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Understanding Teen Eating Disorders
by, Jill Swenson
March 13, 2018

This Friday, March 16, Routledge releases Understanding Teen Eating Disorders: Warning Signs, Treatment Options and Stories of Courage by three Central New York authors who bring years of experience and expertise in the eating disorder field to the subject. Eating disorders are relatively common among tweens and teens and the numbers have stayed roughly the same for several decades despite effective prevention and early intervention… [Read More]

Filed Under: Ithaca, Rochester, Routledge, teen eating disorders, treatment options, warning signs
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Procrastination, Laziness and other names for Writer’s Block
by, Sharon K. Yntema
July 12, 2016

There is a new book out from Shambala Publications: On Being Stuck: Tapping into the Creative Power of Writer’s Block by Laraine Herring. Her approach is one of “making friends with your stuck places,” with a great tag line, “We will see windows where we once saw only walls.” I love to write. There are other activities that make me happy, but when I am able to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Furiously Happy, Ithaca, Jenny Lawson, Laraine Herring, On Being Stuck
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Adventures with a Small Publisher
by, Sharon K. Yntema
July 28, 2015

Often when people plan to write a book, they dream their book will get published by one of the big publishers – Hatchette, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, or HarperCollins. My story is different and I’ve always been grateful to have gotten in on the ground floor with a small publisher. When my son was about 6 months old, I began working very part-time… [Read More]

Filed Under: Alex Skutt, Association of American Publishers, Creativity in Independent Publishing, Ithaca, McBooks Press, Sharon Yntema, Vegetarian Baby
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Jill Swenson relocates to Appleton, WI, on April 15, 2015
by, Jill Swenson
April 7, 2015

  After more than twenty years in the Ithaca area, Jill Swenson moves to Appleton, Wisconsin this month. She arrived from Athens, Georgia, in 1992 to teach at Ithaca College and stayed in 2002 when she left the golden handcuffs of tenure behind. Living off the land and off-the-grid, she and her husband raised deer, elk, and bison. When Sam Warren died in 2009, she… [Read More]

Filed Under: Appleton, change of address, Ithaca, Lawrence University
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Spring Writes in Ithaca
by, Jill Swenson
May 2, 2014

In its fifth year the Ithaca Literary Festival, Spring Writes, presents a weekend full of workshops, readings, and performances. Check the calendar for the full schedule of activities. Here’s a few highlights to entice to you to one of the dozen venues downtown to participate in the festivities. There are more than 30 events to inspire you. Sponsored by the Community Arts Partnership in Tompkins… [Read More]

Filed Under: Anne Mazer, Buffalo Street Books, Casey Martinson, Community Arts Partnership, Ithaca, Jeanne Mackin, Katie Klein, Rob Costello, Shawn Goodman, Spring Writes, The Beautiful American, Tish Pearlman
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Ithaca: A Book Lover’s Paradise
by, Ava Russell
July 9, 2013

Ithaca, New York is more than just “Gorges.” Luminosity recently released a study deeming Ithaca the smartest city in America based on cognitive training exercises. A thriving, progressive college town, Ithaca is certainly a center for learning and growth. But what else makes it such a hotspot for brain power? Ithaca boasts a community of writers, readers, and researchers; one that makes our small city… [Read More]

Filed Under: For the Love of Books, Ithaca, Local authors, local bookstores, Readers, used books
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Gone Local: Larson Publications
by, Bethany Dixon
November 29, 2011

Our blog’s “Gone Local” series aims to explore who and what the Ithaca area’s literary community has to offer. Be it bookstores, publishers, or local authors, each contributes invaluably to the bookish zeitgeist. Recently, Swenson Book Development contacted Larson Publications (of Burdett, NY) to get an independent publisher’s views on the literary business, the craft, and the community. Larson Publications started in 1982 as a… [Read More]

Filed Under: author platforms, Gone Local, Ithaca, Larson Publications, The Poet's Daughter
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Attitude of Gratitude
by, Jill Swenson
November 24, 2011

An attitude of gratitude isn’t just a holiday message. It’s a company philosophy for Swenson Book Development LLC. Thanksgiving is the perfect time to affirm our sentiments that we have so much for which to be grateful. We appreciate all the good books our clients have published: Almost Everything Takes Forever (Antrim House) Dear Friend Amelia (Six Mile Creek Press) Drawing Love (Indie Writers Press)… [Read More]

Filed Under: Authors, Ithaca, Publishers, Thanksgiving
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History of a Suicide by Jill Bialosky
by, Jill Swenson
November 10, 2011

An endless loop of images, sounds, and events play in the theatre of my horrified mind. Specific details brand themselves red hot into memory. The hour, the day, the week, the month, the year, the decade before it happened replay backward and forward as my mind searches for clues to the mystery of my lover’s suicide two years ago. As a reader, I rode a… [Read More]

Filed Under: Atria, History of a Suicide, Ithaca, Jill Bialosky, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services, WW Norton
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Featured Local Bookstores: The Bookery
by, Bethany Dixon
November 8, 2011

This is the second “Featured Local Bookstores” post that has focused on a bookstore located in downtown Ithaca’s Dewitt Mall. Until 2006, The Bookery and Buffalo Street Books used to be known as Bookery I and Bookery II. Now, however, it is the only bookery in town that offers “an extensive selection of used and rare books, available in our store and online at thebookery.com…. [Read More]

Filed Under: antiquarian, Buffalo Street Books, collector, For the Love of Books, going local, Ithaca, The Bookery
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