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Up Close & Personal with Elissa Stein

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Happy Friday, babes! It’s time to get to know a smart author girlfriend a bit better: Elissa Stein. Today closes out our FLOW week, so I hope you’ve had the chance to learn more about her insightful and important book FLOW: The Cultural History of Menstruation, available now. The link to Amazon is in our sidebar or you may purchase it your favorite bookseller. Thanks for chatting with us on Twitter last night, Elissa and we look forward to your next intellectual masterpiece!
-ML

shapeimage_1Favorite guilty pleasure: GLEE on my iphone.

Writing crutch? Searching for art first, to help shape the direction each project goes in.

Favorite movie snack: Movie theater popcorn.

Personal style: Eclectic, funky. A vintage coat and good scarf go a long way.

Favorite time of day to write: Early morning, before everyone wakes up.

Favorite writing spot: Sadly, the local coffee bar that recently closed.

Favorite writing motivation: The thought of a finished book.

Favorite weekend activity: Exploring new and wandering favorite NYC neighborhoods.

Favorite vacation spot: Ocean City, NJ. Best boardwalk ever.

Favorite writing tip: Don’t edit too soon. Let ideas out first. Craft later.

Finish these sentences:

When I was young, I . . . dreamed of being on the Brady Bunch.

When I grow old, I . . . love being a mother more than I ever would have imagined.

When I first fell in love, I . . . lost track of reality.

I love to read because . . . there’s so much I don’t know and there are so many talented writers who work words and ideas in unique ways.

Find out even more about Elissa at these sites:

www.elissastein.com l www.flowthebook.com l twitter: @elissastein l www.youtube.com/flowthebook

Beautiful Creatures Pics

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Have you ever wondered about settings and author’s research? Special thanks to our January Top Pick authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (@kamigarcia and @mstohl on Twitter) for sharing her pictures of South Carolina, the setting for BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.

Don’t forget to join us THIS SUNDAY at 5 p.m. PST on Twitter for our Wine and Book Chat hour with Kami and Margaret. We’ll be giving away FOUR signed bookplates so there will be four winners at the end of the hour. Here’s a reminder on how to do it.

If you’d like to start an account to get in on the action, go to www.twitter.com. It’s free to sign up. You just pick a username and password and you can start tweetin’.

To participate in the Tweet Chat, the easiest way is to go to www.tweetchat.com and sign in, then add the hashtag #bebabes. It’s a way for people to follow one stream of conversation. It automatically adds that hashtag behind every post you do so it saves time. Simply ask questions and you can respond to @replies. You’ll get the hang of it after a bit. If you decide not to use TweetChat, you can still follow on Twitter as long as you click on the hashtag and follow the stream and remember to add that hashtag when YOU reply or ask the author a question.
Have a fab Friday, babes! Hope to tweet with you on Sunday.

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Happy New Year, Babes!

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chocoHere’s hoping you’re reading this with a not-too-aching head from ringing in the new year last night/this morning. On behalf of all the Book End Babes around the country, I’d like to wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2010. Dream big, take action to make traction and PLAN TIME WITH GIRLFRIENDS THIS YEAR.

A great way to reconnect with friends, relieve stress, learn and laugh is to start a book club! Why not become an official Book End Babe? It’s easy. Just e-mail me (see link at top right), and if you’re committed to be a queenB to start up a book club in your area, then I’ll set you up with a cool digital invite to send to your friends, co-workers, neighbors as well as a book bag and one book from our book closet.

I look forward to sharing more great authors, reads and recipes with you this year. This weekend we’ll post our video for Top Picks for January! It’s a diverse, fun selection!