Saw grindstone, put nose to same.

I have been sending out nagging little e-mails to all of my contributors, thanking them for their patience, giving notes where I felt they were warranted, and generally letting people know that I am going forward on this again.

I’ve also converted all of the submissions I have to Open Office (since that’s what I use) and making things like font and line spacing the same so that I have some idea what it’s going to look like as a finished product.

The short form is that I have some really good stuff, I just don’t have enough of it.  I need more submissions.  Twenty thousand words just isn’t enough, in my opinion, to publish.

So, please, if you have considered submitting a story… consider it some more.  Consider it hard.  Operators, as they say, are standing by.

mjb63114@gmail.com

The Book House – One of Missouri’s Most Endangered Historic Places in 2013

As you may already be aware, The Book House is being forced to move to a new location very soon, as the building owner has sold the property. Many people have been asking us WHERE we are moving and WHEN. We have still not finalized our negotiations for a lease on a new space yet, but hope to make an announcement very soon. We have been working hard to find another place in the area that has the character and feel of our current location. We want this new building to be a place we can grow and take The Book House and Second Chapter Center to the next level as a great Independent bookstore and community space with lots and lots of books, great staff, great inventory, great events, community participation and room to build for…