Archive for October, 2011

The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.

Saturday October 22nd, 2011 in Author Stories, Meg's Posts, Quotes on Writing | 1 Comment »

Margaret Leary: Owning My Obsession

Wednesday October 12th, 2011 in Author Stories | 5 Comments »

Jamie Ford: Call in Sick More Often

Wednesday October 5th, 2011 in Author Stories | 6 Comments »

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."— Eleanor Roosevelt

1st BOOKS is hosted by

Meg Waite Clayton

bestselling author of
The Four Ms. Bradwells
The Wednesday Sisters
and
Bellwether Prize finalist The Language of Light (all available from Random House/Ballantine)

A Few Favorite Guest Posts

"The Not Quite Yes" by Julia Glass, National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes and The Widower's Tale

"Call in Sick More Often" by Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

"When Your First Book is Not Your First" by Eleanor Brown, author of Weird Sisters

and

"The 136-Rejection Overnight Success" by Brenda Rickman Vantrease, author of The Illuminator and The Heretic's Wife

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Literary Envy February 22, 2012
Alex George: Starting Over February 22, 2012
Eleanor Brown: When Your First Book Is Not Your First February 22, 2012
Dickens Quotes for Writers, on the Occasion of his 200th Birthday February 22, 2012

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About 1st BOOKS: Stories of How Writers Get Started

If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction query, or (heaven help you) letter to your own mother—can seem a daunting thing. The truth is getting started as a writer takes hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck.

1st BOOKS: Stories of How Writers Get Started