Tag - adventures

Final Two Days :: Pulling Out the Big Wings Now

Pulling Out the Big Wings Now Update #7 to Kickstarter Campaign: Increasing Wingspan · Aug. 10, 2012 · (1)  This project is probably the biggest thing I've worked on in the past two years.  For everyone who has considered, tolerated my constant chatter about it, and have pledged already for it, I thank you so much.  It's almost over. Two more days. (2) We still need $175 to make funding goal. (3) Referrals:  For every referral you send our way, YOU get a $15 coffee card (coffee house of your choice)....

August 10, 2012By Books with Verve ::, , , , , , , , , , , , , 0 CommentsRead more...

Let This Be the Moment

Let this be the moment we bow our heads today and give thanks to our military friends. I was so fortunate to wake up this morning and receive this gift, a post from "Taco," Mitchell Bell LtCol USMC, Military Blogger Thesandgram.com. He invited me to post it, and of course, I eagerly do so. You'll be seeing much more from him in weeks to come. **** He wrote: I have a great friend, a former Sgt in the Marine Corps named Marcus Penn,...

May 28, 2012By 'Tude with Verve ::, Editing and Writing, , , , , , , , 0 CommentsRead more...

It’s a Book! My Adopted Baby

Musings from the Pipeline - wordshaper Jan Fix (and an offer . . . read on) Today, Mother's Day, I wish to officially announce a project for which I am deeply committed, as if it were a child of my own, in fact.  I have adopted a book, with the author's blessing of course, and couldn't be more passionate about this "baby." I have chosen to represent this book alongside the author Alva Harris for a number of passionate reasons. Born...

May 13, 2012By Books with Verve ::, Editing and Writing, , , , , , , , , , , 0 CommentsRead more...

Buzzard Blessings

~~ Musings from The Pipeline by Jan Fix ~~ I met Alva Harris as a freelance editor through his ex-publishing company.  I guess it's been almost a year now, and I continue to be enraptured by his charming character. From New Bern, NC, where all great authors seem to blossom (think Kenneth Capps, Sharon Phennah, and Nicholas Sparks), Alva Harris is a fine wine to be savored, as is his book Born on a Buzzard's Stump. I wrote the following blog on...

April 4, 2012By Books with Verve ::, Editing and Writing, , , , , , , , , , , , 0 CommentsRead more...