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How do you tell your parents you’ve been published? Stefanie Allison, a.k.a. Star5fallonmyheart, our ferociously faithful fan and prolific poster of stories and comments, gives us a little tutorial in the fine art of Breaking the Big News to the ‘Rents. Stefanie has very kindly videotaped her own experience, which she [...]
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It’s our staff inspecting the arrival of The Coffee Shop Chronicles, Vol. One: Oh, the Places I Have Bean! Notice, if you will, the cup on the table is the same as on the book cover. (You’ll will read why when your own copy arrives at your door shortly.) Notice [...]
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The book you helped create is now at the printers, and it’s time to place your orders for the first edition of The Coffee Shop Chronicles, Volume One: Oh, the Places I Have Bean!
Our intention is that every contributing author receives his or her first copy at cost of printing [...]
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Things are progressing smoothly with The Coffee Shop Chronicles and we’re now on the downward log flume of delight, formatting and tweaking and generally answering the age old koan that runs, “What is the sound of a semi-colon clapping?”
But mostly, as we re-read and re-organize all the fabulous entries, we’ve [...]
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You’ve all been as patiently as daisies waiting for the summer.
I can now announce that the cover design for our first ever anthology will be design number 4:
www.awordwithyoupress.com/2010/09/04/coffee-shop-chronicles-–-the-fourth-cover-design/
There may be a tweak or two still to tweaken, but overall we felt it was the one which best [...]
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Hi y’all, here’s design number four. And if you think it looks a lot like design number one, you’d be right. Although the decision has weighed heavily on my in-tray, we’ve all appreciated your input and views and discussions about coffee. This modified design has taken some [...]
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Ed continues to surprise us with different interpretations of our ideas. And boy do we have a lot of ideas.
We’ll announce the chosen cover design soon, so we can gambol further along the road to production. Maybe we’ll write a book in the future entitled The [...]
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Here’s the second of four cover designs from Ed. Let us know what you think, what you feel and generally in which direction your aura gyrates. Two more cover designs to follow over consecutive days.
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Here’s the first cover design folks, lovingly crafted by Ed.
We look forward to reading your comments, observations and creative potpourri. We’ll post the other designs over the next few days and let you know which one we’re going with.
Have a great and creative day.
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Well folks, let the trumpets be silenced and a hush fall upon the audience. The curtain raises and a scroll of names – in no particular order – unravels from the ceiling.
As the late, great Max Miller used to say: “You lucky people!” This is the list of writers who [...]
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Gather round our virtual campfire so I can tell you a story. It’s a tale of honesty and struggle and, ultimately, a happy ending. By the way, has anyone got any marshmallows?
Okay, once upon a time, a man had a great idea – to build an incredibly creative community of [...]
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Okay, I guess I should tell you… this is my first time.
Yep, it’s the first contest I’ve been a co-administrator and co-conspirator in, all rolled into one. And behind the scenes, I’m still finding my way a little. So, I’m looking to speak to a few people about some missing [...]
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You remember the scene, sure you do. Princess Whatserface’s recorded message beaming out of R2 while Luke and Obi Won sit there munching popcorn. He was her only hope. Imagine how that felt, huh?
Now, imagine you’re a Coffee Shop Chronicles writer sitting next to Luke, and I’m the royal broad [...]
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What follows is a brief e-mail interview with Juan Vandendorp, winner of our Coffee Shop Chronicles contest. I was humbled by his responses to my questions, and moved by his descriptions. His answer to the third question feels like a story in itself, and – like all good storytellers – Juan [...]
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This is now a second-time shout-out, to all those writerly folk who submitted material for the coveted Coffee Shop Chronicles.
If we don’t have everyone’s details – including the name and complete address of your coffee shop of choice (see link below), it will delay our triumphant appearance on the world’s [...]
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Good evening from California.
This may be a bit winded. Indulge me. Rather than consider this the announcement of the winner of our contest, The Coffee Shop Chronicles, consider this as a letter from a friend.
Are you the kind of person who skips to the end of a book to [...]
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…winner of the Coffee Shop Chronicles, a caffeinated whirlwind of a contest wherein we solicited short stories, poems and essays about our most beloved black brew – Coffee, how we love thee! The most compelling 100 entries will be published in a hardcover book, The Coffee Shop Chronicles: Oh, the [...]
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You thought you’d slurped up the last, delicious drop of the Coffee Shop Chronicles, didn’t you? Well, we looked deep into our mug, and we found one more sip to enjoy, courtesy of Ann Bancroft. She offers us a tiny glimpse into one couple’s morning routine, reminding us that – even [...]
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Do a word search for Kayla Roth to the right of this and you will find her first entry into our contest, The Coffee Shop Chronicles, all about the living dead. This one is more about corporate types who also refuse to die. Why is it that women find zombies so [...]
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Hate me because I am the guy who must finally judge the winner of The Coffee Shop Chronicles.
I will announce the winner on Friday, June 4th, at sundown, pacific time.
And then hide.
We now have a team of five working to create the hard copy of The Coffee Shop [...]
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