This week's bookspotting post at A Kindle in Hong Kong comes from my family vacation in Bandon, Oregon. Do you have a reading family? What are people reading in your town this week?

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I don't want this to be a depressing post but writing doesn't get any easier. I've just sent off the first "readable" draft of my seventeenth published novel (tentatively titled The Hunchback Assignments 4: The Island of Doom) and the whole process from beginning to end was no less painless than writing my first…

Congratulations.  You’ve taken the plunge and joined the wonderful world of online social media.  Now that you’ve set up your Facebook, Digg, Redditt, LinkedIn or Twitter accounts and have burnished your initial blog post to a fine sheen, you’re ready for the world to snap up your pearls of wisdom.  But wait. Although savvy sales and publishing gurus often push social media as the latest and greatest marketing miracle, it has its hazards.  Here are come common pitfalls to…

Review and Giveaway: Totally Together by Stephanie O'Dea Ends 8/6 US/CAN

A practical, how-to guide in a weekly calendar format to make home organization and time management a snap.…

I was unable to get into this one.  I don't know if it was just a book not good on audio or if it was all around boring.  I can admit a couple parts did keep me reading but they were short lived (although will say they are just far enough apart that I did not quit reading).  The characters to me seemed dull and not very deep.  I kept wanting to see more and when I did see something it…

Have you ever done a writing collaboration? Hands please… okay here is a sampling of my experience working with Rie Sheridan Rose. First off let’s just reaffirm the fact that I am just a blogger, blogtalk radio host and occasional ”author”. I put that in parentheses because I mostly write the way I would talk, simple, to the point, not much in the way of large adjectives, painting pictures with words is not my “thing”. I think we can agree with that, can’t we?

Generally the way we…

Interviewed by:  Barbara Miller, Pacific Book Review   http://pacificbookreview.com/

Today we have the privilege of speaking with Shifu Hwang, a famous healer using traditional Chinese medicine techniques, herbal remedies and acupuncture.  Mr. Hwang, thank you for taking your time to join us.

SH:   Thank you.  I appreciate this great opportunity to introduce…