Tag: writers
group name: readanything
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June 23, 2006 08:38 PM EDT --
If you haven't heard yet, Scribe & Quill is an awesome web site and puts out a truly outstanding newsletter every month. It is a great place to learn more about the art of writing, as well as where . . . more
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July 14, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
The following is taken from my course: So You Want To Be An Author, which is available through The TeleConnection: http://www.theteleconnection.com
First and foremost, your query letter must look clean . . . more
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May 23, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
My daughter Rozi has a roommate named Brian. He's a very sweet guy. His aunt is Iris Johansen, who has written at least 30 books and a multiple New York Times best-selling author. He's been . . . more
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July 07, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Hello all,
So my book Practically Posh was just released and is already sweeping the nation, or at least my office, literally.
Yesterday, Marissa, a co-producer on the station, was . . . more
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August 04, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
A Question ...
Do you primarily buy books online, or do you prefer going to your local bookstore?
I used to prefer going to the bookstore, but over the past year, I primarily order books . . . more
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July 22, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Want to become a book reviewer? Bright Ideas by Bestselling Authors is offering free copies of upcoming books to members interested in writing book reviews!
Request a copy by sending a message . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:42 AM EST --
It started as a picture in my mind: a young woman wallking on a beach with the sun coming up. The beach was wide and long and she was the only person on it. Was she alone by her own choice or because . . . more
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March 17, 2008 04:37 PM EDT --
All little girls love pink.
Right?
Wrong.
Despite the rosy-tinted title and cover of my latest book, I must confess that loving the color pink came relatively late to me. It took an unusually, . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
I write about my obsessions. I have a lot of them so I stay pretty busy. Little Pink Raincoat is a prime example of dual obsessions: men and fashion. To me, they're inextricably linked. The book . . . more
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April 15, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
When people hear of my book and its topic, the question I'm most commonly asked is about my own wedding experiences. This makes sense. The heroine in The Best Day of Someone Else's . . . more
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April 22, 2008 01:43 PM EDT --
Not long after I started working on this book, doing research and interviews and gathering and organizing material, I was offered the opportunity to be on the show Celebrity Apprentice. I was concerned . . . more
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October 18, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
The OP is apparently marketing some sort of service to writers, where the writers pay for the right to submit work to participating publishers. Now as a small publisher, the potential of a service . . . more
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October 09, 2007 03:57 PM EDT --
Without a doubt I think the best authors are the ones from the South. They have such a gift for writing. Take Anne Rivers Siddons. I think I've read every book she's written. I won't say that . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:57 AM EST --
I always wanted to write about my grandmother, a larger-than-life, Auntie Mame kind of figure who took me to Europe when I was 18. Though I had written essays and short stories about her, I needed a . . . more
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March 17, 2008 04:48 PM EDT --
Some people have told me that they like my character, Liberty Lane, but doubt whether a young woman would have so much freedom to travel and make her own decisions in the nineteenth century. Although . . . more
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August 13, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Last month, I wrote an article regarding why it is not in the best interest of readers or writers to always support bookstores. Now there is more fuel to put on that fire.
It seems a . . . more
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April 22, 2008 04:18 PM EDT --
When I was young I was equally interested in writing and watching Perry Mason re-runs. A great day would be when I was sick and could stay home from school to watch a marathon of old black and white . . . more
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March 17, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
For some reason-- granted strange and unknowable—I often latch onto some sort of symbol, talisman, or metaphor for my novel. For my first novel, Mail , it was anything postal: envelopes, . . . more
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July 14, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
This has now happened to me enough times that it's worthy of a write-up. Someone will ask me the innocent question, "What's your book about?" and, though I could wax poetic about it . . . more
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March 11, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
There are times and places where the sheer reality of history can grab you by the throat. It doesn't always happen when and where you might expect – not necessarily in the palaces or castles . . . more
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