tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24640497326352407032024-03-05T02:41:48.566-06:00Rae Ann ParkerRae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-74552203535580302952014-03-28T07:08:00.000-05:002014-03-28T07:08:09.074-05:00Skip a Starbucks Day Adoption Fundraiser
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am happy to
participate in Skip a Starbucks Day to help my friend, C.J. Redwine, bring her
adopted daughter home from China. The idea is to skip an indulgence and donate
the money to help bring Isabella from the orphanage to her forever home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everyone who
donates goes into an amazing prize giveaway drawing. To learn more about
Isabella and the Redwine’s adoption story, see a list of the fabulous prizes,
and donate, go <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mkceks8" target="_blank">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-18830916227730533642013-11-11T13:58:00.000-06:002013-11-11T13:58:36.066-06:00Southern Festival of Books 2013
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It was great fun attending the Southern Festival of Books
again this year and a real treat to participate as an author. Here are a few
pics from the festival. For a full report by Paige Crutcher of Publishers
Weekly, click <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/59551-charm-and-success-the-25th-southern-festival-of-books.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">after our presentation on YA Protagonists Who Take A Stand. I think I'm still talking in the photo.</span></div>
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novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Devil’s Backbone</i>, was a
family project. I asked my photographer husband if he would shoot an original
photo for the cover. He said yes; he takes lots of photos. Then I asked if he
would also design the cover. After a slight hesitation, he said yes, on the
condition if I wasn’t pleased, I could hire someone else to turn the photo into
a cover.<br />
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Look at ALL the book covers in the children’s section of the
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Convince my son (who portrays the ghost, Kit) and his friend
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yes right away, even before I told them there would be pizza after.</div>
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Select costumes and props (the ghost’s hat and mailbag).
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White board drawings by the cover artist</div>
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The Photo Shoot at Gordon House on the Natchez Trace, an
important place in the book. What a fun day! And my daughter (also a
photographer) documented the day with more photos. Here are a few shots from the day. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(photos by John A. Parker)</span></div>
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After the photo shoot, I went through the over 500 photos
taken that day. Right away, I knew one was my favorite. Hubby looked through
the photos and chose his favorite photo. We compared and we had picked the SAME
ONE! No joke. (you see, that’s why we’re married). </div>
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I think Mr. Parker did a great job on his first book cover
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A booksigning for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Devil’s Backbone</i> was hosted in my hometown, Rayville, Louisiana, by the
Rhymes Memorial Library board. The parish library is in a newer, larger building
and the Rhymes Memorial Library is now used for special events. The library was
Louisiana’s first parish library. Here are a few photos from the event on June 4th. (<i>photos
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The launch party for my debut middle grade novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Devil’s Backbone</i>, was last Friday
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store’s Children’s Book Week celebration. What a great evening! Here are a few
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">with my critique group - me, Courtney Stevens, Hannah Dills & Kristin O'Donnell Tubb</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The book launch for <i>The Devil's Backbone</i> will be part of the Children's Book Week Celebration at Parnassus Books. If you are in the area, I hope you can join me. I am asking everyone to RSVP so there will be enough books and snacks for the event. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Book Launch
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parnassus Books </span><span style="color: #453618; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3900 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please RSVP <a href="http://tinyurl.com/chbbezs" target="_blank">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The cover is an original photo taken by my cover artist,
John A. Parker. The photo was shot on the Natchez Trace
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200-year-old postal rider ghost and the boy in the blue hoodie portrays David,
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Blurb for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Devil’s Backbone</i> (for readers ages 9 & up):</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Hoefler Text"; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">David Baxter takes the blame for the
graffiti on the school gym doors to keep his friend out of trouble and earns a
three-day suspension. His dad, the juvenile judge, forces him to go on a
roadtrip to redemption on the Natchez Trace Parkway. What his dad doesn’t know
is that David meets a ghost carrying the last letter of Meriwether Lewis - the
piece of evidence that may solve the 200-year-old mystery of Lewis’s death.
Thanks to the ghost, David just might figure out how to relate to his dad and
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I love the cover and I hope you do, too. The book will be
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Hoefler Text"; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">David Baxter takes the blame for the
graffiti on the school gym doors to keep his friend out of trouble and earns a
three-day suspension. His dad, the juvenile judge, forces him to go on a
roadtrip to redemption on the Natchez Trace Parkway. What his dad doesn’t know
is that David meets a ghost carrying the last letter of Meriwether Lewis - the
piece of evidence that may solve the 200-year-old mystery of Lewis’s death.
Thanks to the ghost, David just might figure out how to relate to his dad and
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I’m very excited for the book (paperback & ebook) to be
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It’s finally here! Today is the day <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The 13<sup>th</sup> Sign</i> by my fabulous critique partner, <a href="http://www.kristintubb.com/" target="_blank">Kristin O’Donnell Tubb</a>, is out in the world. Kristin is an award-winning author of
historical Middle Grade novels, but today her first Middle Grade fantasy is
released. And if you like Middle Grade fantasy, stories set in New Orleans, or
just really good books, I hope you’ll give <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
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Here’s the blurb for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ONE
SMALL SHIFT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING - AND EVERYONE<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You’re
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Your
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What
about the rest of the world?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What
if you were the one who accidentally unlocked the thirteenth sign, causing this
world-altering change - and infuriating the other twelve signs?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #040403; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jalen
did it, and now she must use every ounce of her strength and cunning to send
the signs back where they belong. Lives, including her own, depend on it. </span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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This year's Killer Nashville mystery writers' conference in Nashville, Tennessee closed yesterday. It was another great conference. </div>
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* Agent/Editor Round tables - 2 page (kind) critiques with feedback from publishing professionals & a chance to submit a manuscript.</div>
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*The Killer Nashville Crime Scene - a mock crime scene attendees try to solve. The winner gets a free registration to next year's conference.</div>
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*Presenting the workshop "Using Archetypes to Create YA Characters: Heroes, Villains, and Sidekicks" with my friend, Cate Hart. Nervewracking, but fun!</div>
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*Seeing writer friends.</div>
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I look forward to next year. Until then, the Killer Nashville community meets year-round on the conference <a href="http://killernashville.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>.</div>
Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-85730330670790333352012-08-10T09:45:00.000-05:002012-08-10T09:45:32.471-05:00My Highlights of the 2012 SCBWI LA Conference<br />
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from the podium as Ruta Sepetys accepted the Golden Kite award for Fiction for
her amazing novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Between Shades of Gray</i>.</div>
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2. Brian Collier’s inspirational speech on the seeds of our
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4. Seeing old friends again and meeting new ones.</div>Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-39362944977954976502012-08-01T09:17:00.000-05:002012-08-01T09:17:20.545-05:00It's Conference Week!Tomorrow I fly to Los Angeles to attend my first SCBWI LA national conference. I'm excited to get a manuscript critique, attend workshops, and reconnect with old friends. AND my entire critique group is going!<br />
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I finished my last (for now) revision on my latest Work In Progress yesterday. Soon I'll be querying agents.<br />
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More later.Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-88275047449333407372012-03-08T10:05:00.000-06:002012-12-30T15:49:47.266-06:00A Post on ResearchToday I'm talking about "Research for the Non-Researcher". Visit Hen and Inkblots <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7sn3vca">here </a>for some tips on what to do when a ghost shows up in your manuscript and won't go away.Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-81680012540326420032012-01-29T14:54:00.003-06:002012-01-29T14:56:10.094-06:00Thank You Social MediaDid you miss the SCBWI Winter Conference in New York this weekend (like me)? Get the highlights at the conference blog <a href="http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/">here</a> & on twitter by following the hashtag <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 102);"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">#NY12SCBWI.</span></b></span></span>Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-87807007062123801462011-10-31T07:22:00.003-05:002011-10-31T07:25:45.846-05:00Happy Halloween<style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m blowing the dust off of this blog to wish you all a Happy Halloween. Please excuse the coughing. I know it’s a thick layer of dust. As a kid, Halloween was my favorite holiday. 2 reasons. #1: CANDY! #2: it’s the day before my birthday. So Halloween was always like my own personal version of Christmas Eve.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">There is a photo on my desk of my brother and me wearing Halloween costumes. Judging by the hair sticking out of my mask, I think I was in the 1<sup>st</sup> grade and he was in preschool. I’m a tall-for-my-age pink rabbit with big ears and he’s Caspar the friendly ghost. The masks have big smiles on them and I bet ours matched underneath. After all, we were about to be unleashed on unlimited candy for the evening.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tonight my costume will consist of a “Happy Halloween” shirt, a skirt, and my orange & black striped tights. I will grab a few mini chocolate bars from the candy bowl when the giant hot dog in charge of candy distribution isn’t looking. But it’s okay, because I bought extra.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy your evening.</p> <a href="http://t.co/8YVjSyh3" url="fb.me/1e3kwHfZe" title="http://fb.me/1e3kwHfZe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link"></a><a href="http://t.co/8YVjSyh3" url="fb.me/1e3kwHfZe" title="http://fb.me/1e3kwHfZe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link"></a>Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-76332219361641034602011-09-15T14:14:00.004-05:002011-09-15T14:19:16.527-05:002011 SCBWI Midsouth Conference Blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kaAIv0MbtsHa4dA8drg9DRtKQ4iJrH4C-kKogZbz4Nvsa9C_YUzIF1tzibQ75JK7hZJvnJBqOceiylUhBWIpR3FOS_QbUrnXSXdyporVzMDuMwTJq1PU3t3jTIJKarnwaBuFE775U9g/s1600/scbwimidsouth1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 74px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kaAIv0MbtsHa4dA8drg9DRtKQ4iJrH4C-kKogZbz4Nvsa9C_YUzIF1tzibQ75JK7hZJvnJBqOceiylUhBWIpR3FOS_QbUrnXSXdyporVzMDuMwTJq1PU3t3jTIJKarnwaBuFE775U9g/s200/scbwimidsouth1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652667793997522882" border="0" /></a>The 2011 SCBWI-Midsouth conference is this weekend in Nashville, TN. I am live blogging the conference with the fabulous SCBWI-Midsouth blog team. Follow our <a href="http://www.scbwimidsouth2011.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for conference news and workshop recaps.Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-82053591900974358262011-08-31T21:07:00.002-05:002011-08-31T21:12:43.166-05:00Killer Nashville 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7rJ330XgFH17jKIZ7ggwUmuMARqm_wpBtAff_vwno_umL1X0Qc9w3bBv4Tmh6ElqiIlUo4OA4w5ovpBwOKeohzxs21nqJZqyGqNNVaa2Jy41mPP0DTi0Cmwd1e7Y0R6U_sTq_EMAd_4/s1600/KN+photo.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7rJ330XgFH17jKIZ7ggwUmuMARqm_wpBtAff_vwno_umL1X0Qc9w3bBv4Tmh6ElqiIlUo4OA4w5ovpBwOKeohzxs21nqJZqyGqNNVaa2Jy41mPP0DTi0Cmwd1e7Y0R6U_sTq_EMAd_4/s200/KN+photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647207139686186658" border="0" /></a>
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<br />Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-48170810175077192512010-11-09T07:08:00.001-06:002010-11-09T07:11:35.792-06:00Selling Hope & the Wednesday Writers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUadJszmxZQoyjP5Xbj8DKGV4R5gcy3kDO22q30ZUaUoa676c8PP8no14qDc0wu0CyYhKfaDCf-LsSRuGGDdExR7h0qe6N8bvyFZlweII_mzhLDfD0DXCn2Y9JSsXG2r9Ik8D_NE6dQLo/s1600/SellingHopeFinalsmall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUadJszmxZQoyjP5Xbj8DKGV4R5gcy3kDO22q30ZUaUoa676c8PP8no14qDc0wu0CyYhKfaDCf-LsSRuGGDdExR7h0qe6N8bvyFZlweII_mzhLDfD0DXCn2Y9JSsXG2r9Ik8D_NE6dQLo/s200/SellingHopeFinalsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537536376724727250" border="0" /></a> <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/raeannparker/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Three years ago, something wonderful happened.<span style=""> </span>I got stuck in line.<span style=""> </span>Actually I was stuck in line for the ladies’ restroom at a writers’ conference (a common occurrence).<span style=""> </span>I spoke to the woman in front of me and told her I was new to the Nashville area.<span style=""> </span>Her name was Jennifer Lambe.<span style=""> </span>I asked if she might be interested in getting together for coffee and maybe a little manuscript critiquing.<span style=""> </span>She said yes!<span style=""> </span>When we returned to the auditorium, she introduced me to another writer, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb.<span style=""> </span>Kristin said she would be interested in the coffee and the manuscript critiques, too.<span style=""> </span>I met another writer, Hannah Dills, at an RWA chapter meeting and she wasn’t interested in coffee, but she was definitely interested in manuscript critiques.<span style=""> </span>So the Wednesday Writers started meeting for coffee (and tea) and we started critiquing manuscripts.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">One of the first manuscripts we critiqued is in bookstores today!<span style=""> </span>It’s <i style="">Selling Hope</i> by <a href="http://www.kristintubb.com/">Kristin O’Donnell Tubb</a>.<span style=""> </span>Here’s the blurb:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">It’s May 1910, and Halley’s Comet is due to pass thru the Earth’s atmosphere. And thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are due to pass through their hometown of Chicago with their ragtag vaudeville troupe. Hope wants out of vaudeville, and longs for a “normal” life—or as normal as life can be without her mother, who died five years before. Hope sees an opportunity: She invents “anti-comet” pills to sell to the working-class customers desperate for protection. Soon, she’s joined by a fellow troupe member, young Buster Keaton, and the two of them start to make good money. And just when Hope thinks she has all the answers, she has to decide: What is family? Where is home?</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations Kristin!</p>
<br />Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-40518302482171840172010-09-25T14:56:00.005-05:002010-09-25T14:59:33.118-05:00SCBWI Midsouth Conference BlogI'm blogging with the SCBWI-Midsouth Conference blog team this weekend. 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I love writing.<span style=""> </span>I enjoy attending writers’ conferences and groups to study the craft of writing.<span style=""> </span>And I like the free book giveaways, too.<span style=""> </span>But the biggest blessing of my writing journey is the friends I’ve made. <span style=""> </span>One of those friends is C.J. Redwine.<span style=""> </span>Today on the blog I’m asking you to join me in helping C.J. bring her adopted daughter home from China.<span style=""> </span>To read more about the Redwine’s adoption story and to help bring Johannah Faith home, please click <a href="http://cjredwine.blogspot.com/2010/08/skip-starbucks-day_22.html">here</a> today through Wednesday, August 25.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please leave a comment on this blog before clicking through to donate at C.J.’s site and one of you will win a Percy Jackson Prize Pack!<span style=""> </span>This includes <span style="font-family:Times;">Percy Jackson and the Olympians 3 Volume Boxed Set (paperback edition) and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief DVD.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<br /></p><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-51544427201038332062010-07-27T21:33:00.002-05:002010-07-27T21:36:59.227-05:00RWA ConferenceThe 30th annual Romance Writers of America conference starts tomorrow in Orlando, Florida. I’ll be there along with 2,000 other romance writers. I look forward to the workshops, seeing old friends, and meeting some new ones in the <a href="http://www.rosemaryclementmoore.com/YARWA/Front_Page/Front_Page.html">Young Adult RWA</a> chapter. <br /><br />I’ll post more info here later. You can also follow along on my twitter feed <a href="http://twitter.com/raeannparker">here</a>.Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-79183139538927082962010-06-05T12:12:00.004-05:002010-06-05T12:16:50.653-05:00The Long Players: The Music Version of Fan Fiction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_yry7H5n9sxV5Ytc8Dmgt4Sno6zfTng7kK99nXe_-HUXo4MtZ4XuM9fgmOKVlJcNn98Bji1W2_Fzuooa4iSLG9AxNVwPt5fweGwLGl5BV2Xc4-RgLLHxGDq5sn7Vrtpw0JEaeIX6CUI/s1600/RA+Long+Players+shirthtm"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_yry7H5n9sxV5Ytc8Dmgt4Sno6zfTng7kK99nXe_-HUXo4MtZ4XuM9fgmOKVlJcNn98Bji1W2_Fzuooa4iSLG9AxNVwPt5fweGwLGl5BV2Xc4-RgLLHxGDq5sn7Vrtpw0JEaeIX6CUI/s200/RA+Long+Players+shirthtm" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479338817287102434" border="0" /></a> <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:100%;">Fan fiction is a story written by a fan about favorite characters created by someone else.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Some of the most popular fan fiction on the web expands on the worlds of Harry Potter and Star Trek.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I have heard editors at writers’ conferences say they have found authors through fan fiction sites, loved their writing and signed them.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">But I think most fan fiction writers do it because they love the original characters and want to spend more time with them.
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<br /></span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">There is a band in Nashville that does something I consider to be a form of fan fiction for the classic rock album.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">But The Long Players are not newbies starting out.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">They are extremely talented, successful Nashville musicians who love classic </span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">rock.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">They perform one album (Long Play album) on a semi-monthly basis start to finish, with rotating vocalists stepping up to the mike.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">At a show, you can hear famous musicians and some you’ve never heard of, but they’re all fantastic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Last night, I attended The Long Player’s 40<sup>th</sup> show where they played U2’s The Joshua Tree album, one of my favorites so far.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">For history and videos of past shows and info on upcoming dates, visit their site <a href="http://www.thelongplayers.com/">here</a>.</span></p> Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-69182039467600705902010-05-20T17:30:00.003-05:002010-05-20T17:35:43.859-05:00Percy & The Parthenon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMMOSkP0ZNfWfHuge_JX4UY-lVMSN82_SPYLe-v1JyUfStZJzTqgc93nOh3R9E58TPxD6OQaoUyNo8fofyOdfBDGs67-XRXXFkhguzKTf3EfJVD3nOasJu1e0pDLA__Bkk9wmDWMWy1E/s1600/ParthenonPhoto.jpg"><img style="float: left; 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mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I recently finished reading the last book in the Percy Jackson series.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>I loved this series from book one as I mentioned in an earlier <a href="http://raeannparker.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-before-movies-i-heart-percy.html">blog</a>.<span style=""> </span>Nashville’s Parthenon was featured in a scene in the Percy Jackson movie, The Lightning Thief (but not in the book).<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I hear that the Parthenon’s tourist traffic has increased due to this moment in the spotlight.<span style=""> </span>I visited the Parthenon recently and want to share some fun facts and photos here.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Parthenon sits in Nashville’s Centennial Park.<span style=""> </span>It is a full-scale replica of the ancient temple of Athena in Athens, Greece that was destroyed in 1687.<span style=""> </span>Nashville’s Parthenon was built in 1897 for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.<span style=""> </span>The building housed an art exhibition that was shown four years before at the Chicago World’s Fair.<span style=""> </span>The Parthenon was built of temporary materials so unfortunately the building began to deteriorate.<span style=""> </span>It was rebuilt in 1920 and opened to the public in 1931.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The ancient Parthenon was converted to a Christian church in the 6<sup>th</sup> century A.D. and many of the figures representing gods and goddesses were removed.<span style=""> </span>No one knows for sure how many figures were on the original Parthenon.<span style=""> </span>Figures in the Nashville Parthenon are casts made from the original sculpture fragments of the ancient Parthenon.<span style=""> </span>Those sculpture fragments are located in the British museum.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photos by: John A. Parker</span>
<br />Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464049732635240703.post-86793115143041828862010-05-13T11:27:00.003-05:002010-05-13T11:30:58.626-05:00Live from Nashville<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyv6PITQct6PS-AgF8aH8clml6iSADs4-bBqh5b4W9Qn9_7LUOpHMAkG6WrkpK53M1uEw6No-QuM-tMeJGlmTv1N-XqOG8hyphenhyphen5By0tYM9-pEZ8YgUHEhKLcouGx2WhrC8YpQ75mrHpDPo/s1600/musiccityroots_logo.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyv6PITQct6PS-AgF8aH8clml6iSADs4-bBqh5b4W9Qn9_7LUOpHMAkG6WrkpK53M1uEw6No-QuM-tMeJGlmTv1N-XqOG8hyphenhyphen5By0tYM9-pEZ8YgUHEhKLcouGx2WhrC8YpQ75mrHpDPo/s200/musiccityroots_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470792144190166418" border="0" /></a> <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment-->Last night I took the family to <a href="http://www.musiccityroots.com/">Music City Roots</a>, a live radio show broadcast weekly from the Loveless Barn.<span style=""> </span>A trip to see and hear Music City Roots live and in person involves some of my favorite things, live music and driving on the Natchez Trace Parkway for a bit (the Loveless Barn is located just off the northern edge of the parkway).<span style=""> </span>We also threw in dinner at the Loveless Café, a Parker ritual after a trip on the Trace.
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<br /><span style=""> </span> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Last night’s performers were:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ray Wylie Hubbard</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jessica Stiles</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dana Cooper</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Two Man Gentleman Band</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jim Lauderdale</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Music City Roots is broadcast on WSM 650 AM, the same station that is home to the weekly Grand Ole Opry radio show.<span style=""> </span>Music City Roots is in its first year of life and I have heard it referred to as the Baby Opry.<span style=""> </span>At $10 for grown-ups and $5 for students, you can’t beat this value for live roots music.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you are not in the Nashville area, you can listen to Music City Roots each Wednesday at 7:00 pm CST <a href="http://www.wsmonline.com/">online</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I plan to go to another show, hear more music, and buy the t-shirt.</p>Rae Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.com0