Moon over my River, Singleton Hippie Art

Moon Over My River(c) Singleton 2011 Words and Hippie Artwork"And there at the muddy banks,I tiptoed in to my knees,to my hips,felt the deep green rushof darknessand the blessings of trillion year old sea animals...watching...until I wasunderthewater...until my hair was phosperescent seaweed dancing on the surface...Until I was free..."Watercolors, markers and sharpies on the flip side of an

Books and Movies: the Competition's On

As eBookNewser put it: "Look out Netflix, Amazon announced today that Amazon Prime Members now get free access to its instant streaming service for TV and movies. Amazon Prime members pay $79 a year for free two day shipping on all orders."

Wow! So ... any takers? I love books and movies. So ... maybe ... possibly ... who knows ... ?

Or maybe I'll wait and see how this plays out across the pond.

Frankly, I've been wondering when Google and YouTube would get in on all this.

Peace, Love, and Wanee, Please... Singleton Hippie Art

Peace, Love, and Wanee, PleaseSingleton Hippie Art"He spun the paper his wayand I twirled my hair,watching him concentrate,biting his lower lip....slowly tracing the #2 pencilback through his memoriesuntil he had itand pushed the paperback to me.'Like this'....he whispered.And I suddenly saw it like we weresixteen again..."Watercolors and sharpies on a Sunday morning. Inspired by a Peace Bird

And in Further Kindle News ...

Since ebooks are becoming so popular, but print books still make up the majority in terms of format purchased, Amazon is trying to bring readers together onto the same page (so to speak), by adding page numbers to Kindle ebooks.

According to this article, the page numbers will correspond with those of the book's print edition. So what happens if the book is only published as an ebook? No answer is provided here, but I'd assume Amazon will probably simply ignore them.

The other item I wanted to share was guidance on how to copy and paste highlights and notes from your Kindle books.

I haven't personally tried out the step-by-step guide, but it looks really easy. And anything that helps make technology easy is a good thing, yes? :)

Car Window Stickers, Sports Car Stickers, Bumper Stickers, Funny Car Stickers

The popular Disney movie of the cars are parents who want their children to encourage a person to sleep great inspiration. The best way to do Disney vehicles by making use of wall stickers. These stickers can also be an affordable price, even if you are in a tight budget. Do not you love your children excited and happy faces, when they see their favorite cartoon car

To add more themes, with the Disney cars wall stickers, you may want to consider drawing competition, or in conjunction with the bridge rail, roads, green, stop sign, so that he can toy cars and trucks on the other of them, he already has. If you are in a rented house, then you can have a theme, Disney carpets of different cars, such as his alma mater, Doc and the character to Ramone.

The changing mood of the children frequently. Sometimes they might like their favorite wall, on the wall, other times they may want it to be placed in different locations. Some people may prefer their dresser stickers, while others prefer the floor. You do not have to worry about these issues because these children are low-maintenance wall stickers and can be removed in one quick movement.

Panel Insulatation, Foam panel insulation, Thermal insulation

Give your customers the best in construction technology. Your next commercial roofing or siding project for your customers insulated metal panels. These groups sell, because the design and practicality to speak for themselves. In addition, the means for you to reduce the time each project is easy to install, so you can focus on your business get more customers. Discover the benefits of new technologies and found new and innovative building and roof

Insulated metal panels into the polyurethane. Usually aluminum or steel panels by two injections, injection of polyurethane foam as a liquid, as it dries, it expands to fill the gaps, not the entire cavity. Additional and unique three-panel design allows the security damage from weather, theft, accidents may occur in the workplace and around the extreme protection.

In addition, you can offer your customers a wide range of design, because there is no shortage of color, and finished the insulated metal plate texture, for the different needs of the construction and elegant design. Now your customers can enjoy peace, their mentality and strong protection of architectural and artistic design with the stylish and elegant, the state received. More importantly, despite their multi-layer composite material, these panels are lightweight, easy to install. As for a product that does not need to install means less time for construction to your customers time, reduce their overall cost of the project facilities. Insulated metal plate also came with a brand, including benchmarks and Metl Span varieties. Means of different brands at different price points for you and your customers to choose. Elegant design, added security? Your customers really can have it all with insulated metal panels.

In the Ebook Age, What Happens to Signings?

Book signings are fun. They are a tradition. They are a way for authors to market and sell books. They are a way for readers to meet the author and vice versa. They are a way for the bookstore to sell its inventory and customers to get something they want. In theory, a win-win-win.

However, today ebooks are easily distributed. No more worries about shelf space or sell-through rates. Write the best story you can, simply put it up online, design an eye-catching cover, make it affordable and promote.

From an author's perspective, does it make more sense to stay home and market ebooks online or take an expensive cross-country tour (paid for out-of-pocket) and sell a few print books (here and there)? Well, duh.

So ... how likely is it that the traditional book signing will give way to this instead?

Sure, some authors will sign gadgets. Nothing wrong with that. I'd do it, too. If I had a publisher who paid the freight. But I don't.

So, the authors who do this routinely will be the A-list New York Times bestsellers and those with the heftiest advances and biggest promotional budgets. Period.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of authors will be promoting their books through means such as this site. Cute, huh? :)

PS: Even so, I still do book signings, as long as they're local like the one coming up tomorrow at Barnes & Noble in Annapolis! And, yes, my latest novel LEAST WANTED will be available for sale. (The shipment made it in on time. Whew!)

Wanna Wanee?, Singleton Hippie Art

Wanna Wanee?Singleton Hippie Art" Two margaritas on the table,salted and green,and we clinked!Raised our glasses high,swirlingthe cool Suwanee Riverin our hands,and imaginations,andsipped to our promise...Take Me to the Wanee...I whispered...Barefooted and free,to laughand danceand drinkthe music,To camp in painted tents,clockless,under a spirited sky.And he whispered back..."I've got the

'The Monkey's Raincoat' is Some Great PI Novel

Review: THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT (Bantam Books 1987)
Author: Robert Crais

At Sleuthfest one year, I remember author Robert Crais giving a speech about how he published his first novel. It was a private eye novel released at a time when the word was that the private eye novel was dead. That novel, THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT went on to win the Anthony and Macavity Awards and get nominated for the Edgar and Shamus Awards. Some dead genre, huh? :)

The book launched a successful series of mysteries featuring detective Elvis Cole (yes, Elvis) who (according to the back of the book) "quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up." Wow ... looks like someone at Bantam took your basic kitchen sink approach to writing that one. In any case, some detective, huh?

Anyhow, Elvis is hired by shy, quiet Ellen Lang (or is it her slightly bossy friend, Janet Simon? no, it's Ellen) to find her missing husband, Mort, and their son, Perry. This involves many stakeouts, driving around Los Angeles, glimpses of Chicanos, encounters with big guys, the exchanging of banter (witty!), more stakeouts, more Chicanos, a visit to a washed up producer, a big black guy (yikes!), he's cool (ah!), Poitras (a fat cop -- more banter), girlfriends, parties, drugs, gangsters, mix-ups ... big problems ...

This book did more than live up to my expectations. I can see how in the late 1980s when it was published how this book must have blown a breath of fresh air into a genre that had been done and done again, especially in LA. Like Robert B. Parker's Spenser, Elvis is a white knight character in the tradition of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Ellen Lang is a woman abandoned and so incapable of handling things, at least at first, she can't even write a check without collapsing into sobs. (Keep in mind, it is the late 1980s. However, I had to suspend my disbelief just a teeny bit on that one. Even if Ellen was originally from Kansas. I mean, I know she's not in Kansas, anymore, but really? C'mon!)

Even now, though, the writing is as fresh as ever. Rather than describe, I'll quote a favorite excerpt:

"The welterweight came around the corner, firing as fast as he could pull the trigger. One of his slugs caught the doorjamb and kicked some splinters into my cheek. I shot him in the face, then shoved Ellen through the kitchen and half carried her around the house and out onto the street. The Tattooed Man popped out of the front door and fired five shots -- bapbapbapbapbap -- then dove back into the house.

"Porch lights were coming on and someone was yelling and Wang Chung was coming out over somebody's radio. I shoved Ellen into the Corvette, fired up, and ran over two garbage cans pulling away. I was shaking and my shirt was wet with sweat and I wasn't having a great deal of luck seeing past the little silver flashes that bobbed around in front of my eyes. I drove. Slow. Steady. Just trying to get away from there. I think I ran over a dog."

Okay, you get the idea. And that's not even the wisecracking part, okay? Because that's there in abundance. Oh, plus the parts with the cat. They're priceless.

And, of course, there's Elvis' partner, Joe Pike, the totally awesome quiet, but deadly ex-Marine with an occasional thing for lipstick (don't ask -- read the book) whose office has no furniture. Some partner.

Needless to say, the story builds up to a highly suspenseful and nail-biting finish. (I'm surprised my fingers weren't reduced to bloody stumps.)

And, in the end, even if Elvis never grows up, it seems at least one of his clients might be able. :) Wow, some story!

Coffee Table Books for Foodies

In lieu of a review, I have a link to an article about a particular type of book that may be of interest.

This article combines two of my favorite topics in one: books and food. In fact, it provides a list of 40 coffee table books that discuss subjects like food, wine and/or beer, along with entertaining, travel, history, culture and/or society as well.

Now, that's a mouthful. :)

Brick Veneer, Brick Wall, Brick Wallpaper, Brick Pattern

Brick Wall New Models

Brick Wallpaper Modern

Brick Pattern 2011

Wall Paneling, Paneling Walls, Panels For Wall

In the past few years, when the use of wall remodeling their homes. This is a simple solution for many homeowners who have multiple types of defects, cover the wall is the only solution.

I suggest that you, the perfect wall is the wall to solve your problem.

I would recommend them for the main bathroom to go with Aquatile. This is a wall tile with the look and feel, but no real maintenance cleaning tile grout out. This is the relief tileboard moisture from different tile shapes and sizes, the appearance of a real tile.

In fact, I suggest they go with this same bathroom wall in their second, only to go a different style, the main bath.

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Bamboo Wall

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Wall Tattoos, Tattoos Art, Tattoos Design, Tattoo Gallery

Wall graphics also cited a different name, such as wall stickers, wall tattoos, wall art, and vinyl wall decals. No matter how you call these amazing wall application, you are here is a way to change the whole dynamic of a room, just a few minutes, not hours.

Another advantage of these decorative wall decals that you can change the character of a room in a matter of seconds. As long as you re-arrange the wall has been attached to the walls or replace them with a completely different wall graphic theme. The same room will be a new and amazing items atmosphere.

The tattoo will adhere to the wall surface of the wall and remain in place until you want to delete it. At that time you want to remove these tags, you can delete them without any obvious traces of your wall

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Save Our Libraries Day -- UK

Here's the thing. I don't live in the UK. However, since this is a blog about books and I write about them in between posting reviews and I don't have a review to post at this time and since I've been (just as a side note) selling a remarkable number of downloads of my book IDENTITY CRISIS and to a lesser extent my latest novel LEAST WANTED on Amazon UK (for which I am very grateful -- thank you, people of the UK for that!) ...

Um, that was just the introduction, wasn't it?

Okay, I happened to see this blog today. Well, I care about saving libraries whether they're here or in the UK or wherever. And the post about the Save Our Libraries protest in the UK seemed familiar. Then it hit me.

I'd already seen it here.

As you can see, this isn't just any news report about the protest, but the blog of an actual participant. Paul Downie who created Nik Nak's Old Peculiar actually uses the library to gather facts for the trivia questions on his blog.

In any case, it occurred to me that this is the second time I've gotten news from that blog, the first being the death of John Barry. Weird? Coincidence?

I just thought that was kind of cool. And the blog is cool, too. Take it from me, the trivia is kind of fun. I encourage you all to give it a try. Especially if you're the kind of person who likes to do online research. (No, it's not cheating. :))

And (in the interest of full disclosure) if you read the blog, you may notice a few mentions here and there of a crimewriter named Debbi. :)

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Wall Graphic, Custom Graphics, Graphics Custom, Vinyl Graphics

Here's a tricky back to the poster design for your design ideas:

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Page orientation, which is a rectangular way for normal viewing web pages. There are two general types of page orientation, portrait and landscape. The former was appointed to look like a close-up portrait of a person's face, trunk height is greater than the width when displayed. The latter is the first artistic depiction of outdoor scenes described in a broader perspective, we need a theme, including:. You will use the page orientation will depend on the design of artwork. Select vertical wall graphics and a beautiful sunset, you will pretend to print the contract.

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Text / Image mode is the letter Z or S mentally handicapped to a back page. Significant events occur or if you want the reader to see along the z's at the top of the first eye usually follow the path to your "call to action," the end.

Too many different elements of the blank, send a message to readers suffering from a poster. White space is not necessarily white, it depends on the color of your use of the stock. It is the lack of graphics and text. Indicates the net enough attention to the key space.

Wall graphic is an ideal tool to draw attention to a specific image that you want to display in your room or office. Select an online printing company uses only high quality materials and equipment, and application of these techniques, your design. From the monotony of your wall to wafer repositionable wall graphics, you can use anywhere you want!

Vintage Signs, Vintage Wall, Vintage Decor. Vintage art

Vintage Signs

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The great thing about them is that they often can use both internal and external, because they are protected from the weather. Their small pumps or even allow them to stay a full year basis, but they can also be installed in the foyer or entrance into the garden room, or even the lovely breakfast room. They made a perfect accent for the porch or the Four Seasons Sunday, the space, I will do a lot of calm and comfort their voices, they are mounted.

Vintage Kitchen Decor

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Choose something about this wall fountain is that they may have a bit of preparatory work needs a lot of other styles. This is because they are a source of power, not functional, and even some owners will want to see the power cord hang over the bottom of the fountain. The solution is simple, but it may be a qualified electrician requirements. The drug is the only measure of the local fountain was red, and then installed a hidden wall in the right place there. It will even allow the existence of the largest wall fountain "modern" world, hidden, and still no errors

Vinyl Lettering, Vinyl For Lettering, Lettering Vinyl

Vinyl lettering is a unique aspect of great flexibility and freedom to create personal user. You do not have a professional consultation, you can come up with the font size and color of the background to match your site. This material is suitable for use in the classroom for the children of a project can take advantage of their creativity to make.

Unlike other materials, vinyl sign or text fast surface such as mirrors, glass wall or leave marks. They are durable, reusable, too. All you need is a tool form or letter you want on your skin, you can use them to detect.