Writing Unleashed with Laura M. Harkins

News Books Fighting Back Borders is holding on as it teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.     The company is performing a brand-facelift and adopting a new business plan, which includes the closure of 150 out of 500 stores.   The online and E-reader surge clobbered the unprepared bookstore.  They are working hard to rectify the damage.    The Egyptian youth held hands in peaceful protest, protecting the Alexandria library from looters and vandals.    England sees the dawn as a brand new £200m library  is built in Centenary Square in Birmingham, England.   The country cut budgets forcing half the libraries to close.  Authors and book lovers joined together in protest over the weekend.     Indie Bookstores remain in business despite the insurgence of E-readers and E-books.   The stores attribute their success to their small size, adaptability and non-book revenue. A Quick Aside The New York Times is printing...

gebasports.org Audacity comes to mind when I encourage you to visit my blog, dazzling with clever topics and expressive sentences, asking for comments, receiving nothing from me in return. Shouldn’t I offer you something for visiting? You might want to sit down for this one. So, I got to thinking.     Several blogs I follow sum up the week on Fridays.  Amie Kaufman does her “ BTW ” post talking about life beyond her blog, literary items of interest and updating her readers on what she’s reading.  Nathan Bransford updates his devout followers on the week’s literary news in “ This Week in Books ”. To generate more followers, I am taking a tip from the well-established bloggers and setting up a weekly blog post that keeps you abreast with evocative literary News , a rundown of ongoing writing Contests and silly Fun as an   attempt to lighten the mood.  A newsletter of sorts.      Don’t worry, the brainstorming didn’t end he...