To commemorate the republication of the works of Denys Val Baker by Humdrumming, Syntagma Media is having a Denys Val Baker Week over at Dial Publishing, with posts every day on this late, much-lamented author.

Denys wrote twenty very funny “autobiographies” chronicling his life as a full-time professional writer and his adventures sailing his wife and wild brood of children around Europe in an old tramp steamer.

Not to be missed.

Of all our literary blogs, which include Dial Publishing, Naked Tales, Writers Blog Alliance etc., perhaps the most immediate is A Publisher’s Diary from Steve Newman, Commissioning Editor of Humdrumming.

Steve is currently negotiating some rare deals with mega-authors, so this should give a fascinating insight into the world of a go-getting publishing house.

It appears that b5media has dropped its recent plans to raise VC funding. At least if I read a snippet in Jeremy Wright’s most recent post correctly.

In Ensight, he writes: “… now I’m subscribed to the ones I like), business / VC blogs (when we were going after funding this was critical, now it isn’t so important) …”

Well, it sure looks to me like A) they’ve dropped the idea, or B) they didn’t get it, or C) they like the network so much, they’re not prepared to give half of it away to strangers.

Which is it? My guess is a combination of B and C.

Jeremy goes on to say: “As I transition into being more of ‘b5media’s CEO’ …”, which more or less confirms it. A VC investor would put its own CEO in there for sure.

With b5 and Syntagma Media both running under own resources, the two up-and-coming giants of the industry have decided to stay independent after all. That surely calls for a celebration.

Syntagma Media is delighted to announce the launch of Home Cooking for Kids of All Ages. And if that’s a bit of a mouthful, so it should be. It’s a cooking blog, after all.

Deborah Woehr, a long time cook “with a houseful of men”, is our blogger on this assignment. Deborah also authors our Supernatural blog and is a co-founder of Writers Blog Alliance.

Home Cooking joins our Creme de la Femme Supplement under Adelle Tilton’s editorship.

I’m delighted to announce that the female drought on our cult Celebrity at Work blog is now over. That’s not something we want to go through again.

B.L. Ochman is a name you’ll bump into many times if you wander around the business blogosphere. She has developed an enviable niche in the U.S. online business world and around the conference circuit as a speaker.

I asked B.L. to expand a little on this almost totally new career path for business-minded folk who blog:

Editor As an Internet marketing strategist and corporate social media consultant — which is a mouthful in any language — who is also well-known around the business blogosphere, what’s your take on the major trends right now; and how do you see your own career progressing?

Read B.L.’s reply.