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Hi! I am Amanda from Amanda's Weekly Zen

I am a traveler and an avid reader. My husband and I are on the road right now in our RV. We are planning to see as much of the East Coast we can in 2009… starting in Florida.

I have an MA in English Literature and have plans to pursue a PhD in English Literature (specialty 18th Century English Novels). Currently I am working on an MS in Software Engineering. I talk about my travels and the books I am reading on my blog Amanda’s Weekly Zen.

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Reading about Reading

Having a metatextual day today with Italo Calvino "If on a winter's night a traveler." I have lost count as to how many times I have read this book but I love it being directly involved in a novel. The reader is addressed as reader and in fact is often told about his (yes Calvino does make it clear that he expected his reader to be a man) reading habits.



If you have not yet read Calvino's book I highly recommend it... although please note that this recommendation comes with a… Continue

Posted on March 16, 2009 at 4:00pm

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A History of Tom Jones: A Foundling by Henry Fielding
About Me:
I recently received my MA in Literature and I am now an MS in software Engineering Student. I work as a professional photographer and freelance writer.
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Jay Siva left a comment for Amanda
"Hi, I came across your blog, and I thought you would be the perfect person to contact. My name is Jay Siva, the founder of EZBuyButton.com, an easy 'buy book' widget for authors. I'm contacting you today because I think you and your…"
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Pamela Cash left a comment for Amanda
"Hi! I’m new to bookblog. I would be happy to follow your blog and click “Like” on your face book if you will do the same for me. If so, please send me your info. My info is: chausikuseries.blogspot.com and…"
Dec 5, 2012
Eric Maywar left a comment for Amanda
"Hi, If you are interested in growing the people following your blog, I would be happy to follow yours if you follow mine. I own a used bookstore and my blog has posts about bookstore life, author-led discussions, literary games, and customer…"
Oct 18, 2011
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Project: Community novel

I love to write but I have so many projects that I started but never finished. My husband then told me one day that I should start a group where people who have similar lack of follow through on creative writings get together and we pass our books on to one another until it is finished then we all put our name on the book. Brilliant idea! So what I am proposing is this…a community novel. My vision is that we all must be some sort of writer who will spend at least a month with a piece of a novel…See More
Apr 11, 2009
Amanda posted a blog post

Reading about Reading

Having a metatextual day today with Italo Calvino "If on a winter's night a traveler." I have lost count as to how many times I have read this book but I love it being directly involved in a novel. The reader is addressed as reader and in fact is often told about his (yes Calvino does make it clear that he expected his reader to be a man) reading habits.If you have not yet read Calvino's book I highly recommend it... although please note that this recommendation comes with a warning... the…See More
Mar 16, 2009

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At 9:46pm on March 18, 2013,
Author
Jay Siva
said…
Hi, I came across your blog, and I thought you would be the perfect person to contact.

My name is Jay Siva, the founder of EZBuyButton.com, an easy 'buy book' widget for authors. I'm contacting you today because I think you and your readers would love to know about the EZBuyButton widget I've created.

It is the most advanced 'buy now' widget for selling books. I make it free for authors and publishers, worldwide, to quickly and easily create and use our EZBuyButton widget to place on their website or blog to immediately increase the sales of their books, especially if their books are listed for sale in more than one retail store. I made it super easy, with just a few clicks they just copy & paste a piece of code onto their website/blog, and they're done.

The widget allows website visitors to select which device they'd like to use to read the author's book, and then select their preferred retail store that they'd like to purchase the book from. It also geolocates the visitor's location and will send the visitor to the correct country specific retail store so that they can buy the author's book. The widget is also fully customizable, and the author will have access to detailed real-time statistics of the use of their widget.

I would like to invite you to visit my website, and try out the EZBuyButton widget. I hope you find that my widget will be useful to you and your readers, including all the authors, literary agents, and publishers you're in contact with.

My website is http://www.ezbuybutton.com.

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them for you. Thank you for your time.

kindest regards,
Jay Siva
At 4:25pm on December 5, 2012,
Author
Pamela Cash
said…

Hi! I’m new to bookblog. I would be happy to follow your blog and click “Like” on your face book if you will do the same for me. If so, please send me your info. My info is: chausikuseries.blogspot.com and facebook.com/chausikuseries. Thanks!

At 12:03am on October 18, 2011, Eric Maywar said…

Hi,

If you are interested in growing the people following your blog, I would be happy to follow yours if you follow mine.

I own a used bookstore and my blog has posts about bookstore life, author-led discussions, literary games, and customer reviews.  www.classicsusedbooks.com.

If you do decide to follow, make sure to let me know so I can return the favor.

Thanks!

Eric Maywar

At 6:17am on July 15, 2009, Preetham Grandhi said…
Hi Amanda, I want to introduce you to my debut novel "A Circle of souls" which is a murder, mystery, psychological thriller and a tale of justice and hope. Do visit www.acircleofsouls.com to read more about the book. Make sure you sign up to win an autographed copy of the book. Thanks for your time in advance.

Best regards

Preetham Grandhi

Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”

Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."

Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"

Book Synopsis:

The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.

Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.

The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
At 4:38pm on March 16, 2009, Kristin Callender said…
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for your interest in my book tour. I would love to hear more about your trip. I love to travel too. We have taken a few long distance train trips and I can't wait to do it again. I will have to check out your website. If you do stop by any of the blogs that I am visiting be sure to leave a comment : ) Happy traveling to you!
Kristin Callender
The Truth Lies in the Dark
At 11:12am on March 6, 2009, Chris Tusa said…
Hi Amanda,

My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. I am writing because my debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available, and I was hoping you might be willing to mention it on your blog (or review it). If you're interested, I'd be glad to send you an e-book version of the book. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:

Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894

Thanks so much,
Chris

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