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It wasn't so long ago that aspiring writers had to beat feet to bring a book from idea to the bookstore shelf. Thanks to the web and other technologies...that Faulkner-in-training can bypass all the filters and gates and instantly publish, whether it's through a blog, by podcasting, selling your story as an electronic book or on an mp3 copy. Many people have taken advantage of these alternative publishing methods to put some quality work out there, but far more have used it to muddy the waters with massive amounts of downright awful writing. We'll talk about the pros and cons of these new methods and see what mainstream publishers and writers think about this infringement on their once rarified air. Laura's guest is James Patrick Kelly, Award Winning Science Fiction Author and local Seacoast resident. Kelly recently published his short novel "Burn" by podcasting for free one chapter a week for sixteen weeks, putting the book online and then traditionally publishing the novel in paperback. Laura's other guest is Mark Timney, Assistant Professor of Communication at Keene State College. Mark has previously been a reporter, producer, anchor and freelance internet and magazine writer.

For the first time since the Great Depression, Americans’ personal savings rate dropped into the negative, meaning last year more and more of us spent all of our disposable income and we dipped into savings from prior years. The trend has many economists worried that we’ve become too carefree with our money. We’ll look at why we’re putting less of what we make aside and ask just how big of a problem it really is. Laura is joined by Russ Thibeault, President of Applied Economic Research in Laconia, and Annamaria Lusardi, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College.

Tomorrow marks the 226th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the "shot heard round the world" that began our country's fight for independence. Each year, Bay Staters celebrate this historic event on the first Monday of the week with reenactments and the reading of Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere". We'll look back at the stories of the Revolutionary War, those we know, those we thought we knew and those we believed that are complete bunk! Laura's guest is Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much about..." series including "Don't Know Much about History".