Tag: arts
group name: bookwomen
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July 28, 2007 08:30 PM EDT --
(Loretta is a fictional character in my novel-in-progress)
Dear Loretta: I know how much you miss your old job as the mayor's assistant. You had prestiege and power and then you got fired. I . . . more
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July 06, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I never really thought too much about book covers until I started sitting on the other side of the desk. They seem to be one of those things you take for granted. We all like to think that . . . more
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July 11, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
Horton's Books & Gifts in Carrollton, GA, would fit gracefully in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The oldest bookstore in Georgia (established in 1892) with its wood floors providing . . . more
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . . more
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April 09, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
Last spring, while packing away my aunt's belongings at her lakeside cottage, I discovered this letter in a box of old party games...
February 13, 2004
To Whom It May Concern:
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August 08, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
The biennial AEC Conference on Southern Literature is a writers conference for readers. Held every two years in the spring in Chattanooga, Tennessee in conjunction with the meeting of the Fellowship of . . . more
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July 26, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
Decatur, Georgia (a small city due east of downtown Atlanta), will hold its second annual AJC Decatur Book Festival from August 31 to September 2, 2007. Over 240 authors (including Charles Frazier, . . . more
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October 11, 2006 12:24 PM EDT --
Indian writer Kiran Desai, who at the age of 35 has become the youngest woman ever to win Britain's most prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize, Wednesday recalled her parent's efforts . . . more
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August 08, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses is a great resource for writers who want to publish in literary magazines. The web site http://www.clmp.org has a wealth of resources for the writer . . . more
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May 28, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I love this little book and I’m not a knitter. I knit but how can someone who's spent more than two years trying to knit one hat -- call themselves a knitter? I do love knitters and knitted things. . . . more
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August 16, 2007 12:33 AM EDT --
If you want to understand the importance of voice in fiction, read page 1 of Patricia Wood's deeply affecting debut novel, Lottery. I can almost guarantee you will be instantly hooked.
No one . . . more
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May 23, 2007 01:11 PM EDT --
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Con Iggulden & Hal Iggulden
Collins
270 pages
"I love it. I can't wait to make a bow and arrow," my son exclaimed when I asked him what he thought of the . . . more
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October 12, 2006 10:49 AM EDT --
Turkey's best-known novelist Orhan Pamuk, who faced trial this year for insulting his country, won the 2006 Nobel prize for Literature on Thursday.
"In the quest for the melancholic . . . more
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May 25, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Hi all,
Today on my blog, The Dark Phantom Review, is romantic suspense author Lois Winston.
Enjoy the interview at www.thedarkphantom.wordpress.com
Cheers!
Mayra Calvani, www.mayracalvani.com
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December 03, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
I thought I’d completed the process of writing a book when my memoir, The Scent of God , was published by Counterpoint, NY, this April. I didn’t realize that the most arduous part of authorship . . . more
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May 28, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
The Liar’s Diary: A Book Review
Gather keeps getting better. I keep bumping into fine writers that I hadn’t encountered before and a growing number of outstanding authors. Often these . . . more
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September 13, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
Title : Etched City
Author: K. J. Bishop
Publisher: . . . more
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July 02, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
Yep. I've started a new gather group. Just what you all needed, right? ;)
My goal for this group is to provide an interactive community where our readers, visitors, writers, and artists . . . more
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July 31, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the word "publish" is defined as follows: To prepare and issue (printed material) for public distribution or sale. By this definition, printing . . . more
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April 09, 2007 12:59 PM EDT --
©2007 Cheryl Kaye Tardif
For any great novelist, defining your cast of intriguing characters is the key to the success of your story. So how do you maintain the image of your characters--both . . . more
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