Thomas Oppong’s book, A Smarter New Mind: What You Can Do Every Day to Get Smarter, sounds interesting. On his website http://alltopstartups.com/2015/05/12/a-smart-new-mind/ you can read an excerpt from his book that summarizes 8 things you can do every day to get smarter. My favorite is “Reflect on your learning by blogging.” A couple others are, […]
Penny Sansevieri
At the last San Francisco Writers Conference, I attended Penny Sansevieri’s sessions, bought her books, and listened to the CD’s of her sessions. Today I re-listened to “How to Sell Truckloads of Books on Amazon.” It’s loaded with valuable information that I have to organize into a To Do List. Penny is Founder and CEO […]
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The reading group I joined this year, selected Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to read for April. Austen was born on December 16, 1775 and died on July 18, 1817. She was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. […]
Betsy Streeter’s Silverwood
Betsy Streeter's Silverwood
William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s fifth novel published in 1930. Most of the 59 chapters are short and are narrated by 15 different characters in a stream of consciousness writing technique. He wrote it in six weeks and didn’t change a word of it. It’s considered one of the best novels of 20th-century literature. […]
The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
On Monday afternoon, our reading group will discuss Sophie Littlefield’s book, The Missing Place. It was my turn to choose a book. I had met Sophie during our Women’s National Book Association event in San Francisco a few months ago, and we met again at Town Center Books in Pleasanton for her book signing. The […]