http://www.jkscommunications.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:17:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Her Nashville is the newest magazine on the scene in Tennessee, having been launched just a few days ago. I'm delighted to be writing column in the magazine about women who make a difference. People you may never have heard of, but whose stories will move you. Anne Knauff is ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/07/03/her-nashville/ I'm flattered that Debbie Alan, host of On The HomeStretch, has invited me to be a guest on her show tomorrow, July 3. I'm not sure what we'll talk about, but she's so much bubbly that even if I flub, it will be a fun segment! Against my better judgment ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/07/02/yours-truly-a-guest-on-on-the-home-stretch-july-3/ I finished The Road to Eden's Ridge (Turner Publishing) Sunday night and I sure wish I hadn't read it yet -- wish I had it to look forward to. This is a novel with a heart. I tried, oh how I tried, not to cry. Every blurb I'd read about ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/07/01/i-wish-i-hadnt-already-taken-the-road-to-edens-ridge/ Cheryl Rainfrield's blog is always filled with interesting information, but today I found something that I just had to share with my readers too! Cheryl has found this wonderful place called the Little Factory that creates wonderful items based on "observations of every day life." Below are examples of ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/28/the-perfect-gift-for-the-reader-writer-or-mathmetician-in-your-life/ As we are delicately poised in the midst of debutante curtseying season, it's only appropriate to let ya'll in on the big secret that is starting to spill -- Random House has a delicious new YA book that girls all the way into their 40s will enjoy -- The Debs ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/19/smack-in-the-middle-of-debutante-season-buzz-is-reaching-fevered-pitch-for-the-sizzling-new-susan-mcbride-novel-the-debs/ YouTube of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen Love Dairy Queen Blizzards? How about 365 of 'em?! Free!!! Yep...one a day for a year...or heck, all at once or something in between. Just go to Susan Gregg Gilmore's website...you know, the best-selling author of the hot summer read Looking for ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/13/looking-for-salvation-at-the-dairy-queen-sponsors-a-sweet-writing-contest/ One of my favorite journalists, Tim Russert, passed away today. I am very sad. This year's election process, I believe, will be affected: BREAKING NEWS NBC News and MSNBC updated 24 minutes ago function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/13/rip-tim-russert/ Great news according to this Shelf Awareness piece today: April Bookstore Sales: Who's Doing So Well? Although most booksellers and publishers say this has been a soft spring--"down a little is the new up," as one bookseller put it to us at BEA--the U.S. Census Bureau says otherwise. Bookstore sales in April ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/13/book-sales-rose-8-in-april-in-the-us/ Virginia Boyd, author of One Fell Swoop, has a thoughtful, in-depth interview on The Book Report at Windows Bookshop. Virginia has a delightful sense of humor that comes through in this novel that explores many citizens of this little town dealing with a suicide/murder. She discusses what part of herself ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/11/one-fell-swoop-on-windows-bookshops-the-book-report/ Why Mr. Right Can't Find You by J. M. Kearns is the most entertaining "self-help" book I've ever read. Honest from a man's perspective (that's what male reviewers say anyway), single women can come away knowing that their Mr. Right is somewhere and trying to find them -- they ... http://www.jkscommunications.com/2008/06/07/why-mr-right-cant-find-you-perfect-read-for-wedding-season/