Mark Goodman , along with MTV’s other three VJs who helped launch the music network in 1981, has written about his experiences at MTV in the early 1980s in “VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave.” Mark has been in the radio and music business for 35 years, beginning… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Jennie Cottrell
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide To Mother’s Day
I love my mom so much. She’s the best mom in the whole world. Except when she asks me to do crazy things, like make my bed and empty the dishwasher and do my homework. That can get annoying. But… Continue Reading
Q&A with Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times best-selling author of “Pictures of You,” a Costco Pennie’s Pick, a San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick, and on the best books of 2011 lists from the San Francisco Chronicle, The Providence Journal and Kirkus Reviews. Her 10th novel,… Continue Reading
Authors Bring Local History to Life
From stories of the Seneca Quarry and DC’s history told via a comic book to tales Fairfax County’s Civil War civilians and Frederick Douglass, history lovers will have plenty of entertainment at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 18. Panel… Continue Reading
Q&A with ex-MTV VJ Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood , along with MTV’s other three original VJs who helped launch the music network in 1981, has written about her five years at MTV in the early 1980s in “VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave.” Today she hosts daily radio shows on SiriusXM’s “80s On… Continue Reading
Q&A with Jason Mott
Jason Mott is a 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee, the author of two poetry collections and his writing has been published in numerous literary journals. His debut novel, “The Returned,” will be published in September 2013. The book was optioned for a television series pilot… Continue Reading
Q&A with Karen Leggett Abouraya
Karen Leggett Abouraya , author of “Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books,” is an award-winning journalist and former news program host on WMAL Radio. A past president of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C., her reviews of children’s books and other articles have appeared in The New York… Continue Reading
Q&A with John Dufresne
John Dufresne is the author of two short story collections, “The Way That Water Enters Stone” and “Johnny Too Bad,” two New York Times’ Notable Books of the Year – “Louisiana Power & Light” and “Love Warps the Mind a Little” – as well as the novels “Deep in the Shade of Paradise” and “Requiem, Mass.” His latest novel, “No Regrets, Coyote,” will be published in July. His books on writing, “The Lie That Tells a Truth” and… Continue Reading
Q&A with John Jenkins
John A. Jenkins , author of ”The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist,” has been writing from Washington, D.C., about the law and lawyers since 1971, when, shortly before his graduation from the University of Maryland College of Journalism, he went to work as a reporter covering the Justice Department… Continue Reading
Q&A with Charles Robbins
Charles Robbins is coauthor, with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, of “The U.S. Senate,” as well as two nonfiction books with Senator Arlen Specter. The mystery/thriller, “The Accomplice,” is his first novel. Charles began his career as a newspaper reporter, then ran press operations for two… Continue Reading