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The Page and the Palantir

By Douglas Nicholas - February 28, 2013

Normal 0 The Page and the Palantir One of the things that I found myself thinking about in the last year or so—and wondering why I hadn’t before—is the magical aspect to reading. I knew vaguely that there was a point when I began to read smoothly as a child, and it was no longer something I had to think about doing as I did it, and that it became very...

Stop the presses!

By Gillian Royes - February 28, 2013

I just came back from a book signing in Trinidad -- and a front-row seat on Carnival -- and made a decision. Maybe it was the soca music still whining in my head, or the whirl of dancing for numberless hours in the hot sun, but I decided to change the ending of my third book, still in manuscript form. It only took me a day to come to the conclusion and a few hours to make...

Betrayed by Dragon

By Marion Dane Bauer - February 26, 2013

Not long after I fell on the early December ice, dislocated my elbow and broke the radial bone, I wrote about having discovered Dragon software. It was quite magical. I spoke into a microphone, and the words I spoke appeared on the screen in front of me. As I said earlier, I wasn't sure I could write that way. Many years ago, I began having problems with carpel tunnel, and...

Must They Be Funny?

By Marion Dane Bauer - February 25, 2013

"Must they be funny?" It's what Shonna McNasby asked following my last blog. And her thoughtful question calls for a response. Shonna also said, "I am an aspiring author of picture books, and what I write, I’m told, is rather quiet and sometimes sad. Everywhere I look there are hilarious picture books, (which I do love), and I just saw a notice in SCBWI about a publisher who...

Guest Interview with Adriana Kraft...plus a titillating excerpt from my book

By Mamie Center - February 25, 2013

Today we’re thrilled to welcome Mamie Center, here with an interview and a sizzling excerpt from her debut erotica novel, Hollywood Hook, released in December at Simon & Schuster.Why don’t you start by telling us about yourself (Where are you from? What do you write/do in the publishing world? What do you do when you’re not writing — your “day” job, hobbies,...

Jan Bowles Romance Blog - My first interview

By Mamie Center - February 25, 2013

Guest Blogger: Mamie Center ~ Erotic Romance AuthorToday I have special guest and erotic author, Mamie Center. Mamie writes for Simon and Schuster, and recently debuted with Hollywood Hook, an erotic tale focusing on the inner workings of Hollywood. Read on to find out more about this highly sensual story...Q. Where did you get the idea for Hollywood Hook?R. I’ve lived...

An Enduring Passion

By Julie Summers - February 20, 2013

Those who know me are aware of my passion for archives. I am never happier than when up to my elbows in old papers and photographs. Much of the research for my books is done in archives. I have a wonderful very part-time research assistant who helps out on hard facts, such as the price of onions in 1940 or the amount of potash shipped to Britain from Canada in 1944, but I do...

The Joys and Pitfalls of Oral History

By Julie Summers - February 20, 2013

If someone in a bar tells you a story about their past, do you believe it wholly or do you think it might have been embellished a little to make it a cracking good yarn? It probably depends on who is telling you the story and how far-fetched it seems to you, given your experience. Normally, it does not matter. You can take it or leave it. However, when you come to interview...

A Charismatic but Fated Family

By Carol Rivers - February 15, 2013

February has a link with a very charismatic family indeed. I have always been fascinated by the part the Romanovs played in Russia’s turbulent history. So much so, that some of my research for my novel, “In the Bleak Midwinter” made quite harrowing reading. I had decided to write about another family, a very poor one, in the East End of London, at the time when the world...

The Sadness of Maturity

By Marion Dane Bauer - February 13, 2013

It was a lyrical picture-book text. The subject was spring. And it bounced back because the editor found the tone, somehow, too sad. My agent was bemused, but when he passed the comment on to me, I understood. An undercurrent of sadness often shows through in my writing. There is, truth be told, an undercurrent of sadness in me. I have never been a jolly type, even when I...

Blog Hops and Other Stops

By Joanne C. Hillhouse - February 13, 2013

Thanks for visiting my page and checking out my book Oh Gad! Before and since the book's release in April 2012, I've been busy busy busy trying to get the word out. One part of that has been the guest posts I've made at various blogs. As these give some insight to the book, my country Antigua and Barbuda, me, and the writing process, I wanted to share some of them with you....

By Marion Dane Bauer - February 5, 2013

Last July I was on the east coast, having traveled there to receive an honorary MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts where I taught for so many challenging and satisfying years. After the ceremonies my partner and I went on from Vermont to the coast of Maine, a place neither of us had ever visited before. The Maine coast, in case you don't know, looks exactly like its...

Free print-ready I'M BORED gift cards, envelopes, gift tags and bookplates

By Debbie Ridpath Ohi - February 5, 2013

To make holiday gift-giving more fun, I've created a wide range of free I'M BORED gift cards (snarky and non-snarky options) to download, print and use on regular 8.5" x 11" paper...or heavier paper if you prefer:http://debbieohi.com/im-bored-stationeryTopics include:Holiday-themed, new parents, baby gift, teacher, librarian, doctor or dentist or piano teacher for their waiting...

Print-ready I'M BORED activity sheets & tips for young writers & illustrators

By Debbie Ridpath Ohi - February 5, 2013

Hi all! I'm gradually uploading print-ready I'M BORED activity sheet PDFs for young writers and illustrators: http://debbieohi.com/im-bored-activity-pages/Also do check out my I'M BORED Classroom Activities page: http://debbieohi.com/imbored-classroom/which includes Tips For Young Artists:http://debbieohi.com/imbored-youngartists/and Tips For Young...

I'M BORED named a Children's Notable Book Of 2012 by The New York Times Sunday Book Review

By Debbie Ridpath Ohi - February 5, 2013

The New York Times Sunday Book Review listed I'M BORED in its list, Notable Children's Books Of 2012: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/books/review/notable-childrens-books-of-2012.html

Starting Over and Over and Over

By Marion Dane Bauer - January 30, 2013

Perhaps it's a curse, this business of putting your thoughts out there for other folks to see. When you do your mulling silently inside your own head you can allow yourself to forget what you said to yourself. When you publish your thoughts, even on so ethereal medium as the Internet, they have a way of hanging around. On New Year's Day I talked about starting over. I talked,...

Trinidad book launch for "The Man who Turned both Cheeks"

By Gillian Royes - January 30, 2013

Trinidad is one of my favorite countries, and Carnival in Trinidad is definitely one of the greatest shows on earth, full of spectacle and color and pure glamor! What better time to hold a book launch, then, but a few days after Carnival when folks are wondering what to do next? That's why my Trinidadian launch will be held on Saturday, February 16, at The Reader's Bookshop in...

Is Remembering Enough?

By Marion Dane Bauer - January 23, 2013

Every time I happen across a children's television program where adult actors are pretending to be children I am grateful that those of us who write for young people are permitted to appear in the world in our adult clothes. We are even allowed to grow old! What we must do, however, to make the leap from our own world to those we serve is to remember what most adults prefer to...

What Did I Learn?

By Marion Dane Bauer - January 23, 2013

Last week I wrote about spending two weeks working on a Christmas picture book and coming up at the end with a story that didn't work, even though I loved much about it. Carol Brendler wrote with a question. She said, "I typically chalk up those weeks of writing that yield nothing to a learning experience. It doesn’t feel quite so wasted then. I wonder if you feel you...

Fun, Frivolous and Fantastic

By Carol Rivers - January 18, 2013

January celebrates the New Year with wonderfully fresh fashions at London’s Fashion Week. We are treated to fun, frivolous, fantastic creations to light up the darker days of winter. I like to compare some of the current designs to those eras I write about. From the early 1900’s to the 1960’s, the connections are quite amazing. In my last novel “A SISTER’S SHAME”, my...

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