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The New York Review of Books Online

Countinghouse Press. 

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.  Publisher of The Freya Project, Henderson’s Light, Thanks for Listening, Half the World Away and others.

Storytellers Unplugged. Drop in each day for something different, dark, and deeply disturbing ... or tearful or funny or whatnot.  You never know what these 31 suspense and horror authors will come up with next.

Clue Lass. A gal mystery writer’s best friend, with a direct link to the latest Deadly Directory resource guide for mystery writers.

The Reader’s Room.  Meet famous authors on line. Suspense, true crime, mystery, and thriller authors.

The Reader’s Circle.  Looking to start or join a book club?  The Reader’s Circle is a book club networking site serving the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand with listings for local groups, author events and phone chats.

Writers Groups

Deadwood Writers Group. A lively bunch of writers and authors offering constructive criticism and structured guidance on the craft of story telling. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Northville.  Contact John McCarthy for details, or just drop in.

Rochester Hills Writes Group.  Rochester Hills, MI. Contact Mary Gibbon. Her group has been meeting since whiteout was a writer’s best friend. Barnes & Noble, Rochester Rd, Rochester Hills. Meets 2nd Thursday of the month, downstairs, by the travel section.  Open to all.

The Birkshire Writer’s Room. Pittsfield, MA.  Drop in to the virtual room anytime; check out the online calendar for readings, signing, art shows, exhibits, and more, in the Berkshires.

Remember November

November is National Novel Writing Month.  Stop by this November and see how a few hundred novice novelists are doing in their pursuit to write 50,000 words of fiction in 30 days.

Jacquie Lawson’s E-cards. A fun site with some of the best-written e-cards around. Cards for all occasions. 

Shameless plug for Birchwood Books, our  antiquarian, out-of-print and collectable bookstore.  Catalog online at BirchwoodBooks.net