Tag: books
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June 19, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
So I was asked to talk a bit about getting published. I've been asked about this an awful lot so it seems as good a topic as any . . . after my usual disclaimers :)
Disclaimer the First-- . . .
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February 28, 2007 11:22 PM EST --
As a mom of three, I've seen my own children struggle with fitting in and being bullied. It was listening to their experiences, and my own frustrations, that led me to consider the topic of school . . .
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March 05, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
I am very excited at the thought of being in a chatroom, of sorts, with readers. They always say that writing is a lonely business, and in a way that's quite true.
It's a little less lonely for . . .
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April 09, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
When I was seven years old, my mother dropped me at the library. She did this every Saturday morning. I was to find a book and take it home for the week.
On this particular week, I was feeling brave, . . .
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June 18, 2007 07:16 AM EDT --
It's the age-old, unanswerable question, but one company, at least, is trying to address the publishing version. A recent study conducted last spring by an outfit called contentconnections.com suggests, . . .
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February 14, 2007 04:15 PM EST --
I'm about half-way through a tour promoting my first novel, Love Walked In. Book tours are very interesting things. The readers I've met so far have all been kind. Many have also . . .
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February 14, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
The story of the people who lived through the nation's hardest economic depression and its worst weather event is one of the great untold stories of the Greatest Generation. To me, there was an urgency . . .
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March 01, 2007 12:39 AM EST --
SHOPAHOLIC & BABY was a really special book for me to write. First, because it's a return to Becky Bloomwood, a character I love and identify with so much. Secondly because it deals with such an . . .
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April 06, 2007 01:37 AM EDT --
Because writers are essentially people who live and die by the power of imagination, we tend to dream extravagantly, wildly, sometimes impossibly. But that’s all right. Dreams are our task masters . . .
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August 04, 2007 09:35 AM EDT --
My favorite horror novel is actually a series of novels by Laurell K. Hamilton that tell one continuing and continuous story. They are the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novels. Now don't let the Buffy-esque . . .
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August 07, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Dear Readers,
I don't know if people realize it or not, but creating a world is a partnership. I put my heart and soul into every book I work on and whenever a reader picks it up, they bring their . . .
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November 20, 2007 04:40 AM EST --
This is a book from one of the series that I read. It’s full of humor, werewolves, and vampires in four different but related stories by Mary Janice Davidson. She writes about . . .
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January 10, 2007 08:52 PM EST --
Today, I’m exceptionally excited to announce Gather’s newest writing competition, one of our most promising programs to date: The Gather.com First Chapters Writing Competition. First . . .
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January 10, 2007 04:09 PM EST --
Eligibility and Submission Guidelines
Eligibility:
• Authors who have not previously published a full length book (excluding self published and vanity press) are eligible to compete in the First . . .
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March 23, 2007 01:29 AM EDT --
One thing no one ever warned me about Gather is that it’s addictive. As soon as I returned from my book tour, I plunked my heavy suitcase in the hallway, and kissed my kids and my dogs and . . .
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August 07, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
Is Stephenie Meyer's gripping teenage vampire love story, Eclipse, the next Harry Potter? Those of you who have already read the first two volumes in the series — New Moon and Twilight . . .
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April 29, 2007 12:25 PM EDT --
I am trying to help someone find a book from a vague description.
"a childrens' book about a girl who when she spins on the spot, finds herself in a magical land where she can talk to animals. . . .
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February 17, 2007 09:38 PM EST --
A child born in the streets of 18th century France, immediately discarded by its mother, sounds a first cry that both condemns his mother to death and . . .
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July 12, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Beginning next month, HarperCollins will be featuring the best of their nonfiction books and authors in the new group Great Reads on Gather. Great Reads will introduce you to at least two new authors each . . .
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May 30, 2007 06:32 PM EDT --
Please send our First Chapters Writing Competition Grand Prize Winner Terry Shaw your heartfelt congratulations by publishing a comment below. Your Gather username will be included in the published book! . . .
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