk &
Burnham)
 Thank
you! Our Digital Photography
book looks great!
Digital Photography by Don
Lindich (www.pentonoverseas.com)
Best Regards,
Mary Anne Penton
Penton Overseas, Inc. / Penton
Kids Press
Specialty Sales and Toy Support
 Thank
you Jim! I appreciate it!
Best,
Julie
Leadership Brand by Dave Ulrich
(Harvard Business School Press)
 Thanks
Jim
The Santa Monica Farmers Market
Cookbook by Amelia Saltsman
(Blenheim)
 Thank
you! --Diane
The New Flatlanders: A Seeker's
Guide To The Theory Of
Everything by Eric Middleton
(Templeton Foundation Press)
 Thanks...you're
the best!
Raab Associates Inc.
T. Koppel
 H ere
is the cover image for The Pearl
of Great Price. Thanks for
posting the recent titles as
well!
Michelle
Michelle Verkuilen
Marketing Manager
Liturgical Press The Pearl of
Great Price: Gospel Wisdom for
Christian Marriage by Julie
McCarty
 Thanks,
Jim!
Carol Hunger
Publicist
Saint Mary's Press
Day by Day with People of the
Bible: Reflections for Teens
(Paperback) by Dennis Kurtz
(Author), Michaela Hedican
(Author), Judy Kramer (Author)
Saint Mary's Press
 T hanks,
Jim! --Diane
Spirituality In Patient Care by
(Templeton University Press)
 Thanks
for the notice Jim!
Cynthia J. Fowles
Director of Rights & Publicity
Inner Traditions, Bear & Co.
Reflexology Atlas by Bernard C.
Kolster, MD
 J im:
Thank you very much, really
appreciated, Jay Glass
The Power Of Faith by Jay D.
Glass, Ph.D. (Donington Press)
 J im.
Thanks! I visit your site most
days, but your email beat me to
it.
Gary (The Guild Of Xenolinguists
by Sheila Finch) (Golden Gryphon
Press)
 Jim,
thanks for sending me the link.
Much appreciated!
Irene
Irene Majuk
Publicity Director
AMACOM Books (The First-Time
Homeowner's Survival Guide by
Sid Davis) (AMACOM)
 Thanks
Jim! David Samra
Marketing Director
The Disinformation Company Ltd.
Everything You Know About God Is
Wrong ...edited by Russ Kick
(Disinformation Company)
 Hi
Jim~
This is great, Jim, and I’ll
forward it to the author.
Thanks,
Janis
Alone In Marriage by Sisie
Larson (Moody)
 T hank
you for letting me know.
Best,
Camille
Camille Herrera Marketing
Associate
No Starch Press (Artist's
Guide To GIMP Effects by Michael
J. Hammel)(No Starch Press)
 Great
- thanks very much!!
Iris R Bell, MD PhD
Creative Bookworm Press
Entertaining, enriching, and
expanding the hearts, minds, and
lives
of our readers through high
quality print and other media
products.
 Awesome…thanks,
Jim!!
If you hear of someone one
looking for a “decorating”
guest…....!!!!
M~
Smart Interior Styling (
Decorating By Instinct by Marcia
Smart (www.smartredesign.com)
 Thank
you. You sound extremely busy
with all of your booking duties!
Thanks for including us in your
mix.
Have a great day!
Janice (I-ROBOT Poetry by Jason
Christie) (Edge/Hades)
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks so much for the review of
Riley!
Best,
Kristen
Kristen Pisanelli
Raab Associates Inc.
 Thanks,
Jim!
Annie Braun
Marketing Associate
Northland Publishing
Rising Moon/Luna Rising (Kissing
In The Kitchen by Kevin T.
Robert (Northland Publishing)
 Great,
thanks Jim!
Kendra
Kendra Michael
PR and Marketing Co-ordinator
BND/Bayard Novalis Distribution
( Biblical Human Failures by
Walter Vogel) (Novalis)
 Great,
thanks Jim!
Rachel Romano
Publicist
Prestel Publishing (After The
Revolution by Eleanor Heartney,
et.al (Prestel)
 Thanks
so much!
Miriam Parker (Her Way by Jeff
Garth and Don Van Natta Jr.
(Little Brown/Hachette)
 Jim,
Many thanks. Best, Walter
(Walter Vatter Publicity
Director
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher)
Charging The Net by Cecil
Harris and Larryette Kyle-DeBose
(Ivan R. Dee)
 Thanks,
Shawn O'Gallagher (Little
Heathers by Mildred Armstrong
Kalish) (Bantam)
 Thanks,
Jim!
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
(Covenant by Yusef
Komunyakaa)(Indiana University
Press)
 Hi!
Thank you for your interest in
Penton CDs - I look forward to
hearing from you so we can send
samples to YOU!
Best Regards,
Mary Anne Penton
Penton Overseas, Inc. / Penton
Kids Press
 Thanks
so much!
Susan Schaab
Wearing The Spider by Susan
Schabb (Galavant Press)
 T hanks
so much Jim! Very Cool...
~Melissa R. Alice In Sunderland
by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
 J im,
Thank you for putting our book,
Ancient & Modern Saints on your
picks list. Sandra Dipasqua
Saints by Barbara Calamari and
Sandra DiPasqua (Viking Studio/Penquin)
 H ey,
Jim! Thanks for letting me know.
It looks great.
More books coming soon.
Joanne
Joanne McCall
Thrive by Mike Cook (St. Lynn's
Press)
 T hanks
so much!
Tara :)
Raab Associates Inc.
Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and
Algebra
by Wendy Lichtman (HarperCollins
Publishers)
 Dear
Jim,
Thanks so much for picking Mr.
Right and My Left Kidney.
Best,
Joan
Mr. Right And My Left Kidney by
Joan Saltzman (Peripety Press)
 D ear
Jim,
I meant to send this Friday:
thank you so much!
All best wishes,
Jantje
Jantje Tielken
Publicity & Marketing Manager
Curbstone Press Why Monkey's
Live In Trees by Raoulf Mama
(Curbstone Press)
 Thanks
Jim!
The Extreme Makeover Of Hillary
(Rodman) Clinton by Bay Buchanan
(Regnery Publishing)
 Thanks
so much, Jim!
Tammy Richards-LeSure
RICHARDS PUBLIC RELATIONS
The Senator And The Socialite by
Lawrence Otis Graham (Harper
Perennial)
 Hi
Jim,
Sincere thanks for placing China
Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to
America, My Passage to
Fatherhood, among your daily
picks. I do appreciate you
noticing the book, and it's an
honor to be included among the
fine works that are named. China
Ghosts by Jeff Gammage (William
Morrow)
Best,
Jeff Gammage
 T hanks
for letting us know (and for
your support!).
Best,
Dave
Professor of English
Purdue University Kenneth Burke
On Shakespeare...edited by Scott
L. Newstok (Parlor Press)
 T hanks,
Jim, for including Real Abortion
Stories in your Daily Picks.
Reports I am receiving from
readers confirms that these
stories are much needed and are
helping post-abortive parents
find healing and peace.Keep up
the good work.Barbara Horak
Barbara@RealAbortionStories.com
 Hi,
Jim –
Just wanted to thank your for
sending along this link. Also, I
wanted to introduce myself. I’m
Jennifer Novak, and I’m the new
publicity manager here at
Kodansha.
Thanks again,Jennifer
The Hunter by Asa Nonami
(Kodansha America) The Hunter
T hanks!
Looks great! Saints by Barbara
Calamari and Sandra DiPasqua
(Viking Studio/Penquin)
 Wonderful.
Thanks, Jim.
Have a nice weekend.
Best, Maureen (Ivan R. Dee)
 Hi
Jim,
Thank you for posting my book,
Street-Smart Advertising: How to
Win the Battle of the Buzz. I
hope you enjoyed everything I
sent you. I can only imagine how
busy you are reading all this
material.
Gratefully yours,
Margo
 Hi
Jim,
Thanks so much for posting
Josephine B. on your wonderful
website. I’ll send our fall
titles as they become available.
Cheers,
Colleen.
Colleen Kitts, Publicity
Goose Lane Editions
 Hello,
Thank you for sharing this link
with us.
All the best,
Maureen
Maureen Mills
Marketing Coordinator
Georgetown UniversityPress
 Wonderful,
thank you for letting me know.
Best,
Camille
Camille Herrera | Marketing
Associate
No Starch Press |
www.nostarch.com
Hi,
Jim –
Just wanted to thank your for
sending along this link. Also, I
wanted to introduce myself. I’m
Jennifer Novak, and I’m the new
publicity manager here at
Kodansha.Thanks again,Jennifer
Jim:
Terrific and thanks - Joe
Big Papi! by David Ortiz with
Tony Massarotti (St. Martin's
Press)
Great thank you Jim!
Erika Sumner
Publicist
PR by the Book, LLC Power
Abused, Power Healed by Judith
Barr
 Jim:
Just a note to say thanks for
including my book in your list
of daily picks for June 29. I
really appreciate it and am
pleased to be in such good
company!
John Koessler A Stranger In The
House Of God by John Koessler (Zondervan)
Yay! Looks great! Thanks,
Jim!!!
Joanne McCall
This is great. Thanks, Jim!
(Black Dog & Levanthal)
Wonderful! Thanks,
Michelle
Michelle Verkuilen, Marketing
Manager
Liturgical Press
St. John's Abbey
Thank you!!
David Thompson
Busted Flush Press, LLC
P.O. Box 540594, Houston, TX
77254-0594
Phone: (713) 942-9282 / Fax:
(713) 942-9227
Thanks, Jim! We're thrilled
to see Band of Sisters among
your picks. If there's anything
else we can do, please don't
hesitate to let us know.
Best regards, Dave Reisch
Stackpole Books
 Thanks
for the heads-up, Jim!
 That's
great! Thanks Jim.
With Gratitude,
Hal Elrod
 Thanks,
Jim. I hadn't seen the Booklist
review until your site sent me
over to Amazon.
Jeff
Out Of The
Woods by Ora E. Anderson (Ohio
University Press)
Many thanks. I have a whole
batch of new books to send you!
Enjoy! Also note that you do
religion titles! Terrific, I
represent Crossroads and Paulist
titles too! Best, Meryl
Cruel Poetry
by Vicki Hendricks (Serpent's
Tail Publishing Ltd)
Hello
Jim,
Thank you for choosing my novel,
"The Steam Magnate" as one of
your daily book
picks. It means a lot to me when
people take an interest in my
book! Sincerely,Dana
CopithorneThe Steam Magnate by
Dana Copithorne (AIO Publishing
Company, LLC)
Thanks – I’m
sending a fall catalog and The
Berghoff Family Cookbook your
way...Best,
Tammie Barker Publicist
Andrews McMeel Publishing,
Quick-Fix Vegetarian by Robin
Robertson (Andrews McMeel
Publishing)
Jim, THANK YOU so much, this
is terrific.
Best,Trina
Good Food For Good Times
(Hardcover) by Jamie Gwen
(Author)
Jim,
I'm having a brain cramp--thanks
so much for this, if I haven't
thanked you already!
Cheers,Moira
Jim,Thanks so much for
featuring Think Yourself Thin.
We appreciate it. Leigh
Hi Jim,
A big note of gratitude from
me to you to let you know how
much I appreciated the
opportunity to talk about WHY DO
I KEEP DOING THAT? with Michael.
My producer said it was obvious
from our email traffic that the
interview made an impact.
"Dear Jim Agnew: Thank you
for selecting our Einstein's
1912 for your daily pick
yesterday. We will be sure to
send our upcoming spring
titles."
Best, Tara Zapp
"Jim Agnew: Thank you, I am
starting a new radio show of one
minute Hollywood Stories and
will be putting them together in
an audiobook so I will get one
to you when it is ready."
Thank you,
Stephen
Schochet,
author and narrator of
"Fascinating Walt Disney" and
"Tales Of Hollywood"
"I need and appreciate the
publicity."
Harriet Hodgson, BS, MA author
of Smiling Through Your Tears:
Anticapating Grief, Lois Krahn,
MD, Co-Author.
"Dear Jim: Thank you so
much. A "10"...really? You are
too kind sir. I will keep my
fingers crossed for big
Christmas sales."
Nicole Kallis, your Tee Time
Girl
"And thank you, Jim, for
listing Pleasant Drugs! Your
website is very exciting."
Marianne L. Nora, Executive
Director of
Mid-List
Press
"Thanks for listing Touched
By Fire. You have a very
interesting site. You are listed
on our reviewers list and can
expect to receive a galley, or
finished book, for every
release. It's been a pleasure
working with you."
Best Regards, Laura Brownell,
Marketing Associate,
Himalayan
Institute Press
"Dear Mr. Agnew: While
shamelessly Googling myself I
discovered my new book on your
site. Thanks so much for listing
it." Sincerely, Sharon Mesmer,
author of "In Ordinary Time"
"Thank you, Jim I passed this
along to Devin Durrant. We are
getting ready for the second
printing so the book is doing
very well. We appreciate your
support and interest. I also
have another book in which you
might be interested. Richard
Paul Evans' new novel published
by Simon & Shuster, The
Sunflower. It debuted on the NY
Times tied for 13-14-15 it's
first week. I am attaching the
press release. If you would like
a copy, please let me know."
Karen Christoffersen, Christo
Media Services, West Jordan, UT.
"Thanks so much Mr. Agnew
for posting my new novel, To
Right All Wrongs, on your
webpage under your monthly 100
New Book Picks list. For a
first-time author it is a
wonderful validation of their
writing ability. I am
honored--my very best regards to
you."
Respectfully, Joyce Taylor
Dennis
"Dear
Jim: Thanks for your unflagging
support and attention to our
books! "Best, Mary Bisbee-Beek,
Director of Publicity and
Foreign Rights Manager, The
University of Michigan Press
"Jim: Thanks so very much for
including me and my website on
your list."
All the best,
Angela
Wilder: Powerful Male Syndrome
"I
just bought the Gnostic tarot
after reading about it on your
site. I like reading your short
reviews. I'm too busy to get
NYTimes book review lengths. I
just want the jist. Good job on
your site."
Lizz Aviles McGraw-Hill
Publicity, Senior Publicist
"James: Sorry for the delay to
your email--the Tachyon staff
just got back from the World
Fantasy Convention, held in
Madison, Wisc. Your site is
marvelous, by the way--I hope
ours looks as good after its
upcoming redesign."
All best, Jill Roberts,
Publicist,
Tachyon Publications, Science
Fiction For Grown-Ups
Wow,
Pretty fancy now. Love the new
look. Cant wait to be a part
of the new you!
Deidre Saddoris
Radio & Music Publicity
Sounds True
413 South Arthur Ave
Louisville CO 80027
303-665-3151 x129
www.soundstrue.com
This site is so easy to
navigate it makes it a pleasure
to come to . Whenever I am
looking for somthing new to read
I can come here and browse and
then just click on the amazon
link and buy the book. It is
very user friendly and makes
buying books a breeze. Thanks
Jim for making everything so
easy .
Chris Remele
Wow! Your website looks great,
and thanks for displaying my
"Quest." it looks great, too.
Thanks so much,
Cecelia G. Davis
Very nice, I'm going to have to
make a point of visiting it
every day,
instead of occasionally. Great
job!
Gary Turner
Golden Gryphon Press
"Thank you so
much Jim.
"Hard Rock Lovers" is my
lifetime project from the heart.
Both the story and the actors
that I grew up with. Thanks for
putting my audio-book on your
fine site. And a perfect,
concise write-up by you. You
said everything in two lines!
Also, Rod Taylor made some small
edits and changes as he read the
text, making it better and more
of his own."
Paul (Kyriazi)
"Thanks for
your consideration--and the
update ."
Shauna Riley, publicist, Oxford
University Press
(May 3-First Democracy
Dear Mr. Agnew,
Thank you very much for
selecting my book, "Action
Speaks Louder: Violence,
Spectacle, and the American
Action Movie" as a daily pick. I
am grateful to you for the
honor.
I am reading about your work
with great interest, and
especially appreciate the
premium you place on research.
Researching "Action Speaks
Louder" was one of the most
satisfying parts of the writing
process, and was the reason my
interest in the project never
flagged.
Your endorsement means a great
deal, especially as the summer
action movie season is getting
underway. In light of this, I am
hoping to add to the media
appearances I have already made,
discussing such topics as the
evolution of the action movie;
how action movies, family films,
and technology are blending to
create new kinds of
entertainment; the "sequel boom"
we are currently witnessing;
and, on a more serious note, the
role filmed violence plays in
our culture.
Respectfully, I ask you to keep
me in mind should any of this
seem relevant over the coming
weeks or months.
Again, I thank you.
Best regards,
Eric Lichtenfeld
Thank you! That's
very exciting to see!
Diana Ahmad 5/5/07
 You’re
so lovely. Thanks for this, Jim.
Coming to BEA? Come say hello if
you’re there!Best // Inger Sea
Cobra by Buckner F. Milton Jr.
(The Lyons Press)
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