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Editorial Staff

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

        Brisingr Christopher Paolini Knopf 9/30/08 Hardcover/763 pages ISBN: 0-375826-72-6 Buy This Book www.amazon.com         ". . . unforgettable characters in a believable three-dimensional world." Brisingr: The...

Writing Well

WRITING WELL by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro October 2008 "A reader has a short attention span. You have to get hold of him and tell him what you mean." —Shapiro "The secret of good writing," William Zissner wrote in his classic book on writing...

The Art of Fiction: What’s Your M.O.?

      Dissonance, a Novel by Lisa Lenard-Cook Buy This Book via Amazon.com The Art of Fiction:  What’s Your M.O.? by Lisa Lenard-Cook October, 2008   Lisa Lenard-Cook is a regular columnist for Authorlink. She is an award-winning...

Human Love by Andreï Makine

    Human Love Andreï Makine Arcade 9-24-08 Hardcover/264 pages ISBN: 1-559708-57-3 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .vivid and lasting images that haunt and touch the deepest emotions." Human Love: The quest for love through...

First to Kill by Andrew Peterson

  First to Kill Andrew Peterson Dorchester Leisure 9/08/08 Trade Paperback/356 pages ISBN: 0-843961449 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . a finely honed thriller that is at times brutal and fast-paced . . ." First To Kill: Personal vengeance,...

Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder by Gyles Brandreth Buy This Book via Amazon.com Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder by Gyles Brandreth Touchstone, September 2008 Trade Paperback, 416 pages ISBN-10: 1-4165-3484-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-3484-6 The second witty...

Hippocrates’ Shadow

Hippocrates’ Shadow

Hippocrates' Shadow by David H. Newman, M. D. Buy This Book via Amazon.com Hippocrates' Shadow Secrets from the House of Medicine By David H. Newman, M. D. Scribner, September 2008 Hardcover, 256 pages ISBN-10: 1-4165-5153-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5153-9 Everyone knows...

The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau

  The Diamond of Darkhold 4th Book of Ember Jeanne DuPrau Random House 8-26-08 Hardcover/285 pages ISBN: 978-0-375-85571-9 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . uncluttered prose, evoking a bleak and surprising landscape." The Diamond of Darkhold:...

Writing as an Actor

  Writing as an Actor by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro September 2008 "Writing, at its best, is a kind of acting. You have to inhabit the character to be able to write about him." —Shapiro Sitting in front of the computer, writing and rewriting,...