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Aug 25th 2011

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Denver Post Headlines:

JCPL 2012 BUDGET –LIBRARIES MAY CLOSE…COMMISSIONERS MAKE CASE FOR DISTRICT, and CITIZENS RALLYING AROUND LIBRARIES!!!

Most of us take libraries for granted. They are there for us to use, free,with a few exceptions, helpful for browsing everything from maps, books, magazines, newspapers and more. Most.Librarians are helpful, pleasant and energetic in digging out endless details and information.

I have found the libraries in Jefferson County invaluable in writing two books. But I am dismayed at the current scene that prompts the headlines above. It is part of our current economic fabric. A financial shortfall in county library funds is due to using part of a mill levy for other county expenses. The loser is the library system, with no apparent ……

What this means to me is a loss of valuable support and information. I grew up with libraries. I discovered my favorite book, THE RED SHOES on my first trip to a library with my father. Since then I have visited twelve or more libraries in different parts of the world. The school library in P.S. 101 in Forest Hills, N.Y. was my escape during free (and not free) periods to read THE THREE MUSKETEERS and THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO. At the Concord, New Hampshire Library I discovered the full extent of the Dewey Decimal system in writing a detailed term paper about Ernest Hemingway’s A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Recently I donated my first book to the beautiful little Carnegie Library in Trinidad, Colorado.

The current proposal before Jefferson County Commissioners is to establish a library district, independent from county management and funding. I am in favor of this. While the digital age is vastly changing publishing and reading options, I would like to preserve libraries as quiet places to explore, discover and discuss information.

What do YOU think? You may not agree with me. I encourage you to tell county commissioners, librarians, and others what you think and want.

savejeffcolibraries.org
Sean’s Secret Room – Review by Melissa Kline

Jul 18th 2011

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Sean’s Secret Room had me hooked from the start! There are so many wonderful elements to this story. Patricia does a beautiful job of weaving adventure, mystery, suspense and history into a wholesome tale that will at times have you chuckling. While reading and thoroughly enjoying Sean’s Secret Room, I found myself re-learning some very interesting history that is thoughtfully sprinkled throughout. Patricia has a wonderful way of intermingling facts with fiction. I would highly recommend this book to children and adults!
MORE ABOUT GHOSTS –BOOKS TO READ AND PLACES TO GO

Jun 23rd 2011

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MORE ABOUT GHOSTS –BOOKS TO READ AND PLACES TO GO

*Ghosts in Denver? You bet! Try some of these books and places.

THE GHOSTS OF DENVER

CAPITOL HILL by Phil Goldstein, Denver New Social Publications 1996

MURDERS IN THE BANK VAULT by Phil Goldstein as told by Walter L.Gerash

Denver New Social Publications

BROWN PALACE HOTEL HAUNTED TOUR, Resident ghost have haunted this 100-year –old-plus hotel for years. Visit online description and pictures. The tours are on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and cost $10. Reservations are necessary, call 303-297-3111 or www.brownpalace.com

*For western history buffs:

GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST by Lambert Florin, Promontory Press 1970 -71

*Famous writers of mysteries, supernatural

THE GHOST STORIES OF M.R. JAMES, selected by Michael Cox, illustrated by Rosalind Caldecoll, Oxford University Press 1986

SHERLOCK HOLMES NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, look in your library or online for listings. Frightful suspenseful stories!

THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF HAMLET,PRINCE OF DENMARK by William Shakespeare, written in the 1500’s , Shakespeare’s longest play and among the most famous tragedies in the English language. Afraid the language is strange? Go with the flow and read.

Online, POE STORIES.COM , an exploration of short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, remarkably talented writer, often varied, usually dark, considered a forerunner of sci-fi.
Digital Publishing

Mar 13th 2011

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INTERESTED IN DIGITAL PUBLISHING?
Look around you! It’s everywhere! The revolution in digital publishing is taking over, and you can benefit. As a reader, the Kindle, Nook and other portable devices offer you the chance to easily view a huge variety of books. Portable readers are not inexpensive, but coming down into the $100 range, depending on the features offered. Take a Nook look in your Barnes&Noble store. As a writer, you have the advantage of going traditional book-publishing and/or digital.
Here are some preliminary guidelines for you readers:
- Check out what is available online. Start search with title: ” Kindle and other book readers.”
- The search will give you all kinds of information about the different readers, shopping outlets, prices, reviews and comparison of readers. Examples from the search. Barnes & Noble and Amazon are the big competitors. Amazon sells a Wi-Fi for $139,B&N Nook sells for $149. Amazon has “Kindles Blowout” for $21.59! There are also freebies. Access www.amazon.com/kindle, www.barnesandnoble.com/nook.
- Look up the sites of other readers: ipad (Apple), Kobo, Literati, Sony ereader.
- Check with friends and at stores for comparisons of readers and features like print size and style, color, page-turning. Wal Mart, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble are good starting retail outlets.
For you writers:
- The traditional route is to work with a publisher, or self-publish a book, or go digital.Think about what kind of writing you are doing and what you want to represent you..
- Consider whether you want to make money with the book and what is the quickest way. The digital route through established companies such as Amazon provides wide distribution and royalties.
- While the digital route is the popular current publishing route, it entails pre-planning before submitting a manuscript.
- Essential preparations for digital “conversion” to electronic form are 1.Well-prepared manuscript in Microsoft Word layout with correct spelling, punctuation, spacing, 2. Editing by an experienced editor.
- Incorporate changes and submit manuscript for “conversion” to either a computer specialist, or learn how to do it yourself.
- Compare charges and experience among the “conversion” specialists.
- Design a website and/or blog and emails to handle sales contacts. The above are only a few guidelines in the digital publishing field for you. Explore. Have fun. Blog, or email your comments, questions. Patricia Ann Reid, authorpatreid@gmail.com, http://authorpatreid.com
Little Known Facts about Trinidad

Apr 15th 2010

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DID YOU KNOW?
- Four great railroads ran through Trinidad in the early 1900’s, including the main line of the Santa Fe between Chicago and the West Coast .
Railroads
- There are over 80 historic buildings in Trinidad more than any other town in the state.
Baca House
- Famous old buildings are the Opera House on Main St. and the West Theatre. The theatre still shows movies.
Opera House - Historical Society
- Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday hung out in Trinidad at the Columbian Hotel after the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- The Tarabino Inn, the old house in the story, is a Bed and Breakfast today. It is a certified historic structure, built in 1904.
- The Tarabino family owned “The Famous” department store on Main St., one of the biggest in Colorado in the early 1900’s.
- “Alley A” in Trinidad was a coal chute that ran over Main St. Kids used it to sneak rides on the coal cars.
Black Gold

Look up Historical Events for the year 1907 to find out more about early 1900′s worldwide.

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All articles in category: "Book Clubs,Did You Know,Resources for Readers"

Libraries

Sean’s Secret Room – Review by Melissa Kline

MORE ABOUT GHOSTS –BOOKS TO READ AND PLACES TO GO

Digital Publishing

Little Known Facts about Trinidad