Friday Fun!

Have you ever Googled yourself?

Meredith did just that recently and the results kind of freaked her out, when she found a bunch of random websites that were quoting her.

On July 23, 2012 RoseDog Author Blog wrote a post titled Relax and enjoy a picnic with your book and on July 7, 2011 Dorrance Author Blog wrote a post titled Picnics! A great way to promote your book.  Both blog posts wrote: 

According to Shelf Awareness, Meredith Barnes, regional coordinator for the Central New Jersey JASNA group, said, "Our version is slightly different. At our picnic meeting, we usually share something from the novel that we enjoy or will start a discussion. We eat our lunches and have dessert.... Some chapters have actually gone strawberry picking while others have a more formal tea to celebrate the occasion."

Shelf Awareness, wrote in it's newsletters for Readers on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 a post called Picnicking Jane Austen Style in which they write

The article from the Northern New Jersey Patch notes that picnicking grew in popularity in Austen's time, although the picnic scene in Emma is rather tense (Mr. Knightley scolds Emma for her rudeness to another guest). Meredith Barnes, regional coordinator for the Central New Jersey JASNA group, said, "Our version is slightly different. At our picnic meeting, we usually share something from the novel that we enjoy or will start a discussion. We eat our lunches and have dessert.... Some chapters have actually gone strawberry picking while others have a more formal tea to celebrate the occasion."

Back in July of 2011 Meredith talked with a reporter from the South Orange Patch about your upcoming Box Hill Picnic.  You can find the blog post announcement here and the article here.  

In case you were interested Shelf Awareness is a great website that puts out two newsletters.  One for readers and one for those in the book industry.  The newsletters are free and the one for readers provides a lot of great information on upcoming and newly released books.