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Author Archives: Susan Spann
Aquarium-Keeping as Arts and Crafts
During my years as a reef aquarium keeper, I’ve learned a few interesting things about arts and crafts … as well as what happens when you forget that corals are animals (not plants…). I’m sharing those adventures today at The … Continue reading
Where Are the Things? Literary Estate Documentation
Once you have chosen an executor and written (and signed!) your will or trust, your estate planning job isn’t finished. An author usually knows where his or her work is located and/or sold, and who controls the publishing rights. But … Continue reading
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Change is a Constant … in Life and on the Reef
Four decades of life has taught me many lessons. Among them: I don’t like change. Not a good position for a debut author, but there it is. Over the last eighteen months, I’ve learned to embrace change, and even to … Continue reading
An Interview with Erika Robuck
Please welcome Erika Robuck, author of the newly released CALL ME ZELDA (NAL/Penguin, May 2013), a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Erika Robuck self-published her first novel, RECEIVE ME FALLING. Her novel, HEMINGWAY’S GIRL (NAL/Penguin), was a Target Emerging Author Pick, … Continue reading
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Tagged author interviews, CALL ME ZELDA, Erika Robuck, historical fiction
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Hanging Out With the Noren
Noren are traditional Japanese doorway hangings. Most noren are made of fabric panels, with a slit cut up the center to permit passage through the door. Japanese businesses traditionally hang a noren in the entrance during business hours. The presence … Continue reading
Posted in Shiny Dinglehoppers
Tagged advertising, Japan, Japanese culture, medieval Japan, noren
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PubLaw Goes Visiting!
I’m out of the office and away from the computer today, so our regular #PubLaw feature is taking a one-week hiatus. That doesn’t mean you have no #PubLaw today, however! This summer, friend and fellow author Heather Webb, whose debut … Continue reading
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Colonial Corals on the Move
Most corals live in colonies. In some species, the individual animals conjoin themselves in a single mass: While others live as collections of separate polyps joined at the bases. Palythoas (like the coral pictured above) and zoanthid species are among … Continue reading
An Interview With Amy Sue Nathan!
Please help me welcome AMY SUE NATHAN, whose debut novel THE GLASS WIVES (St. Martin’s Griffin, May 14, 2013) releases tomorrow! AMY SUE NATHAN lives and writes near Chicago where she hosts the popular blog, Women’s Fiction Writers. She has published articles in Huffington Post, Chicago … Continue reading
Japanese Lotteries – Old and New
The Ashikaga shoguns ruled Japan during the Muromachi period. Although not strictly considered a hereditary position, the title of shogun remained in the hands of the Ashikaga clan from 1338 until 1573. The office most commonly passed from father to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashikaga, Claws of the Cat, giveaway, Goodreads, Japan, shogun
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Counting the Duties – and Costs – of a Literary Executor
Welcome back to our continuing Wednesday #PubLaw series on literary executors. Although a general executor can handle the author’s entire estate, including literary issues, authors who name or arrange for a specific literary executor should be aware that literary executors … Continue reading
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Tagged #PubLaw, author estate planning, duties, literary executor
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