Tag: writing
group name: talkaboutbooks
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May 27, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Last year I went to Book Expo America and carried home fifty pounds of advance copies that I read and reviewed from July to December. It was a really fun experience to consume the Fall Big Books before . . . more
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March 03, 2008 05:52 PM EST --
Hey y'all
So HarperCollins has started this cool thing of giving authors their own little - or not so little, actually! - websites on the HarperCollins site, and mine went live this week! So . . . more
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November 15, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
I cried when I read this book "BRINGING ASHA HOME". It's a perfect gift for so many people this holiday season, specially to friends who have adopted children from overseas and to . . . more
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October 12, 2007 09:08 PM EDT --
I suppose Fall is a big season for literary awards. Diana Raabe recently reported on the Nobel Prize for Literature, and here I have received a piece of mail announcing the finalists for this year's . . . more
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May 07, 2007 01:11 AM EDT --
I have recently finished wading through a pile of submissions that I evaluated for a writing contest. Do not let this happen to you. Even if the money sounds good, there is no way it's . . . more
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November 30, 2007 11:08 PM EST --
I have to say, I'd never appreciated Stephen King's wit quite enough. I read a few of his books, most notably, 'Salem's Lot , and I've seen a few of his movies ( The Stand . . . more
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April 01, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
This past week I received one of those forwarded emails that we all get from time to time. This one was from my sister-in-law (who is nine days older than I am) and was about the benefits of growing . . . more
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March 25, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
Recently I was riding in my car (blissfully and unexpectedly alone—except for my dog) and I heard an old Rod Stewart song. I'm not certain of the title but the lyrics go something like . . . more
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September 17, 2007 10:50 AM EDT --
1984
by George Orwell
(5/5 stars)
"1984"--or "Nineteen Eighty-Four" in the Oldspeak--is one of those books prophecizing doom that has remained relevant enough to generate a famous . . . more
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October 15, 2007 04:54 PM EDT --
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
(5/5 stars)
I haven't seen more than a few minutes of the famous 1975 film version of this novel. But even for me, it's hard reading this . . . more
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December 31, 2007 04:26 PM EST --
Book Review: The Ultimate Tea Diet by Mark "dr. tea" Ukra
I received this book about a week ago and find I am enjoying it very much. It's a book that's easy to read . . . more
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February 06, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
Title: Pervalism
Author: M.E Ellis
Publisher: Wild Child Publishing
Publisher's Address: P.O. Box 4897, Culver City, CA, 90231-4897
ISBN number: 1-934069-21-3. . . . more
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January 27, 2008 06:23 PM EST --
I took some photos this afternoon that I may use for the cover of my Katrina Wedding book. It was just an idea I had to get a wedding photo and make it look like it was in the rubble of a house that . . . more
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June 25, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
I have read every single one of Chuck Palahniuk's books, with my favorite being Invisible Monsters . His last novel, Rant , was so twisted and incredible that I have recommended it to many people. . . . more
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June 24, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
I'm getting pretty close to self publishing my first novel. Naturally, I would like to get some reviews of it to place on my website to help promote it. It seems like a fairly common thing for authors . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:42 AM EST --
It started as a picture in my mind: a young woman wallking on a beach with the sun coming up. The beach was wide and long and she was the only person on it. Was she alone by her own choice or because . . . more
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October 02, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
Money
by Martin Amis
(3/5 stars)
While "Money" is a highly entertaining, raunchy yarn, it suffers when read 20+ years later from being an '80s novel. Like every story . . . more
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March 17, 2008 04:37 PM EDT --
All little girls love pink.
Right?
Wrong.
Despite the rosy-tinted title and cover of my latest book, I must confess that loving the color pink came relatively late to me. It took an unusually, . . . more
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June 22, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
i've read beryl's writing for many years - her eloquent columns of life on the north shore provided much-needed balm to my city-dwelling soul, stranded in minneapolis. i longed to be on a lake, . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
I write about my obsessions. I have a lot of them so I stay pretty busy. Little Pink Raincoat is a prime example of dual obsessions: men and fashion. To me, they're inextricably linked. The book . . . more
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