Tag: books
group name: writerscafe
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May 04, 2007 12:40 AM EDT --
The first booksigning I did was at the New England Booksellers’ Association. I appeared in the Penguin booth, which gave me a terrific opportunity to meet some of the local and national sales people . . . more
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January 31, 2007 08:31 PM EST --
I'm sure you know me very well,
for you use me everyday;
To ruin reputations,
LIES would be my name.
Now don't claim you've never met me,
for you know me, oh so well;
I am your' . . . more
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May 18, 2007 01:26 AM EDT --
One cliche about the writing life says that lots of people want to have written, but few want to actually sit down and write. After conducting my own experiments in creative procrastination for many years, . . . more
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June 13, 2007 12:40 AM EDT --
Two weeks ago in New York, I had the privilege of appearing on a panel at the Backspace Conference. It was my first experience at a writing conference, and one I'd recommend to anyone in our solitary . . . more
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July 01, 2007 12:01 AM EDT --
I’ve always believed that no matter what you do for work, whether you’re waitressing, as I did for many years, or teaching truculent adolescents, or delivering the mail, you owe it to yourself . . . more
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October 10, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
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Resurrection , by Amy George
I don't remember
when you grew wings...
when they flared out
from your back
above the stab wounds
now only scars.
I just remember your . . . more
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April 26, 2007 09:27 PM EDT --
Some authors have made crafting a novel around the latest hot topic their particular specialty. The first one who comes to mind is Jodi Picoult. She has written engaging and deeply felt stories about . . . more
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December 27, 2007 09:54 PM EST --
Welcome all Memoir members and anyone who should find this essay.
For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.
. . . more
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October 03, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
I was writing while making soup the other day. Perhaps those reading this will wonder at the method one would use to do such a thing but I cannot answer; it merely happened and was not premeditated. As . . . more
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April 12, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
In the not so distant past, authors were expected to do two things: 1) lie on the grass in the shade, and stare up at the sky with their hands behind their heads while they dreamed up stories. And 2) . . . more
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December 11, 2007 04:51 PM EST --
On Monday, December 17 th at 10 p.m. ET, bestselling crime fiction writer Harlan Coben will reveal his favorite true crime story on Court TV's "Murder By The Book."
In the mean . . . more
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May 07, 2007 01:11 AM EDT --
I have recently finished wading through a pile of submissions that I evaluated for a writing contest. Do not let this happen to you. Even if the money sounds good, there is no way it's . . . more
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April 28, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
I don't think I have the proper attitude for reading today's novels. (Or yesterday's novels, either - I tried to read Nicholas Nickleby and by the time I paged through the list of illustrations, . . . more
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August 13, 2007 07:27 AM EDT --
POETRY CENTRAL Volume 3, Number 3 ~Books that Change your Way of Thinking~
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October 10, 2007 12:46 AM EDT --
In publishing, a false dichotomy has developed between "character-driven novels," often called literary, which means likely to be nominated for prestigious prizes and reviewed in The New York . . . more
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July 09, 2008 12:13 PM EDT --
I just ran into a Harris Poll of 2413 adults that was apparently done online via Netscape.
Here are the top ten books I should read before I Die
The Holy Bible (Done That)
Gone With . . . more
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August 01, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
I remember hearing on a couple of occasions that it’s against the law to put tomatoes in clam chowder in Massachusetts, but I figured, hey. It’s their right and being The Land of the . . . more
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April 27, 2008 04:32 AM EDT --
It is unfortunately a sad fact of life for authors that only about 3% ever get picked up and promoted to publishers by literary agents. As a consequence many new and aspiring authors are these days considering . . . more
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August 07, 2007 02:23 AM EDT --
I would like to utilize the AmericaTakingAction.com National Education Network to provide my Gather friends with an opportunity to promote their books, those that have been published AND those being . . . more
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July 13, 2007 04:02 PM EDT --
Shamelessly, self promoting here. Check out my website for excerpts from my first fantasy book due out next week. I have two small teasers posted and will post a third on Monday. Please visit: . . . more
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