Good e'en, Beardies! Once upon a time, in kingdom called Commerce, there lived a young and idealistic Lady Knight of Knowledge beset with many trials. As the young knight sought to rescue a much-loved Young Adult library collection from the jaws of the Dragon of Neglect, she was in desperate need of help, and help arrived in the form of a young Page of Knowledge named Hannah. Together Knight and Page fought a valiant fight, slew the Dragon of Neglect, and won the respect of their subjects. In time, the ...
Good Day, Beardies! I’m excited to introduce my first Book Spotlight! As a voracious reader, I’m always looking for recommendations for new reads, especially in dystopian fiction. Elizabeth, in her posts on The Quiddity of Speculation, wrote briefly about the explosion in Young Adult Dystopian fiction since The Hunger Games was published in 2008. One of the series briefly spotlighted was Lauren DeStefano’s Chemical Garden Series, and she asked that I spotlight it since I had recently finished reading t...
Buy: {Purchase Links to Come Soon} In 1918, Strunk andWhitewrote The Elements of Style, a seminal work that found its way into thousands of classrooms for years afterward. This little book gives some solid advice on the rules of Standard American English. It’s not real popular, however, with creative writers. After all, creative writers are seldom known for being conformists. So I want to begin this blog by popping the big question: Why does grammar matter? We’re writers, after all, born to break the...
I remember the first time I met Mary Wendt. Sara and I had managed, although she was a year ahead of me at Alma, to land ourselves in the same Sociology 101 class. I say managed like it wasn't purposeful, but it was; our making friends with Mary, however, was purely by accident. She sat next to us the first day of class, and after that first day, we returned to the same seats, delighted to find Mary had returned to the same seat as well. Although Mary was a non-traditional student whose life experience w...
Bonjour Beardies, I started reading this title back in November, originally as part of a blog tour; unfortunately, due to my schedule, I missed the blog tour. I promised the author, SM Boyce, however, that I would still to do a Book Spotlight on each of the books in the series (so far there are two, but there are four total planned). Lichgates is the first book of The Grimoire Saga, and is the subject of this Spotlight. Buy: Amazon/Kindle |Kobo | Smashwords Premise: While hiking one afterno...
Bonjour Beardies! I am VERY excited to announce that The Bearded Scribe will be co-hosting a giveaway! Yup, you heard correctly! The giveaway is being hosted on several blogs all around the blogosphere, but I found the co-hosting opportunity through Miss Angie at My So-Called Chaos, a blog about reading, art, love, life. Be sure to pay her a visit and let her know that The Bearded Scribe sent you! The prize: A 7"-KINDLE FIRE HD!!! The giveaway runs from 4/10/13-4/30/13, and the winner will be selecte...
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Bonjour Beardies! While I am not hosting this giveaway, I wanted to announce it so that all of you may enter if you so wish! April Kindle Fire 7" HD Giveaway, hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer: Kindle Fire HD 7" Giveaway The winner will have the option of receiving a 7" Kindle Fire HD (US Only) Or $199 Amazon.com Gift Card (International) Or $199 in Paypal Cash (International) Sponsoring Bloggers Authors I Am A Reader, Not A Writer Author Jennifer Laurens Author...
Bonjour Beardies, I am excited to bring you the first of two interview posts to introduce our two new Guest Scribes. The first, Alainna Sarver, is a fellow Alma College alumnus and bibliophile. The second, Hannah Lesniak, is Elizabeth's colleague and friend; her interview and introduction post, presented by Elizabeth, will follow soon. Alainnahas been a Beardie for several months now, but it was her Goodreads updates that prompted me to invite her to the blog. With every post, it seemed, was a new b...
