Tag: novels
group name: books
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October 04, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
I must confessed I have a new addiction, or shall I say, I’m having a relapse. I used to read romance novels almost non-stop when I was younger, and abandoned it when I got older, settling . . .
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April 13, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
The older I get, the more I value short novels. It's a ratio thing. When I sit down to read, I wonder what percentage of my remaining life will be devoted to the book that is now in my hands. And what . . .
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February 15, 2008 04:46 PM EST --
I am hoping this might lead to some good book recommendations...
What was the last book you read, and was it any good?
I am currently reading the third book, Road to the Patriarch , in . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
Mom has been bugging me lately about meeting someone special and settling down. I am not, it turns out, getting any younger. Evidently there is an expiration date on me somewhere that I have . . .
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September 15, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
Editing Is Your Friend
As an editor, I find many writers have either edited their work too much or too little.
The key is to edit well enough to create a great story, but not too much . . .
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April 14, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
I love it when I come upon an author who has written several books in a series. I get to start at the beginning with the first book and eventually read every book in the series. The characters . . .
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July 19, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
I've often wondered what it would be like to have a sister. Some you could laugh with, cry with, and share all of your secrets with. Of course, anyone who has a sister will tell you it . . .
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May 27, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Last year I went to Book Expo America and carried home fifty pounds of advance copies that I read and reviewed from July to December. It was a really fun experience to consume the Fall Big Books before . . .
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July 02, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
I'm a day late getting part two posted, but it has been a bit difficult or me to figure out how to handle it. These books are mainly ones that my friends, mostly teens or the parents of teens, . . .
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July 31, 2007 01:19 PM EDT --
Gather membership does have its rewards well beyond the points. I love mystery/suspense novels. It was right here at Gather that I learned of “The Liar’s Diary” written by first-time . . .
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November 07, 2008 11:19 PM EST --
Gone With the Wind , published in 1936, remains one of the best-selling books of all time. Very impressive for a first time novelist, who also won the Pulitzer prize for the book in 1937. The movie . . .
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June 04, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Many of my author friends have been asking how I created my book trailer, how much time it took, and what it cost me. As I have explained to everyone who has asked, this is something that anyone can do, . . .
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December 19, 2008 08:22 AM EST --
Having a blog gives me a chance to share my thoughts about books like 'Souvenir' by Therese Fowler. What a great book this one is. To give you a short description, the story revolves . . .
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January 28, 2008 02:57 PM EST --
You'll write two or more lines then someone else will write some other after me. It isn't a specific genre, but each person comments decides. Just try to leave it open for the one after you. Don't . . .
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February 14, 2007 04:10 PM EST --
Hey Gather lit lovers, here's an opportunity to be the envy of your book club…
Thanks to our friends over at Borders, We have three signed advanced reader copies of Jodi Picoult's . . .
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April 02, 2007 10:03 PM EDT --
What is it that makes a story timeless? The answer to this question is definitely a potential moneymaker for a fiction writer, because timelessness is a characteristic of many . . .
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August 17, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
I am having a good time diving into the new crop of Summer/Fall novels in advance copies. I just finished reading "The Chicago Way" by Michael Harvey. You probably will not recognize the author's . . .
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September 19, 2008 09:05 AM EDT --
Last night St. Scholastica College in Duluth MN hosted an event in memory of Carol Bly and in praise of her posthumous novel, Shelter Half. Carol, who died in December of 2007, was a native of Duluth . . .
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September 18, 2007 04:06 PM EDT --
Are you pulled in by this sentence? Or does it need work?
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“Mummy, look! It’s the purple weirdo.”
Today, like . . .
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March 16, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
$22.95 publish date March 11, 2008
It amazes me that this is a debut novel. That just can't be right. How can Hillary Jordan . . .
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