I met Leah Stewart at the Sewanee Writers Conference years ago, and was one of the first in line for her debut novel, Body of a Girl, and her second book, The …
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A Facebook Tip for Writers and Others With Fan Pages
An easy to-do for anyone with a personal facebook page and a fan page: List as your place of work on your regular page the URL for your fan page. The link will …
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Twitterature Quiz: a Literary Match Game with Hashtags
I recently posted on my Huffington Post blog a Twitterature Literary Match game -- and thought I'd share it here along with the answers. Just match the 2012 …
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Melanie Benjamin: The Novelist Formerly Known As…
I'm SO delighted to host Melanie Benjamin this week - not just because she's got a new book publishing this week, The Aviator's Wife, which I am already …
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What Book Editors Want in 2013
I stumbled across a piece on the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency's blog today about what book editors want to see in 2013. The answers run the gammut, including …
Isabel Allende on Passion, Writing, and Character
Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters; they only make good former spouses." - Isabel Allende, from her 2007 TED Talk I listened to …
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Writing Resolutions for 2013
[T]he essential impulse in working is … to allow what haunts you to have a voice." - Colm Toibin I knew the moment I came across this quote today in a piece on …
Happy Holidays, and Best Wishes for Wonderful Reading in 2013!
A Little Robert Frost End-of-the-Word Poetry
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it …
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Good Grammar is Sexy
As I am deep in the details of the grammar rules, working on copy edits for The Wednesday Daughters, my thought for the day: (I would love to take credit for …
