Stacks Image 152
My Holiday Book Pick & Small Biz Shopping
by Kathleen Meyer
December 2013
Gail Storey’s gal-lant memoir I Promise Not To Suffer: A Fool For Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail, winner of the Barbara Savage Award, and now winner of the 2013 National Outdoor Book Award!
Stacks Image 88
Brave, honest, fall-down funny, I Promise Not To Suffer is Gail Storey striding into a passel of challenge. She claws up rocky mountainsides—in perfect indecorous fashion—sweats sticky-stinky through deserts, postholes across snowfield mush, grappling for the balance not to drown in roiling creeks, or deep-water matters of the heart. In her quest to blossom as the consummate trekking partner, she emerges, most dearly, an unabashed sister to us all, and, most definitely, a woman-of-the-wild. www.gailstorey.com
Stacks Image 104
And, here I am last Saturday celebrating Small Business Day in Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, Montana, selling and wrapping books for Indies First (along with a thousand other authors across the country. Indies First—or “authors supporting Indies”—is the brainchild of noted author Sherman Alexie. He began the movement in September via an open letter addressed to fellow authors, asking them to . . . be a superhero for independent bookstores [and] spend an amazing day hand-selling books at your local bookstore . . . .
Stacks Image 163
I’ve long espoused buying books from independent bookstores. As the Mom & Pop’s go, so will the world, and its authors.
Stacks Image 150
Comments
Stacks Image 290
My Holiday Book Pick & Small Biz Shopping
by Kathleen Meyer
December 2013
Gail Storey’s gal-lant memoir I Promise Not To Suffer: A Fool For Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail, winner of the Barbara Savage Award, and now winner of the 2013 National Outdoor Book Award!
Stacks Image 265
Brave, honest, fall-down funny, I Promise Not To Suffer is Gail Storey striding into a passel of challenge. She claws up rocky mountainsides—in perfect indecorous fashion—sweats sticky-stinky through deserts, postholes across snowfield mush, grappling for the balance not to drown in roiling creeks, or deep-water matters of the heart. In her quest to blossom as the consummate trekking partner, she emerges, most dearly, an unabashed sister to us all, and, most definitely, a woman-of-the-wild. www.gailstorey.com
Stacks Image 269
And, here I am last Saturday celebrating Small Business Day in Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, Montana, selling and wrapping books for Indies First (along with a thousand other authors across the country. Indies First—or “authors supporting Indies”—is the brainchild of noted author Sherman Alexie. He began the movement in September via an open letter addressed to fellow authors, asking them to . . . be a superhero for independent bookstores [and] spend an amazing day hand-selling books at your local bookstore . . . .
Stacks Image 273
I’ve long espoused buying books from independent bookstores. As the Mom & Pop’s go, so will the world, and its authors.
To comment, type in the box “Join the Discussion”; then enter your name (or a handle, if you prefer) and your email address, which will not be published. There is no need to join DISQUS. Skip Password and check “I’d rather post as a guest.”
Stacks Image 300
Comments
Stacks Image 303

© 2011 by Author Kathleen Meyer  •  All Rights Reserved 
Web site design by
RapidRiver.us

© 2011 by Author Kathleen Meyer  •  All Rights Reserved 
Web site design by
RapidRiver.us