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November 6, 2009
- I live in Philadelphia, a wonderful city, vibrant and diverse, with a downtown that thrives after dark and on weekends, with residential neighborhoods that are cosmopolitan here and provincial there. Arts and culture? We have museums to rival those in D.C. or New York. We have restaurants offering every imaginable cuisine. We have a wonderful symphony orchestra and a magnificent ...
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November 4, 2009
- The time has come, the walrus said, to solve the problem of death. God has been dead for at least a century. Existentialism has come and gone. Beckett ("I can't go on, I must go on"): in his grave (just around the corner, as it turns out). Derrida, who was obsessed by it: gone. Reincarnation: not too many adepts. Behavior therapy: is there any hope there? Can we ...
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October 31, 2009
- Would you, as an author, be willing to share your book in return for a book from another author to give an honest review? Sort of a review for a review. You could go down a list of books - that had been registered by their authors as available, with brief descriptions, and offer to review that title. If the author was interested in trading for your title he/she would send you the book in ...
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October 30, 2009
- The V.O.I.C.E Writer's Conference in the beautiful autumn hills of WV Saturday, November 21st,20099am-3pmPullman Plaza Hotel1001 Third Avenue Huntington, WV 25701Early VIP registration is available between July 1st through November 5th, 2009 for only $100.00 Late registration rates are as follows:$150.00 (Hotel room not included) for 3 seminars including luncheon and tickets to eveningevents ...
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October 28, 2009
- If you are a writer who does a less-than-complimentary review of another writer's book, you run the risk of one of two things. 1) If the writer whom you are reviewing is more famous than you, your bad review might come off as sour grapes. 2) If the writer is a rung or two lower on the publishing ladder, you run the risk of of being seen as snotty and snobby I started writing book reviews ...
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October 27, 2009
- As writers we take our shots where and when we can get them. A recent adventure to the Austin Film Festival proved to be just the inspiration I needed. If you are an aspiring screen writer, or writer in general, this was the place to be. First I must mention one of the classes I took was called A Shot of Inspiration, and as the class was in session, Daniel Petrie, Jr., writer of Beverly Hills ...
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October 26, 2009
- I've been speaking to a lot of authors lately, successful ones who make their living writing. Some of them make a pretty good living. I'm finding that a lot of them don't really understand the economic fundamentals of publishing. They don't even understand the meaning of "the book deal" a subject that authors talk about a lot and even obsess about. Most writers define a good book ...
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October 24, 2009
- The dream now: a small cottage in a Tuscan village with the freedom to write all day with the inspiring backdrop of Italy behind me, my husband returning from his teaching duties with his arms full of wine and fresh Italian bread. The reality where the dream was born: Tuscany, Italy. The date: 2007...a trip several years in the making. My father, a good friend, and a tour group of eclectic ...
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October 19, 2009
- On Sunday, October 18th, The California Writers Club celebrated its centennial anniversary at Book Passage in Corte Madera, California. The event was titled "We Know They Can Write But Can They Sing?" Published authors were given the choice of singing a song or two, or reading a passage from a book that they didn't themselves write. This was the centerpiece of an all afternoon ...
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October 19, 2009
- I was lucky enough to catch a few minutes of Gillian Flynn speaking at the Celebration of the Book at the Grand Rapids Public Library Main Branch this weekend. She talked about writing difficult characters, something that's close to my own heart as I was recently told I have a "natural affinity for tough-to-like characters" It's a fair cop. Katya in Real Life & Liars provokes the ...
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