Next Meeting: Thursday, 29 January, at 6:30 p.m.
at the Tustin Marketplace Corner Bakery (13652 Jamboree Road, Irvine)
Indie Book Reviewer Yellow Pages
From Victory Crayne via Glenda:
Christine Pinheiro-Silva has come out with the second edition of her very helpful listing of sites ( The Indie Book Reviewer Yellow Pages ) that review self-published books. She lists 97 book reviewers in this edition. All will review books for free.
Richard Sanders wrote this in his review of her book:
“If Christy had done nothing but compile a list of willing critics (a task in itself), that would’ve been virtue enough. But the Yellow Pages is much more than that. The entries for each of the reviewers includes a rating, a history of their sites or blogs, their audience size, a complete list of what genres and publishing formats they accept/don’t accept, submission guidelines, approximate turn-around times plus a Q&A giving you a feel for their personalities and tastes.”
Some of the reviewers listed require ebooks and some physical books, and many accept either.
This very helpful listing can be purchased for the paltry sum of 99 cents on Amazon Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XTWYGC/
and for $1.99 Barnes and Noble Nook ereader at http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Indie-Book-Reviewer-Yellow-Pages/Christine-Pinheiro/e/2940012683175/
Paperback versions are priced at $9.99.
Victory Crayne
28 Apr Meeting Notes; 4 May Reading List
28 APRIL MEETING NOTES
A lively gathering hailed our last regular meeting at the Tustin Panera. Attending were: Stace, JoAnne, Glenda, Julia, Shari, Melodye, Maddie, Rosie (read two chapters of On Thin Ice), and Burt (read several chapters of Madness of March).
News & Notes
Important!
PFL is now meeting on Wednesdays.
Starting Wednesday, 4 May at 6:30 PM, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. Note that we can bring water and clear drinks, but no coffee or food. CLICK HERE FOR MAP.
PFL will continue to meet at Panera on the 4th Wednesday of the month for the foreseeable future, when the library isn’t available. Confused? Check this space to keep track of current meeting locations, or contact PFL admins for help.
May 4 READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Stace (4/28)
Casey (4/21)
JoAnne (4/28)
Glenda (4/28)
Julia (4/28)
Shari (4/28)
Jonathan (4/14)
Melodye (4/28)
Maddie (4/28)
Lance (4/21)
Rosie (4/28)
Burt (4/28)
Marianna (3/31)
John D. (3/31)
21 Apr Meeting Notes; 28 Apr Reading List
21 APRIL MEETING NOTES
A cozy seven people attended: Burt (read three chapters from Madness of March), Casey, JoAnne, Lance (read 1.5 chapters of Identity), Maddie, Rosie and Stace.
News & Notes
This will be our last weekly meeting at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District). We’ll come back occasionally for the days when the library isn’t available.
Remember that on Wednesday, 4 May at 6:30 PM, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. If you need to rearrange your schedule in order to stay with us, now’s a good time to start. Note that we can bring water and clear drinks, but no coffee or food.
28 APRIL READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Stace (4/21)
Casey (4/21)
JoAnne (4/21)
Glenda (4/14)
Julia (4/14)
Shari (4/7)
Jonathan (4/14)
Melodye (4/14)
Maddie (4/21)
Rosie (4/21)
Burt (4/21)
Lance (4/21)
Marianna (3/31)
John D. (3/31)
14 Apr meeting notes; 21 Apr reading list
14 APRIL MEETING NOTES
Ten people attended: Burt, Glenda, JoAnne, Jonathan, Julia, Lance, Maddie (read two chapters from Hit Me), Melodye (read an excerpt from Can I Have a Witness?), Rosie (read two chapters from On Thin Ice) and Stace.
News & Notes
Since Panera Bread closes at 9 PM (as does the library), we’ll continue to meet at 6:30 to leave enough room to get in a third reading.
We’ll continue to meet at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
Remember that on Wednesday, 4 May at 6:30 PM, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. If you need to rearrange your schedule in order to stay with us, now’s a good time to start. Note that we can bring water and clear drinks, but no coffee or food.
21 APRIL READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Stace (4/14)
Casey (3/31)
Marianna (3/31)
JoAnne (4/14)
Glenda (4/14)
Julia (4/14)
John D. (3/31)
Burt (4/14)
Lance (4/14)
Shari (4/7)
Jonathan (4/14)
Melodye (4/14)
Maddie (4/14)
Rosie (4/14)
7 Apr meeting notes; 14 Apr reading list
7 APRIL MEETING NOTES
Ten people attended: Burt, Glenda, JoAnne, Jonathan (read 1.5 chapters of Bummin’ It), Julia, Lance, Maddie, Rosie, Shari (read two chapters of Lost in Dance) and Stace.
News & Notes
Since Panera Bread closes at 9 PM (as does the library), we’ll meet on 14 April at 6:30 to leave enough room to get in a third reading. If this works and the members choose to continue this, we can move the start of our regular meeting time to 6:30 PM.
Jonathan had his first author event on 8 April as a speaker at LibertyChristianHigh School in Huntington Beach.
Rosie alerted us that some publishers have begun including bonus content in selected YA titles sold through major chains such as Target and Barns & Noble. This content isn’t available from other retailers.
We’ll continue to meet at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
Remember that on Wednesday, 4 May, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. If you need to rearrange your schedule in order to stay with us, now’s a good time to start.
14 APRIL READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Melodye (3/31)
Casey (3/31)
Marianna (3/31)
JoAnne (4/7)
Glenda (4/7)
Kermit (3/17)
Julia (4/7)
Maddie (4/7)
Rosie (4/7)
John D. (3/31)
Burt (4/7)
Lance (4/7)
Stace (4/7)
Shari (4/7)
Jonathan (4/7)
31 Mar meeting notes; 7 Apr reading list
31 MARCH MEETING NOTES
Eleven people attended: Burt (read two chapters of Madness of March), Casey, JoAnne, John D., Julia, Lance (read 1.5 chapters of Identity), Maddie, Marianna, Melodye, Rosie and Shari.
News & Notes
We’ll continue to meet at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
Remember that on Wednesday, 4 May, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. If you need to rearrange your schedule in order to stay with us, now’s a good time to start.
7 APRIL READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Melodye (3/31)
Casey (3/31)
Marianna (3/31)
JoAnne (3/31)
Glenda (3/24)
Shari (3/31)
Jonathan (3/24)
Kermit (3/17)
Julia (3/31)
Maddie (3/31)
Rosie (3/31)
John D. (3/31)
Burt (3/31)
Lance (3/31)
Stace (3/10)
24 Mar meeting notes; 31 Mar reading list
24 MARCH MEETING NOTES
Eight people attended: Burt, Casey, Glenda, Jonathan, Lance (read 2.5 chapters of Identity), Maddie, Melodye and Rosie (read two chapters of On Thin Ice).
News & Notes
Dear Bully, the anthology that includes Melodye’s autobiographical essay about school bullying, will be released by HarperCollins on 23 August.
Glenda’s short story “What’s the Real Story?” was accepted by the 2011 Arkansas Literary Festival.
Burt recommends agent Donald Maass’ Twitter feed. Maass wrote Writing the Breakout Novel, which was a PFL homework reading.
We’ll continue to meet at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
Remember that on Wednesday, 4 May, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. If you need to rearrange your schedule in order to stay with us, now’s a good time to start.
31 MARCH READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Stace (3/10)
Melodye (3/24)
Casey (3/24)
Marianna (3/17)
JoAnne (3/17)
Glenda (3/24)
Shari (3/17)
Jonathan (3/24)
Kermit (3/17)
Julia (3/10)
Burt (3/24)
Maddie (3/24)
Rosie (3/24)
Lance (3/24)
John D. (3/3)
17 Mar meeting notes; 24 Mar reading list
17 MARCH MEETING NOTES
Eleven people attended: Burt (read five chapters of Madness of March), Casey, Glenda, JoAnne, Jonathan, Kermit, Lance (read 2.5 chapters of Identity), Maddie (read a chapter from Hit Me), Marianna, Melodye and Shari.
News & Notes
After discussing Melodye’s proposal to close membership until May, the membership voted to carry on with our current policies.
We’ll continue to meet at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
Remember that on Wednesday, 4 May, we’ll be moving to our new home at the Heritage Park branch of OC Public Libraries, 14361 Yale Avenue (@ Walnut Av), Irvine. If you need to rearrange your schedule in order to stay with us, now’s a good time to start.
24 MARCH READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Stace (3/10)
Melodye (3/17)
Casey (3/17)
Marianna (3/17)
JoAnne (3/17)
John D. (3/3)
Glenda (3/17)
Shari (3/17)
Rosie (3/10)
Jonathan (3/17)
Kermit (3/17)
Julia (3/10)
Burt (3/17)
Maddie (3/17)
Lance (3/17)
10 Mar meeting notes; 17 Mar reading list
10 MARCH MEETING NOTES
Ten people attended: Burt, Glenda, JoAnne, Julia (read three revised chapters of White Russian), Kermit (read a revised first chapter of an unnamed SF novel), Lance (read 1.5 chapters of Identity), Maddie, Rosie, Shari and Stace.
News & Notes
Melodye suggested in absentia that we close PFL to new members until we settle at the library in May. The members discussed this idea briefly at the end of the meeting and will come to a conclusion at the 17 March meeting.
We’ll continue to meet at the Tustin Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
17 MARCH READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Stace (3/10)
Melodye (2/24)
Casey (2/24)
Marianna (2/24)
JoAnne (3/10)
Maddie (3/10)
Burt (3/10)
John D. (3/3)
Glenda (3/10)
Shari (3/10)
Rosie (3/10)
Jonathan (3/3)
Kermit (3/10)
Julia (3/10)
Lance (3/10)
3 Mar meeting notes; 10 Mar reading list
3 MARCH MEETING NOTES
Nine people attended: Burt, JoAnne, John D., Jonathan (read 1.5 revised chapters of Eyes Like Gods and a revised query letter), Lance, Maddie, Rosie (read two revised chapters from On Thin Ice), Shari (read two chapters from Lost in Dance) and potential newcomer Jeff P.
News & Notes
The Panera Bread experiment worked fairly well, so we’ll continue to meet there (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) until May or until they kick us out, whichever comes first. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
Jonathan’s YA novel Normal for Once is now available for the Kindle on Amazon for $3.99.
You can subscribe to our blog at purefictionleague.org either by entering your email address or by following the RSS feed. If you’d like us to link to your website or blog, send us your URL. If you want to contribute to the blog, you’ll need to sign up for a free WordPress account, then contact Stace or Lance for additional instructions.
10 MARCH READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Kermit (2/17)
Stace (2/24)
Melodye (2/24)
Casey (2/24)
Marianna (2/24)
Julia (2/24)
JoAnne (3/3)
Maddie (3/3)
Lance (3/3)
Burt (3/3)
John D. (3/3)
Glenda (2/24)
Shari (3/3)
Rosie (3/3)
Jonathan (3/3)
24 Feb meeting notes; 3 Mar reading list
24 FEBRUARY MEETING NOTES
Thirteen people attended: Burt, Casey, Glenda (read her autobiographical sketch “A Proper Fist”), JoAnne, Jonathan, Julia, Lance, Maddie, Marianna, Melodye, Rosie, Shari and Stace. This meeting was also a tryout for Paradise Perks in Irvine and became a trial in more ways than one; we discovered Thursdays are not viable at this café.
News & Notes
The Borders at Tustin Legacy is no longer available. We’ll meet at Panera Bread (2467 Park Ave, Tustin, also at The District) for our 3 Mar meetings. (Props to Maddie for arranging this.) We’ll see if this works as an interim home until May. While you’re not required to eat there, it would be politic to buy some coffee or dessert.
The new group website at purefictionleague.org is now active. You can subscribe to the blog either by entering your email address or by following the RSS feed. If you’d like us to link to your website or blog, send us your URL. If you want to contribute to the blog, you’ll need to sign up for a free WordPress account, then contact Stace or Lance for additional instructions.
3 MARCH READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Kermit (2/17)
Stace (2/24)
Melodye (2/24)
Casey (2/24)
Marianna (2/24)
Shari (2/24)
Julia (2/24)
Rosie (2/24)
Jonathan (2/24)
JoAnne (2/24)
Maddie (2/24)
Lance (2/24)
Burt (2/24)
John D. (2/17)
Glenda (2/24)
Article about blogging
Since many of us have blogs or are thinking about blogs as keystones for “author platforms”, I thought I’d pass on this post, which delves into the issue from a wider perspective than most I’ve seen on the topic. An excerpt:
“Tweets share; blogs provide meaning and substance; facebook fan pages offer social interaction and feedback; videos and podcasts offer new ways of connecting with readers and new dimensions to their experience of you.
“But here’s the thing.
“There has to be a point.
“There has to be a larger meaning that people can buy into, and engage with, and return to. That improves their lives in some way. Makes the world a better place.
“This is the great, amazing thing about a blog, an author platform: it’s the chance to go beyond yourself, to express your values and idealism and Do Something Truly Cool.”
17 Feb meeting notes; 24 Feb reading list
17 FEBRUARY MEETING NOTES
Eleven people attended: Burt (read three chapters from Madness of March), Casey, Glenda, JoAnne, John D. (read the opening chapter of The Age of Arthur), Jonathan, Kermit, Lance, Maddie, Shari and Stace.
News & Notes
We’ll gather at Irvine’s Paradise Perks (15475 Jeffrey Road, at Irvine Center Drive) for our 24 Feb and 3 Mar meetings. We’ll try the place for two weeks, then decide whether we want to stay. Our Borders in Tustin is slated to shut down. The café breathed its last on 17 Feb; the clearance sale starts on the 19th.
The new group website at purefictionleague.org is now active. Stace has worked hard to bring up the site, and it’s already far better than what we had with Multiply. Stace and Lance are administrators; John D. volunteered to be one of the two editors. You can subscribe to the blog either by entering your email address or by following the RSS feed. If you’d like us to link to your website or blog, send us your URL. If you want to contribute to the blog, you’ll need to sign up for a free WordPress account, then contact Stace or Lance for additional instructions.
24 FEBRUARY READING LIST
Please review this list for accuracy. If you discover any mistakes or omissions, please let us know in advance of the meeting.
Kermit (2/17)
Stace (2/17)
Glenda (2/17)
Melodye (2/3)
Casey (2/17)
Marianna (2/10)
Shari (2/17)
Julia (2/10)
Rosie (2/10)
Jonathan (2/17)
JoAnne (2/17)
Maddie (2/17)
Lance (2/17)
Burt (2/17)
John D. (2/17)
Borders declares bankruptcy
Borders Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning. As part of its reorganization plan, Borders plans to close 193 stores across the U.S.
Store #450, 2493 Park Avenue in Tustin, is on the list.
The company has not yet released the schedule for these closings, but it will have to move quickly in order to emerge from Chapter 11 by the end of the year.
The complete list is available at Scribd.
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