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A gossip queen dissecting politics? A political pundit musing about sports? A romance novelist waxing poetic on music? You read it here first... see what your favorite literary personalities have to say about life beyond books.

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A Turtle Season of Highs and Lows

By Mary Alice Monroe - October 12, 2011

The first breath of fall has come to the Isle of Palms. An early cold front brought a chill to the dawn air. I wake early and wrap favorite patchwork wool and cashmere shawl around my shoulders, slip my bare feet into sandals and step out into the morning. The scent of pluff mud is strong this morning and I smile. It is the scent of home. There is an inventory of a...

Biographical Ponderings...

By Mike Dooley - October 7, 2011

I used to think everyone knew something that I didn't. They, like I, weren't aware of what it was, and they didn't seem to notice that I was without it, but to me the difference was painful. Life's "little things" seemed second nature to others, whereas I felt I had to fake that I knew what was going on. I felt awkwardly different, which led to an overwhelming desire to question...

11 Things That Inspire Me

By K. L. Brady - October 6, 2011

1.God. My spirituality is what gives me the air to breathe and the strength to endure life’s challenges. All things are possible through Him. 2. Peace and stillness. My mind gets so clear when things are truly quiet. But not just my environment, my mind. It’s hard to quiet the mind when you have so many ideas running through it. 3. Watching...

The Library of Hidden Knowledge series

By Ruth L. Miller - October 4, 2011

Most of us are in the habit of thinking that whatever we figure out or discover is brand new and never been thought before, but as the old saying goes, "There's nothing new under the sun." This means that, if we're willing to seek them out, we can almost always find people who've been on a similar path, and they can help us with our own.That's why we created the Library of...

From the Author

By Mike Dooley - September 30, 2011

When it comes to living the life of one's dreams, there are those who think they must go it alone; that they must be the early bird, know all the right people, and succeed by the sweat of their brow - and they carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. Then there are those who have read all the books, done all the workshops, and concluded that it's simply a matter of...

Talking to Myself

By Sarah Beth Durst - September 26, 2011

Last week I celebrated the book birthday for my latest YA novel, DRINK, SLAY, LOVE, so I thought I'd take a moment to tell the story of how this book came to be. Here's a rough transcript: MY BRAIN: So, what are we writing about next? ME: I really like unicorns. MY BRAIN: What are you, four years old? ME: What's wrong with unicorns? MY BRAIN: Unicorns are not cool....

A Gathering Storm - what are your stories?

By Rachel Hore - September 19, 2011

I'm very excited at the publication of my new novel, A GATHERING STORM. With its setting of World War Two, it was an intense experience to research and write, and it's not without some trepidation that I view the prospect of sharing this experience with my readers now. I very much hope that you enjoy the book. Maybe, like me, you grew up thrilled by stories your parents...

Perfection of Moment - 10 Experiences to Experience That Will Make You a Better Writer

By Richard Doetsch - August 22, 2011

PERFECTION OF MOMENT. Some people only experience it a few times in life: those times when everything is going your way. But, in point of fact, the experience occurs much more often than we realize, we are just too distracted by e-mail, blackberries, cell phones, thinking of tomorrow, next week, next year to realize it. What I call Perfection of Moment is when all of your...

Writers and Rioters

By Sophie Hardach - August 20, 2011

"Come to Hackney! It's fun!" "Right, that's a great start. Can you think of something even catchier?" "Hmmm...Come to Hackney! Jump for Joy! Come to Hackney! Sell, sell, sell!" The Hackney Pirates, a brilliant literacy project in east London, was one of the less visible victims of this week's riots - their building was evacuated on Tuesday and they had to cut short their summer...

Interview with Portugal publisher

By Jude Deveraux - August 18, 2011

1. You have a degree in Art. However, your career is as a writer. How did this happen? How did you discover your passion and vocation for writing? I really and truly wanted to be one of the top artistic weavers in the world, but after I graduated from college, I found that no one was willing to pay me for weaving. I got a job teaching elementary school. I loved the kids but...

The East End and where it all began...

By Carol Rivers - August 15, 2011

What is the inspiration for writing novels?This is a question most writers are asked and in my case, it’s always the Isleof Dogs, the heart of London's East End. It began in the 1920’s, when Grandad was given the chance to rent a small, three-bedroom council terrace with a front parlour, kitchen and yard. Having lived in just two rooms above a shop with a shared outside...

Happy Birthday IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

By Carol Rivers - August 15, 2011

A special birthday blog for my latest book IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER, published in hardback, August 2011. IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER is published this week with the paperback published in two months time, October. I'm very proud of MIDWINTER, as the book took a lot of crafting, as the topics I wrote about were very hot at the time it was set in 1918. And are reflected in many...

The story behind The Good Jihadist

By Bob Shepherd - August 3, 2011

Since 2004, I’ve worked as a security advisor to media operating in the AfPak region; a role that has enabled me to access people and places off limits to most westerners. A particularly eye opening assignment took place in 2007, when I accompanied a group of news broadcasters to key cities around Pakistan. My clients and I went to Islamabad’s notorious “Red...

Taliban Trout - a recipie I submitted to a Pakistani friend's wedding book

By Paul Pickering - August 2, 2011

Trout Taliban First choose an overcast day to fish by a river such as the Oxus. On such a day the trout will rise more swiftly. It will also be less likely that you will be blown out of your flip-flops by a Hell-fire missile. Such things spoil a day’s fishing. So send your brother mujahedeen to the top of the nearest hill to watch and listen. Trust in Allah, peace be unto him,...

LOVE STORY hits the shelves today!

By Jennifer Echols - July 20, 2011

Happy release day to me! Love Story appears in bookstores and Kroger today! For links to lots of giveaways, visit my blog at jenniferechols.livejournal.com!

Let's win this thing!

By Jennifer Echols - July 18, 2011

Snag free copies of Love Story and my other romantic dramas all over the web and at showings of Friends with Benefits on opening weekend! Deets on my blog at http://jenniferechols.livejournal.com.

NOT DROWNED, JUST POISONED...

By Sarah Rayne - July 18, 2011

For me, it’s usually a building that inspires the plot of a book. But for What Lies Beneath it was an entire village. Quite near to where I live is a beautiful and mostly unspoilt village. It’s chockfull of history – it’s home to the 1,000 year-old Horn Dance; it’s mentioned in the Domesday Book, Henry VIII dissolved its monastery, and Dick Turpin...

Why I Wrote Emerald

By Karen Wallace - July 15, 2011

I have always been fascinated by Tudor times. If I could choose to be stuck in a lift with anyone, it would be Elizabeth I. With EMERALD, I wanted to find a voice that was modern and engaging. Emotions don't change like fashions and while I tried hard to make Emerald a girl of her time, she had to be first and foremost a girl who had problems and worries that anyone...

Publication Day Approaches!

By Timothy Knapman - July 12, 2011

I don't know if Thursdays mean anything to you. You might have recently had a birthday on a Thursday, or you might like it because it's the day before Friday and so you can almost feel the weekend coming with all that expectation of fun and getting to do not very much. Some of you - I will stop this soon, I promise - may be so into Norse mythology that you love Thursdays...

Gearing for the release of _Love's Damage_

By Timothy Michael Carson - July 11, 2011

So anxious about the upcoming release of Love's Damage this August. The website is being revamped and a new blog is being created.

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