Hey, the weather is really nice. I am enjoying before my summer hibernation starts.
I started another blog, that looks like a web page, NOLA Bookshops
For $15/year, if the domain name is available, wordpress.com hosts the blog, and you pay to redirect it to a regular domain name.
This is going to be the site that I am going to build with my own time and money, to bring customers to independent bookstores in New Orleans and to put all the literary festivals and magazines in one page!
I was inspired by Wigtown-The Booktown, but of course, no government support is really available. This is a do-it-yourself kind city now.
I learned about this wordpress service, while attending a One Book, One New Orleans meeting. This site is also a blog with a domain name. I have to check the html code to see whether I can do the little headings under the main banner.
My mini-assignment for One Book is to review two books and decide whether it's appropiate to recommend to the short list.
I visited Blue Cypress Books to redeem my store credits and I got Margaret Atwood's Handmaiden Tales and The Historian byElizabeth Kostova.
I am in a dystopia frame of mind, so I tossed my other books aside and started on the Tales.
I am waiting from two books from Hesperus Press: Scarlet Plague and We to compliment this mood.
I missed the deadline for Expanding Horizon Challenge, but I will attempt to finish all the books on my list ASAP. I also didn't finished reading last month's book selection, Doris Lessings A Golden Notebook; it's a serious novel and I have been in too much of a frivolous mood lately. I need to return it to the library and check it out later.
WCEF is awarding grants and Ms. Sarsfield was nice enough to talk to me and give me an idea for helping independent bookstores: having an OPEN HOUSE DAY, where people can visit all the stores, nimble on some local foods, and hear or participate in a local work!
So, I am now filling out a grant for the first time. Wish me luck!
If all of this isn't enough to keep me busy, yesterday I attended an outdoor concert called Wednesday at the Square. Besides great music, I enjoyed some yummy food and even shared my popcorn with two youngsters (after the mom gave me permission.)
I also saw art works by Rebecca Rebouche. I am inspired to buy some of her works. But, my economic revival check still hasn't come in.
Then, I went knitting and got home past 9 p.m.
Today, I am going to an outdoor farmers' market, that recently reopened. That area was Katrined and lots of clean-up needed to happen.
I love participating in Illustration Friday. I am now emailing with a couple of the artists and it's interesting to see how they live. Check out their IF submissions: Shani and Mobius T-Shirts
I lost my Wrinkles IF entry and despite the search, I didn't find it nor have time to do another one.Boo Hoo
I also need to update this blog to collate the recent book reviews that I have done and to add some more links to my Creative Blog list and work on the NOLA Books site. Give me 36 hours days and the energy to do it all!
5 comments:
I'm so impressed with your dedication to this project! Good for you. Once you have your web site ready, let me know and I'll link it :)
By the way, you haven't read Handmaid's Tale?! It's an excellent novel. I hope you enjoy it.
Congratulations and good luck with your new blog! I look forward to seeing it. There is an interesting bit on youtube where Margaret Atwood plays theramin with the band "One Ring Zero". It also has an interesting tye in with small and interesting books stores. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZp-Ip3fMJo
Thanks for the nod:)
You sound busy! Actually I think it's quite cool the work you are doing for the NOLA bookshops! Good luck writing that grant--I hope you get the money. And enjoy the nice weather. I'm wondering when my city's outdoor market will open, too. And I hope you like the Atwood--I've read that book at least three times!
Iliana - sometimes I wish that in the US there was funding like in the UK for the arts, but, oh well, we do what we can do.
D and I - I think this is my 3rd time reading Handmaiden's Tale. It gets creepier every time.
Tim - Thanks for letting me know about the You Tube entry. It's good to know that artists have other outlets. Amy Tan also plays in a band, but I forgot the name.
Danielle - Thanks for the grant good wishes. I need it.
The weather - rain predicted all weekend. I feel sad for the people attending Jazz Fest, plus the rain would mess up a couple of outdoor markets, where the streets flood with a bit or rain.
Good job and I wish you good luck in your project. Work hard and you will get what you want. For examples me and some of my friends just finished about a couple of weeks a book community which is unique on web until know :D. I hope that it will have success. It's a complex website which we hope that include everything a book lover just need. Of course we are adding new and new features but my points is that if we have managed to make a this kind of website then everybody with a lil'bit of hard work can be make great thing on the web.
If you wanna take a peak the link is www.bookalytics.com. To enjoy all the features of the website you have to sign-up for a new account but of course it's free so be without worries.
If you want a little help or ideas or better to say if I (we) can help you with anything just drop me a PM on Bookalytics or an e-mail and I will help you with pleasure.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers!
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