Andisheh tipped me off to Creative Loafing’s Fiction Contest Party a few days back, but I hadn’t gotten around to posting it – mostly because his checks keep bouncing.  Yuck, yuck…(that’s the joke WordPress)

It’s actually being hosted in Atlanta, but Wordsmiths will be well-represented so the DM Board of Directors has made an exception.

Tell all your friends! It’s time for the 8th annual CL Fiction Contest Party!

We’d like to invite you to the Fiction Contest Party Thurs., Jan. 8, 7 p.m. at Eyedrum (290 MLK Jr. Drive SE, Suite 8, Atlanta, GA 30312; 404-522-0655, www.eyedrum.org).

We received more than 200 entries and had to whittle them down to our three faves. It wasn’t easy, believe us. We had amazing help from our three local judges: award-winning children’s author Carmen Deedy; author, playwright and professor Phillip DePoy; and bookworm, aspiring author and Wordsmiths Books marketing guru Russ Marshalek. Read the rest of this entry »

Over on the city’s website, there’s a new annexation FAQ page, along with a tax estimate calculator (based in Excel) that let’s you see the difference in property taxes between Decatur and DeKalb dwellers.

Though the FAQ doesn’t really provide much new info to those that have followed this process closely, its a good one-stop-shop for those new to the conversation.

As for the calculator, folks have been clammoring for one for months.