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• Aerendgast Blog Tour - the Lost History of Jane Austen: Read an Excerpt & Win a...

  

  About the BookViolet Desmond has just learned from her dying grandmother that the life she’s been living is a lie.Left with only a locket, a newspaper... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Do Women Write Better Than Men?

  

  I don't particularly agree with stereotyped considerations and cliches or generalizations, but this survey proposed by grammarly.com sounds interesting. Have a... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Jeffrey Perren, This Writer's Life - Meet the Author of Cossacks in Paris

  

  Up before dawn — tea for me, coffee for the wife, pet the dog. Check emails, correspondence with beta readers, and miscellaneous.So far, that doesn’t sound... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Different Shades of Love - What Will Italian Valentines See Today?

  

  Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Both to those of you who will celebrate and those who won't, May this day be filled with love, of any type, for anyone and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Fifty Shades of ... Grammar!

  

  Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star in Fifty Shades of Grey Well, we can shout our dissent in a hundred different ways, anyhow Fifty Shades of Grey will be as... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Waiting for the Oscar Night - the Imitation Game (2014)

  

  Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing - The Imitation Game"Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine"Ala... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Defining Contemporary Art - a Book, a Video

  

  25 years in 200 pivotal artworks(by guest blogger Thomas K Brent)In terms of contemporary art, people often feel lost. What makes a very great masterpiece of... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Summer Lovin' - Meryton Press Short Story Contest

  

  BEGINS – 9:00 a.m. Feb 1, 2015 (US Pacific time)ENDS – 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2015 (US Pacific Time)Meryton Press is conducting a contest to find the best short... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meryton Press Short Story Contest - Summer Lovin'

  

  BEGINS – 9:00 a.m. Feb 1, 2015 (US Pacific time)ENDS – 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2015 (US Pacific Time)Meryton Press is conducting a contest to find the best short... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Only Thing Worth Saying: What One Feels - from Virginia Woolf to Fabio...

  

  “Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying – what one felt. Cleverness was silly. One... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Dress Like a Crawley - Style Inspiration from the Ladies of Downton Abbey

  

  If you’re anything like me, you sometimes get a little distracted while watching Downton Abbey.It’ll be the middle of an important scene, full of subtle dramati... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Freebie! Grab Your Ebook Copy of Jane Austen & the Archangel by Pamela Aares

  

  About the book What's to be done with an angel who breaks the rules? Until then passion had lived only on the page- Jane Austen hasn't written a creative word i... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Outlander News - Dvd & Blu-ray out Soon

  

  Have you been envying Outlander fans in the US who have been able to enjoy this amazing series on TV? It's time for you to stop wishing and dreaming. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Blog Tour - Jeremy's Promise by A.r.talley

  

  Jeremy's Promise by A.R. TalleyThe trip that was meant to save Annie and Jeremy’s marriage brought it to near ruin. Now Annie has returned home, frightened and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Outlander Saga by Diana Gabaldon - Voyager (book 3)

  

  Someone has named it "Droughtlander" and Outlander fans know exactly what I mean. I've found a very good remedy to cope with its symptoms: going on reading the... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Grantchester Premieres on Pbs Masterpiece

  

  It was on British ITV last autumn and now, on January 18th 2015, it will premiere in the US, thanks to PBS Masterpiece. A real feast for all our American... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• At the Cinema - Bet They Will Become Hits? Seeing the Future of Movies for 2015

  

  Rosamunde Pike and Ben Affleck in Gone GirlSeeing the future of movies for 2015 is pretty predictable!In recent years, I have had a bit of an epiphany. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• "pride, Prejudice and Secrets" Blog Tour - Guest Post by Author C.p. Odom

  

  I want to thank Maria Grazia for hosting me on her blog for my new book, “Pride, Prejudice, and Secrets,” as she did last year for “Consequences. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best of 2014: Plays, Actors, Books, Trips and Much More (part Ii)

  

  Best PlayThe Crucible - I was just sitting there, on the left, behind the girls ...I've been to the theatre a few times this year (HERE, HERE and HERE ) but,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Best of 2014: Drama Series & Movies

  

  A list of "2014 Best... " but where to start from? I love so many things - which you already know if you have had a look at my blog any time before! Books?... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES