Category: Books
Posted on September 12, 2022
by Author Melissa Crandall
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A bit ago, round about the time I received my concussion, I also received an inquiry from the book lovers/promoters at Shepherd.com about whether I’d like to promote ELEPHANT SPEAK by also helping to promote the work of others. I did a bit of… Continue Reading “Attention Writers and Readers: Introducing Shepherd.Com”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Authors, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Writers, WritingTags: Animals, Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Shepherd.com, Writing
For those of you in the Cleveland and surrounding areas, I’m proud to be taking part in the 15th Annual Author Alley at Loganberry Books ( http://www.loganberrybooks.com/) on August 20 from noon to 4 pm. This section of the Alley is for nonfiction and… Continue Reading “Loganberry Books, August 20”
We’re a (very) short three weeks and four days from the beginning of Loganberry Books’ Author Alley gatherings. For three Saturdays in a row, the good people at Loganberry Books will bring together up to 30 area authors to talk about their work. Each… Continue Reading “Three Weekends of Writers”
Category: Animals, Appearances, Authors, Books, Elephant Speak, Loganberry Books, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous, Washington Park Zoo, Writers, Writing, ZooTags: Animals, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Loganberry Books, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Writing
Please pass the word along to your reader friends near and far. We’re bound to have a fun time talking about elephants, not to mention all the other stuff that crops up. Hope you’ll join us in September at the Thompson Branch of Geuga… Continue Reading “Coming Soon to an Ohio Near You”
Category: Animals, Appearances, Authors, Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous, Writers, WritingTags: Animals, Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Writing
And the hits keep coming. I just received word that ELEPHANT SPEAK (and I) have been chosen by the good folks at Loganberry Books in Shaker Heights, OH (http://www.loganberrybooks.com/) to participate in one of their three Author Alley gatherings in August. August 6 highlights… Continue Reading “More Wonderful News”
Category: Appearances, Biography, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Loganberry Books, Loganberry Books, Ooligan Press, Roger Henneous, Writing, ZooTags: Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Loganberry Books, Ooligan Press, Writing
Jennifer McMahon does it again with “The Children on the Hill.” I could not put this down – and it has more twists, turns, and flips than a roller coaster. A terrific read!
Okay, so I am not a fan of genre labels, mostly because I hate to pigeonhole writers into categories. BUT because I know some/a lot/many/most of you appreciate a category so you “know” whether or not you’ll be interested in a particular book, I’ll… Continue Reading “Unreserved Book Recommendation”
…is often how it goes in this game of writing, or at least that’s my experience of it. Famine, feast, famine. It’s an oft-used example, but it really is a lot like one loose pebble on a hillside. Once it begins to roll, you… Continue Reading “Momentum Like a Long, Low Swell…”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous, WritingTags: Elephant Speak, Elephants, Oregon Zoo, Zookeeper
I’m so very proud to have been able to participate in the Newburyport Literary Festival, forced to go virtual thanks to COVID-19. You can access the various segments on YouTube, and see mine here: Newburyport Festival
Category: Appearances, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Newburyport Literary Festival, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Writers, WritingTags: Elephant Speak, Elephants, Newburyport Literary Festival, Ooligan Press
Host John Valeri was kind enough to add me to his roster of authors. You can watch the interview here.
Melissa Crandall 