Tag: Books
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SHUTTERBUG Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella is jazzed to announce the SHUTTERBUG blog tour, which will run January 14-23, 2020. Interested bloggers should email us at pinkumbrellabooks@gmail.com or post in the comments below. ABOUT THE BOOK: When Tinseltown hits a dry spell, a down-on-his-luck drifter and his lightning bug buddy turn 1930s Hollywood…
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There’s nothing sheepish about Michelle Wilson’s Olive Ewe…
Maybe Mary had a little lamb, but author Michelle Wilson has Olive Ewe, a sweetly disaster-prone little muttonchop who is the star of Wilson’s new children’s book, Olive. Olive worries whether her friends and family will love her in spite of her flaws…but rest assured, both Wilson’s book and its title character are lovable indeed.…
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Adrienne Quintana’s HIGH SIERRA takes readers into the woods
The place was a total dive. Dirty log walls and rusting metal furniture gave off a homeless shelter vibe—nothing like the fat camp my mom sent me to last summer. I mean, that place looked and felt expensive. And the chunky, bald guy across the desk from me was no fitness instructor. Crooked, black framed…
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The Red Pen: Deep Thoughts Edition
Inner speech, interior monologue, musings—a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and there are plenty of names to describe the process of getting inside your character’s head. But what do you do once you’re there?—and how can you bring your reader with you? Read on for thoughts on…well, thoughts. First, let’s lay…
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The Red Pen: December is for editing.
Ready, set . . . edit. It’s December, and NaNoWriMo 2018 is history. Forgoing Netflix binges and holiday preparations alike, your retinas are seared by long nights of blinking cursors and you have emerged triumphant (if exhausted) 50,000 words later. A newbie novelist might be ready to slap a cover on that mess and CreateSpace…
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Little Women Legacy: Alcott, the Environment, and Real-Life Heroes
In this blog post series, we’ve featured contributing authors from our anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. In this post, we’ll share some final thoughts from Julie Dunlap, ecologist, teacher and writer. Contributor Julie Dunlap reads Little Women in Old Ellicott City, Maryland. Little Women teems with uncomfortable truths. Hardworking families can fall into poverty;…
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Little Women Legacy: Postcards from the Peak District with Michelle J. Andrew, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Michelle J. Andrew, who is pursuing a degree in stop-motion animation in England. Read through the end for a swoon-worthy romantic date, the likes of which even Amy would approve! Contributor…
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Little Women Legacy: Love from Leeds with Rachel Roberts, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Rachel Roberts, who lives in West Yorkshire’s Brontë Country. Contributor Rachel Roberts reads her childhood copy of Little Women (Volume 1, illustrated by Dinah Dryhurts) at Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, England. What is…
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Little Women Legacy: A Kansas Kindred Spirit in Stephanie Mann, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Stephanie Mann, Wichita author and presenter. Contributor Stephanie Mann reads Little Women in Eighth Day Books, an independent bookstore in Wichita, Kansas. What is your favorite scene from Little Women? The…
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Little Women Legacy: A Rhode Island Reverie with Donna Macdonald, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Donna Macdonald, a writer and blogger from Rhode Island. Contributor Donna Macdonald reads a vintage copy of Little Women in front of historic Wickford, Rhode Island. What is your favorite scene…
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