Alexandra Sokoloff | Red Room Writer Profile

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I'm a California native and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where I majored in theater and minored in everything that Berkeley has a reputation for.
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Writers need toys
October 2, 2009
- (No, I don’t mean that kind of toy. Although we need those, too… but all right, that’s another blog.)The point is, you are going to be working SO HARD for the next two months (and I hate to be the one to break it to you, but for the rest of your lives, as well…) So I really encourage you to splurge on a nice big beautiful notebook to brainstorm and outline ad write your novel in ...
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Write that novel NOW! Nanowrimo
October 1, 2009
- I’m sure many here are aware that November is Nanowrimo – National Novel Writing Month. As explained at the official site here, and here and here, the goal of Nanowrimo is to bash through 50,000 words of a novel in a single month. I could not be more supportive of this idea – it gives focus and a nice juicy competitive edge to an endeavor that can seem completely overwhelming when ...
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Alexandra Sokoloff signs THE UNSEEN at Quail Ridge, Raleigh
June 4, 2009
- If you're in the Raleigh/Durham area, I'm reading from and signing THE UNSEEN tonight at one of my favorite bookstores of all time - Quail Ridge Books and Music, at 7:30 pm. I think Quail Ridge must be one of the only bookstores in the country that can pack in dozens of readers for an author event - the store should be on every author's radar.I'm especially psyched about tonight because Dr. ...
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