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Vote for Best Book of the Year

Thomas Cummings — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:24 +0000

What was the best book of last year in Hawai'i? Vote for your favorite to receive the HawaiiReaders.com Award given as part of the Hawai'i Book Publisher's Association's Ka Palapala Po'okela awards. You can vote for a children's book, literature, Hawaiian culture, photo books, natural science, cookbooks or non-fiction. Choose one from the more than [...]

Two characters in search of a writer

Michael Little — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:17 +0000

A man and a woman sat across from each other at a corner table in a small neighborhood restaurant. Each one held a script and studied it, not speaking or looking up until they were done. INT. SMALL ITALIAN RESTAURANT - EVENING Rick and Debbie seated in a corner booth. It’s late and the restaurant is almost deserted. DEBBIE Shut [...]

4/24/10 Tattoo Contest

Mutual Publishing — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:08:13 +0000

In celebration of the release of The Polynesian Tattoo Today by Tricia Allen Barnes & Noble Ala Moana is hosting a TATTOO CONTEST (open to the public) Saturday, April 24 • 8-10 pm Enter in any one of four categories: Traditional Polynesian Tribal Non-Polynesian Color Please arrive early at Barnes & Noble to sign up for the contest Register between 7:30–8:00 pm Contest starts at 9 pm Judging will be [...]

A stand-up about writers ...

Michael Little — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:05:39 +0000

If I watch one more rerun of Seinfeld I swear I’m going to turn into one of the characters. I think I’ll be Jerry. He seems the least neurotic. Kramer is the happiest in the group, but being Cosmo Kramer would be risky business most days. George and Elaine? Really? Don’t even go there, although the time that Elaine got to be boss for a while and talked on the phone while she smoked a cigar with her feet up on the desk is memorable.

"Make 'em laugh ..."

Michael Little — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:05:00 +0000

Our guest blogger today is New York Times bestselling author and Kauai resident Jill Marie Landis. Welcome, Jill! --------------------------------------- After reading Michael's blog "If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" I recalled a quote I heard in a writing workshop eons ago. It was attributed to Charles Dickens. "Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em wait." (I'm [...]

Things I did not do during the tsunami warning ...

Michael Little — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:05:35 +0000

You'll have your own list of things you did during the tsunami warning in Hawaii last Saturday, but here's my list of things I did not do. See if any of these sound familiar. 1. Head for the hills. Not that I wasn't advised to do that. In fact, we were awakened early Saturday morning by [...]

If you poison us, do we not die?

Michael Little — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:05:57 +0000

Here's the third question that helps us understand how readers and writers connect. Earlier we looked at the connecting power of humor and laughter, as well as a common concern by readers and writers for characters in pain.

Now we come to poison and dying, and at a time like this I wish I were a mystery writer. Agatha Christie loved to kick off her mysteries with a good old-fashioned poisoning. Her 80 mystery novels have sold about four billion copies in 45 languages. They say that everybody loves a good mystery, and apparently everybody also loves a good poisoning.

Calling All Reading Groups

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:49:24 +0000

Here's a new post to talk about what's happening with your reading club/group. Tell us what you're reading--rave about your new discoveries!

If you prick us, do we not bleed?

Michael Little — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:26:40 +0000

Here’s a second question that helps us understand how readers and writers connect. Last week we looked at the connecting power of humor and laughter (“if you tickle us, do we not laugh?”). Now it’s time to share a little pain.

Tales from the Night Rainbow

Independent Publishers — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:56:53 +0000

The classic tale of the prophetess of Moloka‘i is back in print for a limited edition. The "bowl of light" parable is featured: “Every child born has at birth, a Bowl of perfect Light. If he tends his Light, it will grow in strength and he can do all things … If, however, he becomes envious or jealous he drops a stone into his bowl of Light, and a little of the Light will go out.… If at any time he tires of being a stone, all he needs to do is huli [turn] the bowl and the stones will all fall away, and the Light will come back and grow once more.” Also covers