Blog Posts for Camille Marchetta

A Woman's (very) Quiet Courage

Camille Marchetta — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:53:58 -0700

Any thought of heroes, at the moment, immediately conjures up all the usual suspects: "our brave men and women in the armed forces," policemen, firemen, aid workers. And if it's become a bit of a cliché to say so, it's still impossible not (in general) to admire them and to despair of ever being able to equal their determination, their courage, their willingness to sacrifice themselves ...

I love my Kindle, but . . .

Camille Marchetta — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:13:59 -0700

In an article in the August 3rd New Yorker, Nicholson Baker was generally critical of the Kindle, citing among its many deficiencies, its keyboard; the sickly green/gray color of its screen; its sole font (which happens to be one he doesn't much like); the count by "location" rather than page; the absence of a back light for night reading; a too-low pixel count as well as the lack of ...

Blue September

Camille Marchetta — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:41:20 -0700

I had a birthday on Monday. Usually, I'm ecstatic on my birthday. It's such a great reason to celebrate my life, myself. This year, however, was different. Instead of joy, I awoke with a knot in my stomach. I'm worried about the economy, the election, the country, the world. I can't seem to shake a feeling of dread. I'm trying, though. I have so much to be grateful for -- my family, my friends, ...

Online Protocol - Chapter 2

Camille Marchetta — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:28:18 -0700

Today "The River, By Moonlight" got its third review of this current virtual book tour. It was a good one, which made me happy; but, chastened by the responses to my last blog on the subject, I hesitated to thank the site host, and instead emailed Mary Lewis, who is running the tour ( http://blogstopbooktours.wordpress.com/ ) to ask her opinion of the matter. This is Mary's ...

Truth & Fiction

Camille Marchetta — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:39:51 -0700

Now I write novels. Before that, I produced and wrote television drama, which means that I've spent a considerable part of my adult life making stuff up. It's been my job. I like to think I'm good at it, a real professional. And one of the things that makes me so good is that I spend hours, days, years sometimes, doing research, all in an effort to make what I write seem true. Yet, I ...

Online Protocol

Camille Marchetta — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:07:28 -0700

Last February I was on a 'virtual' book tour that included eighteen 'stops', consisting of reviews, interviews, and guest blog posts. Despite the fact that I never had to leave my home, the tour was surprisingly hard work, time consuming, and a lot of fun.On Monday, I started a second tour, this one much less work than the first. Only one interview and ten stops are scheduled, all of them ...

On The Road Again

Camille Marchetta — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:57:22 -0700

Today is the first day of a new book tour for my novel, The River By Moonlight. And it's started off well. I've got another good review posted at:http://thebluestockings.com/If you have a minute, please stop by and add a comment. And if you've already read the book, your personal two cents would be a welcome addition.

Amazon: An Offer I Can't Refuse?

Camille Marchetta — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:29:17 -0700

For days now, the web has been buzzing with talk of Amazon's threat to disable the buy buttons of any POD book on Amazon.com not printed by its subsidiary, BookSurge. Consternation and outrage greeted the initial announcements . Blog posts and reader comments were heated. Companies like Publish America took firm stands, insisting they would not be bullied into meeting Amazon's demands. ...

Interview with Families.com

Camille Marchetta — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:55:55 -0800

Tristi Pinkston: Your book is set right at the start of World War I. What interested you in writing about this period?Me: It's always been a period that interested me, because of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, I suppose, and Ford Maddox Ford's Parade's End Trilogy, and Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, books I read at an impressionable age. But, more to the point, The River, By ...