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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 7 other novels

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March 6, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Writing a Novel is Like Paddling a Bathtub

Just came across this wonderfully funny and true quote in the New York Times Book Review: “Look, writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a …

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January 14, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How Authors Can Get Bookscan Numbers

In case any authors out there don't already know it, you can get the Neilson Bookscan numbers for your books through Author Central on Amazon. I'll confess to …

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June 18, 2008 By Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton: In Praise of Writing Friends

No guest today. Just me, since it's my publication week! The history of my own writing starts with a purse. Like the character of Linda in my new novel, The …

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June 11, 2008 By Meg Waite Clayton

Brenda Rickman Vantrease: A 136-Rejection Overnight Success

My guest blogger today, Brenda Rickman Vantrease, is the author of the critically acclaimed The Mercy Seller, and the national bestseller, The Illuminator, …

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