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The first Monday’s Link Roundup of 2011 and I couldn’t resist including a couple of links with predictions for the New Year. If you write memoirs, you’ll want to check out 11 Memoir Predictions for 2011. To get a sense of where Ebooks are heading I recommend Five Ebook Publishing Predictions for 2011. But my favorite article this week is The Life and Work of Street Photographer Vivian Maier.  Undiscovered until now, her work  is brilliant. Don’t miss this one!

• 20 Great Authors (and Actors) Read Famous Literature Out Loud. “Every now and then, we like to present vintage clips of great authors reading classic literary works – works they have often written themselves. These clips can be fairly revealing. Through them, you can recapture the voices of literary greats, most long since passed. And you can hear how they give character and expression to their own works … or those of others.”

• The Life and Work of Street Photographer Vivian Maier. “The North Shore families who hired Vivian Maier as a nanny came to know a kind but eccentric woman who guarded her private life and kept a huge stash of boxes. A chance discovery after her death by a man named John Maloof has spotlighted her secret talent as a photographer and led to a growing appreciation of her vast work.” [Thanks to Pat McNees of Writers and Editors for alerting me to this item.]

• Wreck This Journal [Paperback] by Keri Smith. “For anyone who’s ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake-and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them).”

• 11 Memoir Predictions for 2011. “Welcome to 2011 from WomensMemoirs.com. Last January 1, we posted 10 predictions for 2010. This year, when Kendra and I talked about launching the new year, we decided to have 11 special posts for 2011. Beginning today and continuing through January 11, we’ll feature 11 lists for memoir writers, each with 11 items. Be sure to visit daily and get your memoir writing year well started.”

• Memory & Cats. “Memory, … is a very powerful song, with broad appeal, even to those who have never seen [Cats].  And for those who have, the song is attached to the imagery of the production and its storyline.  But “Memory,” in any case, has deep emotional reach, appealing to certain universal truths and longings in many of its listeners – to that deep well of nostalgia, the longing backward glance, the wistful remembrance of nimble youth, and the feelings of vulnerability that come with aging.”

• “Rosie the Riveter” dead at 86. “Geraldine Hoff Doyle, one of the women who inspired the character of Rosie the Riveter, died today at the age of 86. In her honor, please enjoy this thorough and fascinating look at the history of women factory workers during World War II, and their portrayal in popular culture.”

• Five Ebook Publishing Predictions for 2011. “If 2010 was the year ebooks went mainstream in the U.S., 2011 will be the year indie ebook authors go mainstream. We’ve already seen this start to happen with some tremendous indie ebook author breakouts in 2010. A few weeks ago, I wrote here on Huffington Post about indie fantasy author Brian S. Pratt who will earn $25,000 this quarter selling low cost ebooks. Brian is but one of a growing cadre of indie authors whose ebooks are out-selling those of traditional publishers.”

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