Kathy Witt
BOOKSAvailable Now: The Bylines 2010 Calendar.
Kathy is among the featured authors in the 2010 edition, which includes 53 inspirational stories with writers representing 26 states and 4 foreign countries. Not your ordinary daytimer, Bylines 2010 Calendar is chock full of inspiration, humor and passion. Just the sort of thing aspiring and working writers need to read on a daily basis to keep the creative juices flowing and the angst at bay. Bylines 2010 Writer's Desk Calendar: ~Each week features an author sharing his/her insights on the writing life. ~Ample space for jotting notes and highlighting upcoming events ~Weekly calendar AND a "month at a glance" view for planning longer projects Extra Features: ~Daily listings of famous writers' birthdays ~Handy resource list of our favorite books and writing-related websites. ~Page to designate writing goals for the year; also pages for writing monthly goals ~Listings of "literary" holidays ~Pages to write down conference notes ~Pages for recording phone numbers and email addresses Even MORE features: ~Handy submission tracker, that can be copied as needed ~Listings of popular literary festivals throughout North America ~Pages for keeping track of travel/business expenses The 2010 Bylines Calendar retails for $14.95. Buy it here for the discounted price of $12.95. Click to see The Top Ten Reasons to Buy the Bylines Calendar. ___________________________________________________________________________ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: Bridging the Past with the Present, Paul A. Tenkotte Ph.D and James C. Claypool Ph.D, co-editors (The University Press of Kentucky), to which Kathy is a contributor to the category of "Women in Literature" is now available. The culmination of 7 years of research, writing and editing, the encyclopedia includes 2,112 entries and about 175 photos.
Here are some fast facts about this project: - 1,200 pages; 2,112+ entries - nearly 175 photos - 2 Coeditors, 7 Associate Editors, 15 Topical Editors, 400+ Authors - Student Assistants from Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More College - 11 Counties: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson - Total Budget of $761,000 The encyclopedia is available through Amazon.com ___________________________________________________________________________ CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN DOLL ARTISTS & THEIR DOLLS is the first by Collector Books to focus not only on dolls, but on the artists who created them. The book highlights 25 contemporary doll designers and their dolls, including Sue Sizemore (Kacinda), Anna Puchalski (limited edition Cocoa), Monica Reo (Alissa), Karen Williams Smith (The Promise), Kim Jelley (Blue Ice Faerie), Mary Ellen Frank (Lizzie and Oleanna), Marilyn Radzat (The Golden Faerie), and many more. Artist profiles are provided, which share the stories behind the creation of the dolls and the source of inspiration for the artists. Sections include healing and spirituality, history and heritage, storybook creatures and characters, Christmastide, needle arts, and more. Almost 200 beautiful color photographs make the book shine. From Contemporary American Doll Artists & Their Dolls . . . The Legend of La Befana There are many versions of the legend of La Befana (the Italian “gift giver”), a favorite subject to sculpt for both Cheryl Brenner and Deanna Brenner. One popular rendition is that the Three Kings, en route to see the Christ Child, stopped at La Befana’s home on their way to Bethlehem. They dined with her and then invited her to join them in their journey, but she refused in order to wash and clean up after dinner. At some point in the evening, La Befana changed her mind and decided to join the Three Kings. Gathering up some gifts for the Christ Child, she set out to find the Three Kings, but she could find neither them nor the babe. She continues searching even today. Consequently, on the eve of January 5 and the morning of January 6, she visits the children of Italy to fill their stockings with sweet, curly candy if they have been good and with lumps of black coal if they have been bad. La Befana is both mysterious and old-fashioned, yet children in different parts of the world still wait for the dear, old woman to pay them a call on her holiday, the Epiphany. Read more about the Brenners' Christmas dolls, as well as those made by Kentucky doll artist Lindy Evans and Native American doll artist Mary Masters in Contemporary American Doll Artists and Their Dolls. This book is availabe through the publisher, Collector Books, for $29.95 - or buy an autographed copy from the author at a discounted price of $20 + $3.50 S/H. Click button above book cover. _________________________________________________________________________ DOLL DIRECTORY: A GUIDE TO U.S. DOLL MUSEUMS, COLLECTIONS & HOSPITALS is a detailed, state-by-state guide listing the museums and collections of antique, art, baby, contemporary, fashion, and miniature dolls, plus special category collections including the W.P.A. dolls found in museums, libraries, and historical societies, bed and breakfast inns, and other venues that have permanent quality collections of dolls for public viewing. The book includes listings of doll hospitals and their specialties, plus directories of national doll organizations and clubs and a guide to annual doll shows. Interviews with a doll museum curator, doll doctor, costumer, show director, and artist, plus in-depth articles on selected collections, will give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the doll world from many different perspectives. Doll 'dream destinations' will be included as well. The Doll Directory is the indispensable guide every doll lover/collector needs to find museums and collections to visit, hospitals for doll reconstruction and restoration, doll clubs and organizations to join, and doll shows to attend. From Doll Directory . . . Yesterday’s Children Antique Doll & Toy Museum 1104 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 (601) 638-0650 Mbakarich@aol.com www.yesterdayschildrenmuseum.com Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Closed Christmas and Thanksgiving Admission: Adults $3.00; Under 12 $2.00 Groups 10+: Adults $2.00; under 12 $1.25 Carolyn and Michael Bakarich, owners A lifelong doll collector, Carolyn has over 1,000 dolls on exhibit in four rooms in her museum located in Vicksburg’s historic downtown district. Housed in an 1849 building, the museum is home to one of the largest collections in the United States of 19th- and early 20th-century French and German bisque head dolls. Most French doll makers are represented: Bru, Steiner, Jumeau and S.F.B.J. (Societe Francaise de Fabrication de Bebes & Jouets). German dolls include those by Kammer and Reinhardt, Kestner, Heinrich Handwerck, Kley and Hahn, Bahr and Proschilde, Simon and Halbig, Koenig and Wernicke, Cuno and Otto Dressel, Heubach and others. Carolyn’s personal favorites include Simon and Halbig 949s and 939s that were made for the French trade. She also favors the 42- to 46-inch bisque head and composition body show dolls that were made to be displayed in shop windows at Christmastime to advertise dolls for sale inside the stores. The museum also has a Shirley Temple collection, many in original costumes, that begins with a 1936 Shirley and runs through 1984. The many Madame Alexander dolls include early compositions and follow-on plastic dolls. There are 1920s and 1930s composition “mama” dolls, ventriloquist dolls, foreign dolls, large companion and baby walker dolls and movie/television star dolls. Rounding out the collection are Barbies and the Annette Himstedt “Barefoot Children. Read about doll collections across the United States in the Doll Directory: A Guide to U.S. Doll Museums, Collections & Hospitals. This book is availabe through the publisher, Collector Books, for $14.95 - or buy an autographed copy from the author at a discounted price of $10 + $2.50 S/H. Click button above book cover. |
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