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It comes as a surprise to a novice novelist (rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?) that there is more to publishing than just writing. When the publisher's marketing arm steps in, it becomes a work in progress.
I'm terrified to discover how my book is doing, but it has to be done. I'm also deeply grateful to those who have spent their hard-earned money on "Goat Woman." My...
Merry Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas
By Sonsyrea Tate Montgomery
“We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property, it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for non-market values and non-market activity so that love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you...
If you've turned 40 and had that "what do I want to be when I grow up?"
panic attack, then you'll relate to why I wrote the book. If you haven't
turned 40 yet, this is what you have to look forward to if you don't
pursue your dreams.
I had an Oprah “aha” moment one
day in the summer of 2008. I was coming up on my fortieth birthday,
feeling like I’d reached some level...
Bruce and I have had so much fun giving interviews and talking to people about our book busting 101 cooking myths: LOBSTERS SCREAM WHEN YOU BOIL THEM. We've even hosted a few culinary trivia challenge games at bookstores across the country. What a blast!
One question comes up all the time: how'd you make the book so funny?
The secret? There are two of us. You know the hardest...
I’ve just sent my new book off to my editor and I’m feeling slightly bittersweet. It’s hard to let go of this one, but as my editor just return-emailed me to say, ‘it’s in safe hands’, and I know that she’s right.I have loved writing One Perfect Summer – it’s my favourite book that I’ve written so far. This year has been hectic – my husband and I bought and...
Posted on Booksandthecity.co.uk in July 2011I love living in London. Today I went with my family to Westminster Abbey, the place where thirty-eight monarchs have been crowned king or queen in the last thousand years. The history is breathtaking, and this incredible city is surrounded by it. Recently we took the kids to see the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum, and in a...
We interrupt this National Novel Writing Month for a couple of special announcements. First, the e-book version of The One That I Want will go on sale only three weeks from today, on December 6! You can pre-order it for Kindle or Nook. If you prefer a paperback, it will be in stores on February 7. You can pre-order it now from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Second, thanks to...
Greetings, all. For the past year and a half, I've been wearing the same jeans and T-shirts (laundered when needed) while I work on a new novel....adult fiction, this time around. Now that I've come out of hibernation, I want to go shopping! What should I wear? I'm totally out of it....
Have you ever wondered whether or not vampires go trick or treating? Most of them can't eat candy, right? So if they did go door to door on October 31st (in or out of costume), I'm guessing they might handle things very very... differently.
If you're curious about how the vampires in Void City do it, check my short story set between ReVamped and Crossed. It's available as...
Shortly after the 2011 new year, I received an email from Michelle, the
director of a Hospice in a North Adelaide, South Australia. A new cookie
club, inspired by the novel, brought cookies to the hospice. “A lady
by the name of Carole and her cookie club friends shared with us an
amazing gesture, delivering to our 16 bed facility copious beautifully
home baked and decorated...
They like me. They really, really like me.I now know how Sally Field felt. Writers have their own version of The Other 99 Percent.Concurrently, there is the 1 Percent, too: those authors who have been lucky enough have some pretty powerful -- and persistant -- fairy godfolk to help them prosper in this quirky profession: like an agent who wiped off the slush around them and saw...
Friends,
I wanted to share the latest blogger reviews of my new novel, Book of Dreams,
with you, and to alert you of FIVE opportunities to win a copy. To
enter the giveaway contests, simply click the links to each blog and
follow each blogger's instructions.
Here are excerpts from two reviews I just received:
Tammy’s Book Parlor by Tammy...
Nick de Bois MP: I want this amendment to go through so that we
have mandatory custodial sentences. Waving a knife around is a
threatening act. It can draw people into knife crime. I hope the
Government will come around to my point of view. I’m pleased that with
such a strong presence of support from backbenchers, I hope the
Government will understand there’s a lot of...
When an author starts a series, there is some trepidation about how it will be received. Will the plot lines be acceptable, even understandable, to readers? Will the characters be authentic enough? What about the location and pace? Will the whole thing hang together? So many questions and so few people to help.
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay, the first in the Shad...
'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,' so said Keats in one of the poems I remember from school. Actually I also remember reading it when I was starving and all that talk of fruit and nuts really striking a chord. However, autumn is the 'most boring season', according to most. In spring you have pretty flowers, an earth awakening and warming; summer days are long and hot,...
It was only two months ago when I last posted and now it's October already! My latest novel, In The Bleak Midwinter, is about to be published both in paperback and digital format. I once thought that reading from an electronic device could never match the joy of holding a book in my hands. My view was shared by many in the early days of the new technology, but slowly this...
A busy time at the beach for the Island Turtle Team. In the morning we get word about turtle tracks and race to find the nests, and in the evenings we act as midwives to the nests, guiding the hatchlings safely to the sea. This summer we're getting a lot of nests. And not only are the turtles keeping us on our toes—the ghost crabs are taking a turn at it!
At 6:30...
“Please write a sequel.”
This is a frequent and flattering comment I get on my website guestbook pages, in my email inbox and at signing events. Interestingly, the majority of these requests are for The Beach House and its sequel, Swimming Lessons. People are curious to learn more about the lives of Lovie, Cara and Brett, Toy, Little Lovie and Ethan at the quaint, charming...
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...
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