Uncategorized and art and color and design Sue Campbell on 29 Oct 2008
I like to think that as a designer my color acuity is fairly accurately attuned. Well, it is pretty close. I got a 16 with zero being a perfect score. Try it! click the link to Test Your Color I.Q. My results are shown below. What’s yours?
books and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 29 Oct 2008
My guest is Carolyn Hayes Uber, who is president of Stephens Press, LLC in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stephens Press is a small regional publisher and has been in existence since 2002. They have published about 100 titles since the company’s inception.
SC: As an acquisitions editor what do you absolutely hate to see and what do [...]
publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 24 Oct 2008
If you’re old enough you’ve probably heard stories of how this or that writer got their start writing articles, or poetry, or humor for Reader’s Digest. Well, those days are apparently long ago memories. I recently checked out the Reader’s Digest submissions page, and found that almost every category starts with “We’re sorry,” or “Unfortunately…” [...]
Uncategorized Sue Campbell on 18 Oct 2008
This has absolutely nothing to do writing, or design, or books, or publishing. I was interviewed by a fellow writer in my writer’s group about my “relationaship with food” for his blog The Reluctant Eater. So go there, it’s an interesting blog.
Uncategorized and author and books and publishing and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 08 Oct 2008
My girls and I had a lovely evening at the Neil Gaiman event last night in Boulder. I’ve been a Neil Gaiman fan since reading (well really listening) to American Gods, and then seeing Mirrormask, so perhaps I came about my fan-girliness sort of backwards. By the time I became a fan, Neilhimself was already [...]
bookcovers and books and covers and design Sue Campbell on 07 Oct 2008
Here’s project I’m working on. This book Sun, Sin & Suburbia: An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas by Geoff Schumacher has done well. It’s in its third printing and is now going to go into paperback. This is the time a book often gets a new cover. Why? Well in this case, the book [...]
books and inspiring and writing Sue Campbell on 05 Oct 2008
Words are wonderful, and etymology strikes me as one of the most fascinating subjects. Here is a new book from Roy Blount: Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and [...]
books and news and publishing Sue Campbell on 02 Oct 2008
A study done by the Connecticut State University shows the list of the most literate cities (over 250K pop.) Topping the list:
1. Minneapolis, MN
2. Seattle, WA
3. St. Paul, MN
4. Denver, CO
5. Washington, DC
A variety of criteria was used. Educational attainment, numbers of booksellers, library circulation, etc.
Lower rankings:
7. San Francisco, CA
10. Boston, MA
28. New York, NY
30. [...]
