tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post4414895231073790129..comments2023-05-16T09:13:37.677-07:00Comments on My Journey Through Reading...: The Sunday SalonMy Journey Through Reading...http://www.blogger.com/profile/17280645425004853094noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-47572734912075102982011-12-18T12:28:14.244-08:002011-12-18T12:28:14.244-08:00re: book review request by award-winning author
D...re: book review request by award-winning author<br /><br />Dear My Journey Through Reading...<br /><br />I'm an award-winning author with a new book of fiction out this fall. Ugly To Start With is a series of thirteen interrelated stories about childhood published by West Virginia University Press.<br /><br />Can I interest you in reviewing it? <br /><br />If you write me back at johnmcummings@aol.com, I can email you a PDF of my book. If you require a bound copy, please ask, and I will forward your reply to my publisher. Or you can write directly to Abby Freeland at: <br /><br />Abby.Freeland@mail.wvu.edu <br /><br />My publisher, I should add, can also offer your readers a free excerpt of my book through a link from your blog to my publisher's website:<br />http://wvupressonline.com/cummings_ugly_to_start_with_9781935978084<br /><br />Here’s what Jacob Appel, celebrated author of <br />Dyads and The Vermin Episode, says about my new collection: "In Ugly to Start With, set in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, Cummings tackles the challenges of boyhood adventure and family conflict in a taut, crystalline style that captures the triumphs and tribulations of small-town life. He has a gift for transcending the particular experiences to his characters to capture the universal truths of human affection and suffering--emotional truths that the members of his audience will recognize from their own experiences of childhood and adolescence.”<br /><br />My short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including North American Review, The Kenyon Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and The Chattahoochee Review. Twice I have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. My short story "The Scratchboard Project" received an honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007.<br /><br />I am also the author of the nationally acclaimed coming-of-age novel The Night I Freed John Brown (Philomel Books, Penguin Group, 2009), winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers (Grades 7-12) and one of ten books recommended by USA TODAY.<br /><br />For more information about me, please visit:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Cummings<br /><br />Thank you very much, and I look forward to hearing back from you.<br /><br />Kindly,<br /><br />John Michael CummingsJohn Michael Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571255538205741563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-50099053507658275342009-01-09T14:16:00.000-08:002009-01-09T14:16:00.000-08:00Welcome back and Happy New Year!I thought you migh...Welcome back and Happy New Year!<BR/><BR/>I thought you might be interested in reading my two latest books:<BR/><BR/>REGINA'S CLOSET: FINDING MY GRANDMOTHER'S SECRET JOURNAL<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>DEAR ANAIS: MY LIFE IN POEMS FOR YOU!<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Diana<BR/>http://dianaraab.wordpress.comDiana M. Raabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961507483070235391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-15363031897859770062008-10-19T15:55:00.000-07:002008-10-19T15:55:00.000-07:00Ugh! I hope your back feels better soon!Ugh! I hope your back feels better soon!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997422474037368373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-54752564331994040832008-10-05T15:16:00.000-07:002008-10-05T15:16:00.000-07:00Sorry to hear about you hurting your back. Sounds...Sorry to hear about you hurting your back. Sounds like you had a nice time on your bike trip. I have never been on a motorcycle.Kathy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026987005323003596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-39766449667215557262008-08-17T19:49:00.000-07:002008-08-17T19:49:00.000-07:00I'll definitely be checking back for your Glass Ca...I'll definitely be checking back for your Glass Castle review- that's up next on my TBR pile.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997422474037368373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-46891499349711843152008-08-13T23:36:00.000-07:002008-08-13T23:36:00.000-07:00Yikes, hope your back feels better soon :)Yikes, hope your back feels better soon :)Kathleen Gilliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549716324395491831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-28616076571421913962008-08-10T17:46:00.000-07:002008-08-10T17:46:00.000-07:00sorry to hear about your back! I hope that you are...sorry to hear about your back! I hope that you are pain free in no time!<BR/><BR/>For the Wii...I highly recommend Mario Galaxy. I've been playing it almost constantly since getting it on Wed. Love it! Today I bought a Zelda game and Mario Kart...but haven't cracked them open yet. But I've heard good things about each...and with Mario and Zelda...how can you go wrong?Irishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339410911505302929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-47390492628008008982008-08-01T05:55:00.000-07:002008-08-01T05:55:00.000-07:00What a fun way to contribute to a great cause. So...What a fun way to contribute to a great cause. Sorry about your back - those kind of injuries are never fun :(<BR/><BR/>I read The Questory of Root Karbunkulus not very long ago. I had mixed feelings - I'll be interested to read your review.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-16904765569051855912008-07-31T11:28:00.000-07:002008-07-31T11:28:00.000-07:00Don't remind me about TBR piles!Don't remind me about TBR piles!Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-80224234227340080522008-07-27T17:54:00.000-07:002008-07-27T17:54:00.000-07:00Thanks ladies. I had surgery on a herniated disc ...Thanks ladies. I had surgery on a herniated disc a year and a half ago and I do feel much better but I did way too much this past week and it just gave out. Not fun but I hope to be back on my feet tomorrow to go to work!My Journey Through Reading...https://www.blogger.com/profile/17280645425004853094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-26006115741741959572008-07-27T17:27:00.000-07:002008-07-27T17:27:00.000-07:00Thats awesome that you and hubby ride for such a g...Thats awesome that you and hubby ride for such a great cause.<BR/>I'm interested in reading your review for The Glass Castle.<BR/><BR/>hope your back feels better!<BR/><A HREF="http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/</A>The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217390642323530030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847434788337679058.post-68019386056624598782008-07-27T16:27:00.000-07:002008-07-27T16:27:00.000-07:00Ouch! I hope your back pain goes away soon. I im...Ouch! I hope your back pain goes away soon. I imagine finding a position to be comfortable in is rather difficult.<BR/><BR/>I think it's great that you participate in the Chicagoland Ride for Kids. It sounds like a great way to spend a day and a worthwhile cause.<BR/><BR/>I hope you have a good week.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.com