fiction
October 30, 2009
- One of my first workshop projects in graduate school was a short story about a character who crashed a Halloween party wearing a sheet. I was feeling nostalgic for New England and the red and yellow leaves of fall. The temperatures on October 31 in Fairbanks had reached fifty-below-zero. The kids near the university canvassed the streets dressed as little Michelin Men, each of them awkwardly ...
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October 29, 2009
- This is what is happening today folks in publishing and its just the beginning. Publishing is changing and so are the contracts. Here is what is agents are doing right now, and this is the first of many I suspect creative inititatives by one of the worlds largest media companies. "Agents are poring over a new contract boilerplate issued by Macmillan, parent company of St. Martin's, Farrar ...
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October 26, 2009
- Today, my third book is in the computer. The trilogy: Five Years Lying, Mandie Faradin, and Hope's Herald begins in 2007 and ends in 2025. Since 2024, no one in North America heard the devastating diagnosis, "You have cancer." A work of fiction it is, but it doesn't have to be. Fiction is a slippery slope. As I've talked with agents and publishers, they have asked me to ...
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October 24, 2009
- Patina saw the bear before the bear saw Patina. Oh, m’God. Do I back up or run? No, not run. Could never outrun it. Her brain itself was racing. Her feet had not moved, yet in her mind she was fleeing down the long driveway at Olympian speed. Where was the dog? She could back ...
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October 22, 2009
- Added a new story to RedRoom, in my view the best bit of prose I've composed this year. It's called "The Future" and you'll find it in the Articles and Stories section, in the column to the right of this posting.A bittersweet offering, with a coming-of-age angle. It's part of a short story cycle that's posted on my main blog, Beautiful Desolation, which is the exclusive venue for my ...
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October 22, 2009
- Author’s Book Recommendation – Once In A Lifetime Title: Once in a Lifetime Author: Cathy Kelly Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Harper (3 Sep 2009) Language English ISBN-10: 0007240430 ISBN-13: 978-0007240432 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm Product Description Every woman needs her Cathy Kelly time! When life is full of changes, your friends are the ones who really count! Ingrid ...
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October 20, 2009
- HEIDEGGER'S GLASSES, the first book to be published by Phoenix, in it's new direction as a serious literary press, is coming out this May. The Editor-in-Chief has been consulting me about the cover, and I just got this write-up for an advance promotion on Amazon. (There's one there now for the Audio, but the Editor-in-Chief thought it was too purple.) Heidegger’s Glasses opens during the end ...
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October 20, 2009
- The always-introspective Jane Friedman of Writer's Digest has come up with a column on "3 Sure-Fire Ways to Insult Someone in Publishing." After you read what she writes, if you're published, you may wince if (like me) you recognize yourself in some of what she says. But then again, publishing isn't a perfect world, and mistakes do happen. There are too many bad book covers and books ...
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October 20, 2009
- Book in the Media - Alex Cross's Trial Title: Alex Cross's Trial Author: James PattersonHardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Century (10 Sep 2009) ISBN-10: 1846057019 ISBN-13: 978-1846057014 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.6 cm Product DescriptionWhile you wait for the next exciting installment in the "Alex Cross series", "I, Alex Cross" (published November 2009 by Century), ...
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October 20, 2009
- Author’s Book Recommendation – The 19th WifeTitle: The 19th WifeAuthor: David EbershoffPaperback: 608 pagesPublisher: Black Swan (2 Jan 2009)Language EnglishISBN-10: 0552774987ISBN-13: 978-0552774987Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 4.2 cmProduct DescriptionJordan returns from California to Utah to visit his mother in jail. As a teenager he was expelled from his family and religious ...
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