Of the many wonderful moments in National Poetry month, my favorite is "Poem in Your Pocket Day" - which is today. The idea is simple: Put a copy of a poem you …
Lynda Rutledge: The Time I Broke Up with Fiction
Lynda Rutledge's path to publishing Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale - which comes out tomorrow! - included stints petting baby rhinos and dodging …
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Andrea Buchanan: Captivating Your Inner Night-Time Critic
I first connected with Andi Buchanan on Readerville.com years ago, when we were both baby authors (her first, Mothershock, came out five months before my The …
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Shakespeare & Company, Paris France
where Anais Nin, Henry Miller, James Baldwin, and Ernest Hemingway have been I'm in Paris for a month, writing and walking in the steps of some literary greats. …
Poetry Tuesday: Mark Doty on Knowing What Want is
Since April is National Poetry Month, I've been looking around at what different poets have to say about getting started. This quote by Mark Doty - from an …
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10 Don't-Miss Sites for Marketing Your Writing (Without Breaking the Bank)
How friendly are you, really? Do you have enough followers to qualify as a cult? Are you still blogging, or have you bought into the headlines announcing …
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Carolina De Robertis: How I Avoided Second Novel Syndrome
I met Carolina De Robertis at a book club mixer at Books Inc. Berkeley when her first novel, the international bestseller The Invisible Mountain was just out. …
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M.J. Rose: From Self-Publishing to a Starbucks and Indie Next Pick
M.J. Rose - whom I've known since before my first novel was published - is one of the gutsiest and most generous writers I know. Needless to say, I'm thrilled …
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Garrison Keillor on Humor and Rejection
I came across a delightful interview of Garrison Keillor today. Perhaps these two quotes will tempt you to click through to the whole interview? “Humor needs to …
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The Page Davidson Clayton Poetry Prize
I read the most extraordinary poem yesterday, "what you'd find buried in the dirt under charles f. kettering sr. high school (detroit, michigan)" by francine j. …
