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Berlin's Farmers Market Voted Best Small Event in Maryland (9AM to 1PM) A Rich Arts and Food Community My Jimmy Grits Private Eye Book Signing at Greyhound Books (11AM to 3PM) Berlin's Historic Architecture Live Entertainment Visit the historic town of Berlin, Maryland Sunday, June 7th, for their multi-street Farmers’ Market and a book signing for Jimmy... Continue Reading →
This is part two of a two-part post on the 2026 Bay to Ocean Writers’ Conference. Click here to read part one. We filed into Chesapeake College’s Performing Arts Center, where the Eastern Shore Writers’ Association’s leadership provided some remarks, presented awards, and introduced an interview-style keynote between author and publisher Austin Comacho and today’s... Continue Reading →
“Are you going to the writers’ conference Saturday?” My Browseabout Book Store colleague Bethany spun on the squealing desk chair. I rattled-off the sessions I wanted to attend. “The lunch keynote is with S.A. Cosby.” “Wait, S.A. Cosby?” Bethany’s eyes grew wide, and I feared I would become a spotter for a gymnastic-style leap. “I... Continue Reading →
This month's blurbs include the biography of a trend-setting band and the story behind a 250-year-old trend-setting sentence. The Name of this Band is R.E.M by Peter Ames Carlin The college rock band REM-- Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe-- formed in Athens Georgia in 1980. Their music helped to define an... Continue Reading →
Here are two recent children's book recommendations I made at Browseabout Books. For our teacher friends, these would make excellent additions to your classroom libraries. Ilona Holland’s children’s book George Washington’s Remarkable Solutions presents an information-rich look at Washington’s innovations and architectural feats at his Mount Vernon estate without shying from the issue of slavery. Holland's approach... Continue Reading →
The Display Takes Shape ESWA’s December 13th Holiday Book Festival at Cult Classic Brewing helped me realize so many successes, particularly meeting fellow writers, their families, and visitors— connections far more important than book sales, newsletter sign-ups, business cards distributed, and the hard numbers talked about in marketing workshops. I’d like to thank the woman... Continue Reading →
Part of my new job at Browseabout Books, an independent bookstore in Rehoboth Beach, is composing book blurbs for titles I would recommend to book buyers, and I just submitted three to appear on the store's shelves. These are titles I have read or reread recently, and I thought you might like to take a... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, I know exactly what I want then someone shows me what I really want. This is the story of how my poor attempt at concept art for the cover of Jimmy Grits, Private Eye became something brilliant when placed in the skilled hands of Philadelphia-based artist Aubrey Brown. Drawing is not in my skill... Continue Reading →
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