“I try to carry a Pocket Journal Moleskine with me at all times to be ready to write or sketch…I started sketching Mr. Fooster in October 2005 shortly after Tom Corwin presented me with his initial draft of the text. I eventually decided to do pen-and-ink drawings rather than my more graphic style that I employ in my commercial work. Pen-and-ink seemed to be appropriate to the journal quality of the story and the romance of the character.” To read more about Craig’s illustrations and Moleskine Journals, click here. Visit moleskine.com.

Rave reviews for Mr. Fooster:

• “This tasty little novella is a wonderful little read, easily devoured in one sitting, though it stays with you after you put the book down.” — Comics Waiting Room 3.0
• “There is a clever equilibrium between shear simplicity and profound meaning that is sure to provoke emotion from you.” —Static Multimedia
• Mentions on book-blog.com and Bookingmama.com

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Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, returns with a provocative tour de force on first love—a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave Desert. Visit Catherine’s website at www.cryanhyde.com

1. Do you think it is a coincidence or a pattern that Maria, who had an abusive father, then found a man who abused her?
2. This leads us to consider the next generation: might Natalie’s life turn out differently through having known Sebastian?
3. Do you think Maria could have found her way out of her abusive relationship without the support of her sister? Does breaking out of a box of abusive control rely heavily on the support of others, and from having someone mirror back a different reality?
4. Similarly, how differently do you think Sebastian’s life would have turned out without the support of Delilah? (more…)

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New York – July 11, 2007 — Paul Shaffer, David Letterman’s long-time bandleader and sidekick, has signed with Flying Dolphin Press, an imprint of Random House, Inc.’s Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, to pen an entertaining memoir of his life in show business.

In his book, as yet untitled, Shaffer will share his behind-the-scenes experiences as a musician, arranger, composer, comedian, and actor, from his days on NBC’s Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s, through his twenty-five-plus year association with Letterman, first as musical director and leader of “The World’s Most Dangerous Band” for Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993) and ever since as musical director and bandleader of “The CBS Orchestra” on Late Show with David Letterman. (more…)