African American Lit Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

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Behind His Mask by D.J. Coleman
D.J. Coleman is an Author and a Filmmaker who is in the process of turning his first book "Behind His Mask" into a movie. It's a story of redemption, forgiveness, acceptance, and unconditional love.

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Mystery Books Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

Hi everyone,

Edie here with the latest featured mystery book. Today's offering is from debut mystery novelist Cheryl Crane. Some of you may remember that she is the daughter of Hollywood legend Lana Turner.

Following the adage to write what you know, Ms. Crane has written a fine mystery set among the glitter and glamour of Hollywood.

I think you will like Realtor to the stars and amateur sleuth, Nikki Harper, and her mother, former screen idol Victoria Bordeaux. I'm most impressed with the humor throughout this novel, and the surprise ending. If you enjoy a well-written whodunit, you will want to check this one out!

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The Bad Always Die Twice Review
1950's actor Rex March died in a fiery plane crash in the California desert. Six month's later his body showed up in the bed of his former lover, and police accuse her of killing him just a few hours before he was found.

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Jokes & Riddles Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

Happy Autumn Equinox!

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In the meantime, here is a beautiful offering from BellaOnline to help you enjoy the beginning of fall.

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The Autumn Equinox is when we release our fall issue of our Mused Literary Magazine! Take a short break from your chores and savor the offerings. Here is more about this new issue:

Autumn with its rich, vibrant hues inspires us to breathe in the richness of life and celebrate each day. There are the exuberant images of whales waving hello against the mountains of Antarctica. Then there are the tiny, 8mm beauties which radiate an ethereal glow. In between are the landscapes so serenely beautiful they seem like a fantasy brought to life.

Poetry paints the air with its mosaic of sounds. We are seduced by the wail of a saxophone and haunted by the images of a woman struggling against cancer. A sister comes to term with her fractious relationship with her sibling. Young love blossoms on the wooden slats of a dock's edge.

Fiction twists our emotions as an expectant mother fears the worst. A lonely woman craves the grace of dancers' delicate movements. An abused woman clutches at her options and seeks escape.

Non-Fiction aims the spotlight on the experiences of our community. A grandmother struggles with the loss of her beloved mother. A tour guide in Alaska enriches visitors with knowledge of the Tlingit culture. A wife finds friction with her tough-old-bird husband, yet appreciates why they remain side by side.

Life is not a smooth, effortless sail from one coast to another. It is often rough and stormy, with fierce squalls and periods of dead calm where all motion seems to be lost. Maybe it is these stops and starts which remind us to look around us with an active eye and appreciate the beauty which inhabits every corner of our world. Every moment has something to teach us, if we would but stop and listen.

Enjoy our Autumn Equinox issue of the Mused Literary Review!

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For those interested in the print copy, you can use the code "OKTOBERFEST305" to get 15% off the price through September 26, 2011. That is Lulu's discount - we already have the profits set to zero so you get the cheapest price we can list it at. Enjoy!

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Manga / Comics Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

Hello loyal readers. I have been away for a lengthy stint. Work and getting situated with Graduate School has been trying, to say the least. This month has been an exciting one for fans. The DC Comics reboot is nearing its' first full month and readers have been able to get their hands on many new titles.

DC Comics Reboot and the New 52
The first month of DC Comics' reboot is nearly over. Here are the books released and some picks anticipated to standout.
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Short Stories Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

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Self-publishing
When you feel your story or stories are ready for publication, where do you go? Who do you contact? Whether to publish your story or stories with a reputable publisher or go it alone and self publish?

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Blues and Jazz Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

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Django Reinhardt - Jazz Guitarist Extraordinaire
Django Reinhardt played hot jazz with searing speed and passion.

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Literary Fiction Newsletter from BellaOnline.com

"It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance."

- Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"
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Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408810638/mewo-20

Child narrators are perfect for modern literature. Like Mockingbird's Scout Finch and Christopher Boone of A Curious Incident before him, 11-year-old Harri Opoku tells his story without guile, all the better for us to ponder life's pathos and recognize its ironies. From what I've read so far, Harri is clearly disturbed by the fatal knifing in the opening chapter. He was only "half friends" with the victim, who went to a different school, but we can read his preoccupation with the boy's death between the lines of the first otherwise blithe chapters.

Harri has, of course, been compared to Jack from Emma Donoghue's Room, which made the Booker shortlist last year. In fact, he's not even the only young narrator in this year's shortlist: Jaffy Brown of Jamrach's Menagerie, by Carol Birch, is giving him a run for his money. It's a good thing, then, that Harri's the second-best runner in Grade 7. Stay tuned for more as I continue reading this book ...

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If you could coin a word, what would it be?

I'm in the middle of reading, among other things, Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English and Shakespeare's Hamlet. Kelman's narrator has a quirky vocabulary inflected with what I'm guessing are expressions from his native Ghanaian: asweh, hutious, advise yourself. "In England," Harri remarks, "there's a hell of different words for everything. It's for if you forget one, there's always another one left over. It's very helpful."

The English have their Bard to thank for that, of course. I read recently that the average person uses about 17,000 words in an entire lifetime, but Shakespeare used twice that in his works. When English didn't provide him with the right word, he coined the word himself, including: besmirch, excitement, hush, pander and rant - all of which appear in Hamlet.

So, have you found yourself forgetting a word lately, and wished you could just make one up? What would the word be? Post it on the forum!

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