Lit Chick Show caters for the camera-shy

The Lit Chick Show (LCS) is a blog run as a "virtual TV show" and it showcases the work of authors from all around the world. Due to the fact that the show's host, Sylvia Massara, is based in Australia,...

Lit Chick Show meets with author, promoter and artist

Today's edition of The Lit Chick Show presents Aggie Villanueva, author, promoter and photographic artist. Catch Aggie's interview, hosted by author Sylvia Massara - creator and co-host of The Lit Chick Show and...

Sylvia presents K. Michael Crawford's latest book trailer

At "Authors helping authors", my new column, I had the honour to present a very special lady and fellow author. Read on ... Not so long ago I had the pleasure of hosting children's author K. Michael Crawford's interview on The Lit Chick Show. Michael is not only an...

The Soul Bearers book trailer is released

Novelist, Sylvia Massara, today released the book trailer for her latest novel “The Soul Bearers”.   "The Soul Bearers" is a story of courage, friendship and unconditional love. It's a story of life...

Facebook, Amazon and Zynga bet on social web

" Facebook, Amazon and Zynga will invest in a fund to help entrepreneurs develop applications and services for a new era of the social web. The lion's share of the sFund's $250m (£160m) will come from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Details were...

The Lit Chick Corner delves into New York society

Welcome to ‘Lit Chick Corner!’ (LCC). I am a Sydney-based novelist, dedicating this weekly forum to all those hardworking, and often unrewarded, authors out there. So, be it fiction or non-fiction, my aim is to...

Special "guest alert" for The Lit Chick Show

Find out who is dropping by The Lit Chick Show this week - all the way from California, USA to Sydney, Australia! Tune in on Friday, 22 October, 2010, to see the show.

How to talk to a global warming denier

Having dealt with deniers of global warming, who have in many cases been highly aggressive and unprincipled, I have come up with a quick checklist of what one needs to say if faced with a denier of global warming. The following are responses to some of the claims I have...

Açaí Berry Brazil’s Boon

A formerly obscure berry from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has become a global marketing success. The açaí berry – a dark, small fruit similar in appearance to blueberries – has surged in ...

Nature and Civilization

One manifest duality of life is nature and civilization. On this, there are two major schools of thought as to what it is that life is. One – seen in both capitalism and socialism - is concerned with adding the most to human-made world of civilization. The other –...

'Avatar': The plot Chevron knows all too well.

James Cameron has been really turning up the environmental rally cries lately. He is going full speed ahead in turning 'Avatar' into a catalyst for environmental activism. In a recent interview with MTV news...

iPad Vs. Kindle: Will Apple's iPad Kill Amazon's Kindle?

As the new iPad was announced by Apple today during the live Apple press conference in San Francisco, it was made known that one of the programs that the iPad comes with is iBooks, which will enable iPad users to...

Will New Chevron CEO John Watson do what's right to Ecuador?

Chevron has a new boss man, and in an ironic kick in the pants Chevron’s new CEO John Watson is the very man that orchestrated Chevron’s takeover of Texaco, and with it the 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water and 17 million gallons of crude oil deliberately dumped in...

Sade,Soldier of Love Video, Sony chooses Amazon Over Youtube

Music sites and Sade fan sites excitedly posted about the release of the Solider of Love Video, the song off of Sade's new album. But Sony Music Entertainment (SME) in a bizarre move pulled the the Soldier of Love...

Amazon - Guilt won´t save it

 Every time we hear something about the Amazon rain forest devastation we feel kind of guilt for that piece of furniture we have at home, or maybe even for the whole home itself: for example Brazil export...

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