Tag: authors
group name: bookwomen
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June 30, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
i've been reading so many good books by women, and have noticed that many women here on gather are either published, have a manuscript in the works, or are still writing...
recent articles . . . more
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January 26, 2008 11:50 AM EST --
I've been on Gather.com for some months now. Some of you may know that I work part-time as a professional book reviewer. What you don't know is why you may not recognize the authors . . . more
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April 24, 2007 06:19 PM EDT --
Anne Perry's books enthrall me like no others. I knew that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Serbia started WWI and that's about all I knew of that war until . . . more
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May 09, 2008 02:18 PM EDT --
Often I have felt like I was all alone - just me and life's trials. Do you know what I mean? Each stage of my life has presented many challenges but I think the time that my daughters left home was . . . more
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December 31, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
As a kid, the author that really inspired me to become an author was L.M. Montgomery. Most of you will know her as the author of Anne of Green Gables. But she wrote loooots more books, series, and . . . more
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April 19, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of The Scent of God, I am offering a free signed copy to each of 10 lucky winners. All you have to do is share your feelings about the book jacket after . . . more
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February 03, 2007 09:07 AM EST --
I’ve often wondered how important setting is to a story. And like many things I have come to learn as an author, it depends on your plot, characters...well your book. Sometimes the setting is of . . . more
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July 14, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
This has now happened to me enough times that it's worthy of a write-up. Someone will ask me the innocent question, "What's your book about?" and, though I could wax poetic about it . . . more
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October 04, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
I just got back from Los Angeles, and while i loved walking along the Pacific Ocean and dining al fresco, the trip would not have been nearly as much fun if I hadn't attended the West Hollywood Book . . . more
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August 13, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Last month, I wrote an article regarding why it is not in the best interest of readers or writers to always support bookstores. Now there is more fuel to put on that fire.
It seems a . . . more
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January 03, 2007 08:33 PM EST --
I was reading someone’s gather article today, and the poster asked about some good books to read. She asked for any book, saying she was willing to read any genre or subject. She just wanted to hear . . . more
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July 07, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
The point I am about to make is reiterated before me as the word "blogger" is underlined in red in my Microsoft Word document. Spell check has no idea what a blogger is, and, for a long time, . . . more
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July 01, 2008 11:14 AM EDT --
The publishing of a notorious diary is an act that celebrates the collected chapters of an extraordinary life. Sometimes the author is aware of the publication while other times they are tragically unable . . . more
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March 31, 2008 04:00 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to have any insider information here. Only my own business experiences.
Many self-publishing websites have been abuzz over the weekend at the earth shattering announcement . . . more
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December 30, 2006 05:39 PM EST --
I always loved to write. I used to write silly short stories and read them to my brothers and sisters (I am the oldest of 5!!) I remember being in Jr. High and looking out the windows of my classroom composing . . . more
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October 12, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
As some of you already know, the masochist in me likes to log in to Yahoo Answers. I also frequent a lot writing sites. Frankly, I am often at a loss to understand why people continue to share . . . more
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October 15, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
Stealing K Anne's Questionaire:
Four jobs you had had in your life:
(1) Door-to-door vacuum sales
(2) Public Relations assistant for City of Bridgeton
(3) Office Goddess (i.e. executive . . . more
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March 29, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
What author, do you think, is the MOST over-rated?
I really feel that some authors are over hyped, and really have mediocre talent. I think, the only reason they are known so much, is purely because of . . . more
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August 31, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I frequent a lot of writing communities. Some I participate in as a writer. Others I participate in as a mentor. Some I just sit back and shake my head at the car wrecks that pass for . . . more
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May 28, 2008 11:13 AM EDT --
I was at a dinner party once when someone threw a question out to the group, "If you were stranded on a deserted island, would you rather be stuck with a man or a woman?"
My first response . . . more
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