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On Writing Historical Fiction

On Writing Historical Fiction

On Writing Historical Fiction The contract: You have two paragraphs to define your universe by Steven B. Yates Assistant Director/Marketing Director, University Press of Mississippi April 2010 Steven B. Yates is a guest columnist for Authorlink.   In...

Artful Ways of Introducing a Character

Artful Ways of Introducing a Character by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro April 2010 "The way not to introduce a character is having him or her look into a mirror . . ." —Shapiro The way not to introduce a character is having him or her look into a mirror and...

The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald

  The Irresistible Henry House Lisa Grunwald Random House 3-20-10 Hardcover/417 pages ISBN: 978-1-4000-6300-0 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . a breathtakingly beautiful trip down memory lane . . ." Not only is this a wonderful love story of a...

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

  House Rules Jodi Picoult ATRIA Books 3-20-10 Hardcover/532 pages ISBN: 978-0743296434 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   "Mystery, suspense, family saga…every genre of book seems to be covered by this novel . . ." Jacob is a brilliant young...

Superbug by Maryn McKenna

Superbug by Maryn McKenna

LURKING in our homes, hospitals, schools, and farms is a terrifying pathogen that is evolving faster than the medical community can track it or drug developers can create antibiotics to quell it. That pathogen is MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus—and Superbug is the first book to tell the story of its shocking spread and the alarming danger it poses to us all.

The River Kings’ Road by Liane Merciel

The River Kings’ Road by Liane Merciel

A thrilling new voice in fantasy makes an unforgettable debut with this “intriguingly twisted tale of treachery and magic” (New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.). Liane Merciel’s The River Kings’ Road takes us to a world of bitter enmity between kingdoms, divided loyalties between comrades, and an insidious magic that destroys everything it touches. . . .

The Romance Novel

The Romance Novel

THE ROMANCE NOVEL by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro March 2010 "The first thing you have to do if you want to write romance novels is to read them. . ." —Shapiro Romance, we all love it. It’s the basis of most great works, but what I’m talking...

A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott

A Wish After Midnight Zetta Elliott amazonencore 2-20-10 eBook/270 pages ISBN: 978-098255505-7 Buy This Book www.amazon.com           "A wonderful story that will make readers think. . ." A Wish After Midnight: A beautiful young...

Requiem by Fire by Wayne Caldwell

  Requiem by Fire Wayne Caldwell Random House 2-20-10 Hardcover/352 pages ISBN: 978-1-4000-6344-4 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . a remembrance of a hardworking, better time in human history." Like a Knight defending his dying horse in...