Anna Cora Mowatt essay by Tim Matyjewicz: Poetry was considered “proper” for Victorian ladies because of the socie… http://bit.ly/brt85J

Dr. Taylor interviewed at SellingBooks.com: “I think that when we read and write history, we look for people and e… http://bit.ly/ccj4as

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Author Interview: August 30, 2010: Interview with Kathryn L. Ramage on SellingBooks.com. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$… http://bit.ly/9jq87m

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Author Interview: August 30, 2010: Interview with Kathryn L. Ramage on SellingBooks.com. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$… http://bit.ly/9jq87m

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Author Interview: August 30, 2010: Interview with Kathryn L. Ramage on SellingBooks.com. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$… http://bit.ly/9jq87m

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Electricland – the cover: Click for larger image http://bit.ly/bUZraN

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Anna Cora Mowatt essay by Damla Ricks: Women were criticized and looked down on for following a career in acting. … http://bit.ly/d6MKV9

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A new Mayerson interview (the interview, not Mayerson): “What inspired you to write this book? “Music and Reaganom… http://bit.ly/cPar8f

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Anna Cora Mowatt essay by Heather Scofield: A Fine-Tuned Persona = Success During the Victorian Age women were vie… http://bit.ly/91xAcB

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Anna Cora Mowatt essay by Heather Scofield: A Fine-Tuned Persona = Success During the Victorian Age women were vie… http://bit.ly/91xAcB

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Demise of (mega)bookstores (but not books): “When I was growing up, record stores were a place you could hang out…. http://bit.ly/bDntPu

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Anna Cora Mowatt essay by Sara Shaunfield: Anna Cora Mowatt and the Performance of Mesmerism A mid-nineteenth cent… http://bit.ly/bi8ag0

The Lady Actress Reviews: August 4, 2010: The Lady Actress reviewed at LibraryThing.com by Peter Clack July 12, 20… http://bit.ly/aefXBY

The Lady Actress Reviews

The Lady Actress

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The Wizard’s Son Reviews: So far: July 20, 2010: The Wizard’s Son review at GoodReads.com by Linda Robinson June 1… http://bit.ly/d5SUQk

The Wizard

The Wizard’s Son

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The Wizard’s Son (ISBN: 0982581300)
by Kathryn L. Ramage

The Wizard’s Son
By Kathryn L. Ramage

“‘His first vivid, visual impression was of Redmantyl standing over him in the morning sunlight, so tall and red and bright that the wizard had been burned into Orlan’s memory. Indeed, Orlan marked his life from that moment, when all the light and strength and wondrous magic of the world had stepped into his childish awareness. He believed he had known he belonged to that man, even before he knew who Lord Redmantyl was. Before that, there was nothing.

“‘That summer, he began to test the unyielding barrier which kept him from his childhood—his father’s spell, placed upon him years ago. Until now, he had accepted it: who would wish to look back on dirt and poverty and misery when he lived in an ivory castle of magic? Orlan had not tried to remember, but his visit to Storm Port made him attempt to recall a past which had been kept from him. He wanted to know about his mother and the life he had known with her at Lammouthe. Could the spell be broken? He was a magician of some skill himself. Surely he could undo this. He must know: what had he been before his father had brought him to Wizardes Cliff?’

“Orlan Lightesblood is the son of the world’s most powerful wizard and is training to become a wizard himself. But beyond his father’s castle, he is still an innocent youth, defenseless against the evil and temptations that threaten the future laid out for him. On an alternate earth filled with wonder and danger, the wizard’s son must overcome the demons of his own past and his father’s enemies to survive to manhood.”

10% off with this code: MPY7RN5U at this online store. Also eligible for Free Shipping at Amazon.

More fiction by Kathryn L. Ramage.

Reviews of The Wizard’s Son:

April 12, 2010: Fantasy and Sci Fi Reviews (the Amazon reviews are the same, but please click on them anyway, thanks)

Amazon US (all Amazon reviews)

Amazon UK

February 18, 2010: Amazon Review (all Amazon US reviews)

December 31, 2009: Amazon Review (all Amazon US reviews)

The Lady Actress (ISBN: 0615262503)
by Kelly S. Taylor, Ph.D.

“Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, a mid-nineteenth century American author, public reader, playwright and actress, was a well-known and respected figure among her contemporaries in American literary and dramatic circles. Despite this, she is largely forgotten to modern theater lovers. In her day, she played to packed theaters and could number Edgar Allen Poe, David Henry Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson among her fans. Oral Interpretation scholars have called her the first “lady” elocutionist because she was the first female to enter the career of public reader without a previous career on the stage. In 1989, John Gentile, writing a history of prominent solo performers, credited her, along with famed actresses Fanny Kemble and Charlotte Cushman, with bringing to solo performance a level of prestige previously unknown in America. He claimed that they, as respectable women in a traditionally disrespected career, brought a respectability and an acceptance that allowed women of a later age to enjoy professional platform careers.1 Her brief career as a public reader inspired many imitators.”
Read Chapter 1: FASHIONED LADY: THE LIFE AND MANY CAREERS OF ANNA CORA MOWATT

Where to buy: Amazon (eligible for free shipping), and Createspace – use this code: ZMUUFLZV at checkout for 10% off.

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I, for one, welcome our new POD masters: And a world without excess inventory and waste in general. “For over a de… http://bit.ly/dt7rcU

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“For over a decade we have had before us a technique for publishing books called print on demand. Those who witnessed its introduction at a book expo in 1998 declared the process revolutionary. Though it’s taken a decade or so to refine the technology, they were absolutely correct. The delivery system has matured and begun to make serious inroads on the traditional one. Though representing only 2.5% of all book production in 2009, it is expected to grow at 16% per annum according to David Taylor, president of Lightning Source, the nation’s biggest POD firm. The first generation of Espresso POD machines, now being installed in libraries and bookstores, promises to expand the technology’s popularity even further. As anyone who has seen a demonstration of the Espresso can testify, the process itself is a technological miracle and will most certainly be miniaturized. It is easy to imagine a day when POD kiosks – in bookstore or non-bookstore venues – will issue books from an infinite inventory of digitally stored titles.

“But it is not just the technology that is so exciting to contemplate. It’s the business principle underlying the process that promises the invigoration and perhaps even the salvation of printed books.”
Publishing 3.0: A World without Inventory Part 1, by Richard Curtis, [e-reads], April 18, 2010

I’m glad I’m not the only one saying this. Also see the comments on the [e-reads] webpage.

Things that make my head hurt: (via) Who knew? http://bit.ly/dtmQ1Z

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Will do to CA what she did to HP: Which was not good: “‘Q: You cut jobs at HP, you know what it’s like to cut jobs… http://bit.ly/9hmDUr

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Makes wonderful archival never-yellows paper, too (I’m told): “The 200,000-member United Food and Commercial Worke… http://bit.ly/axTIx0

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