Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Soul Selects Her Own Society – Emily Dickinson

Posted on December 30, 2014 by

(c) 2014 Margaret Langstaff, All Rights Reserved I recently had the rare and arduous experience of re-reading for the umpteenth time all of Emily Dickinson‘s 1,775 surviving “poems”–but this time straight through over a period of two weeks. I’m working … Continue reading →

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Now That’s a BOOK!

Posted on December 28, 2014 by
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“Authors are Upset at Amazon. Again.” — New York Times

Posted on December 28, 2014 by

[In a surprisingly candid and forceful piece the NYT 12/27/14 covers the widespread  Kindle author rage at Amazon’s latest bells and whistles–“enhancements” which cost ’em big bucks. Some best-selling authors have seen income drop by as much as 75%—] Brief … Continue reading →

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, BOOK PEOPLE!

Posted on December 24, 2014 by

Wishing you abundant Christmas blessings–and lots of great books!

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Are You a Writer? Most of the Followers of This Blog Are…

Posted on December 20, 2014 by

I am too, have been for nearly 30 years.  I also own a Writing and Editorial Consultancy firm, Margaret Langstaff Editorial. I work every day with writers trying to make their books better before publication. But even the best book … Continue reading →

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I don’t get it, but “toot-toot” anyway, book sots

Posted on December 18, 2014 by

I wrote this book more than four years ago, the first in a series of over the top, raucous Florida based mysteries featuring a red haired wild woman, Garnet Sullivan.  It was the first novel I wrote under my own … Continue reading →

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Emily Dickinson’s Encounters with the Sublime

Posted on December 17, 2014 by

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© Copyright 2013, Margaret Langstaff, All Rights Reserved.                                          Nature and God – I neither knew                    Yet Both so well knew me                    They startled, like Executors                    Of My identity.—E.D. Dickinson…

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