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crystalcat67

crystalcat67

I have more books than I have physical shelf space for. It's nice to organize them here. I have 2 children and 4 dogs and a wonderful husband. Topics I really enjoy are travel, Disney, World's Fairs, Classic Fiction, and various non-fiction topics that help my life. I'm happy to have a book worm outlet that I can share with others like me.
  • The Woodlands, TX, US
  • member since Saturday, July 28 2007

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  • Jassafari

    Jassafari says

    Ms. Crystalcat67, I would like to thank you for the befriending.

    JASS!

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • John A

    John A says

    Yes, isn't it amazing how far we've come (n getting books) since the book mobile? Still, nothing beats hiding away in a cozy place with a good book.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • markdavid

    markdavid says

    Thanks for the add. Happy reading!
    -Mark David

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mocha J

    Mocha J says

    Leave a comment for crystalcat67 here Hi Crystalcat 67, I did a search on Disney books and I'd like to invite you to join the Shelfari group I just started, Walt Disney World Fanatics, to talk about WDW and related books.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • crazywolf

    crazywolf says

    Have a Merry Christmas!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Amitoj Bal

    Amitoj Bal says

    hi,
    you are always welcome to visit
    and i would love to show u around.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • carolynhowardjohnson

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    Because you are a Shelfari friend, I thought I'd pass on to you a quiz I'm using to promote my new book, the 2nd in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after the award-winning The Frugal Book Promoter.

    The Frugal Editor is a must for writers and includes lots of good stuff important for any writer to know. It is, ta da! The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.

    Check Your Sell-Your-Book Expertise with Carolyn's Quiz


    Every writer should know the answer to these or know how to find out :


    1. What is the rule posted by most agents and publishers I can break in order to sell my book faster?
    2. How can a style sheet help me edit my book or work better with my editor?
    3. Why do I need to know about indexing?
    4. How can I corral Word's Spell Checker to help rather than hinder my editing process?
    5. Why is editing important to getting a publisher or an agent when my publisher's editor will help me with that anyway?
    6. Why should I rarely send out a cover letter rather than a query letter?
    7. Why should I avoid using italics for internal dialogue? How do you avoid using them for internal dialogue?
    8. What perfectly natural and grammar-perfect thing should I avoid telling an agent?
    9. How can I turn adverbs that slow my narrative into metaphors?
    10. How can I purge my copy of passive constructions using a computer?
    11. How can code words in my document help avoid humiliation?
    12. How do I avoid superfluous quotation marks that annoy agents and editors?


    If you don't know the answers to most every one of these 12 questions without peeking you are sure to benefit from the newly released

    The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
    available now on Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/

    It's already rocketed to Amazon's Top Ten List in its category!

    It should be sitting on your shelf right next to the award-winning* first in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers,
    The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't
    by UCLA Extension Writers' Program Instructor Carolyn Howard-Johnson

    *Winner of USA Book News Best Professional Book 2004
    *Winner of Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • JDVine_Publications

    JDVine_Publications says

    No worries. I'm glad you stopped in!

    I look forward to hearing what you think of the book. Lately, I've been feeling pretty similar about work and reading. Of course, I am reading a lot at the moment for work, but it's the slow kind of reading for editing purposes of pieces I am very familiar with. Luckily, they're all very good pieces. But we just opened a new competition, so fresh stories and poems are coming in to be read. I'll be on to join in the new reading very soon!

    Talk to you later.

    Jared

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Rajesh Patil

    Rajesh Patil says

    Hey crystalcat67... thank you so much for friendship, will tell some thing about myself...as a mechanical engineering
    graduate from Pune University, currently working in IT.Never married,25 years old, working as senior
    sofrware consultant in Quinnox consultancy services,pune. Currently there at client side in HSBC working on banking projects.
    My hobbies are tracking,painting(look at my picture - Its our office trainign room where the painting competition
    was organised),
    making new friends, travelling, reading. You know, some or another day i want to travel the whole world.
    You know,though am working in IT, have great orientation towards culture,books & friends.How about you....?
    your shelf seems to be intresting....

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Rajesh Patil

    Rajesh Patil says

    Hi
    May i have a place in your friends list

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • JDVine_Publications

    JDVine_Publications says

    Hi! Haven't stopped by in a while. I was just looking through your shelf and found The Creative Writer: A Lucky Man & Shatter on your wish list. I hope you'll let me know what you think when you get a chance to checking the book out.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • belljargirl

    belljargirl says

    Hey I was browsing the reading writers group and I saw your info. My whole family lives in the Woodlands and I grew up there. We were there when there was still trees and deer everywhere. But it is still a great place to live. I miss the cool weather compared to San Antonio.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Emeraldeyes

    Emeraldeyes says

    Hi Crystalcat -- thanks for the friend invite! We have quite a few books in common, I see. What are you reading right now? I'm about halfway through "The Omnivore's Dilemma", "The Loved Dog", and "Tender at the Bone" (a memoir by Ruth Reichl, which my book club is doing this month -- it's excellent!).

    Welcome to Shelfari!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • joemmama

    joemmama says

    Thanks for the friend invite!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • nestbuilders

    nestbuilders says

    WOW...we have alot of the same books! You must be really smart and by the way I seem to shop at the same book store that you do!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • JDVine_Publications

    JDVine_Publications says

    Thanks for adding me as a friend! You and my mother-in-law would really get along. She loves Disney.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Aimeesue

    Aimeesue says

    Thanks for the invite! I enjoyed looking through your shelves!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • sthurner

    sthurner says

    I'm glad you like my self portrait. Actually it's a detail from a slightly larger watercolor. Scary, no?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ErrolLincolnUys

    ErrolLincolnUys says

    Hi,
    Yes, my journal was written by hand as I traveled the length and breadth of Brazil. Except for the Amazon, I did most of the trip by bus! Some entries were made as we tore along dirt roads and detours making for a spidery scrawl!

    Probably what got me into writing all 750,000 word by long hand! By contrast, as you can see on the website, all very neat and precise.

    Best, Errol

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ErrolLincolnUys

    ErrolLincolnUys says

    Hi, Thanks for joining my Friends.

    Since you're interested in Brazil, you'll enjoy the private journal I kept on my 20,000 mile journey through the country.

    You'll find it on my website www.erroluys.com. Go to "Brazil: The Making of a Novel" and see the section THE JOURNEY.

    Best, Errol

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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