October 2013 Watch for her insights every month on Authorlink "Irony is a great way of writing something scathing in a detached way." —Shapiro Yes, that’s what irony is, the contrast between the way something seems to be or what it really is or...
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Jamie Ford’s Songs of Willow Frost Explores Forgiveness
Songs of Willow Frost Jamie Ford Random House 9/10/2013 ISBN: 978-0-34552202-3 An Authorlink VIDEO interview with New York Times Bestselling Author Jamie Ford Jamie Ford Photo by Laurence Kim More than a million readers have fallen in love with Jamie...
Thomas Keneally’s New Novel May Exceed Shindler’s List
The Daughters of Mars Thomas Keneally Atria; August 20, 2013; Hardcover; ISBN: 978-1-47673461-3 Audio Interview With the Author 20-minute audio interview Thomas Keneally “Poignant . . . masterly . . . epic . . . [Keneally] has rescued forgotten heroines from obscurity...
The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice
The Heavens Rise By Christopher Rice Buy This Book via Amazon.com Gallery Books | 336 pages | 9781476716084 | October 2013 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou—where three friends...
Because I Said So! by Ken Jennings
Because I Said So! By Ken Jennings Buy This Book via Amazon.com Scribner | 272 pages | 9781476706962 } October 2013 Is any of it true? If so, how true? Ken Jennings wants to find out if parents always know best. Yes, all those years you were told not to sit too close...
What’s It Like? More on Metaphor
What's It Like? More on Metaphor by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro Septembert 2013 Watch for her insights every month on Authorlink "Metaphor isn’t reserved for literature." —Shapiro Metaphor isn’t reserved for literature. It’s how we...
The Lonely Writer’s Companion — “What Do Manuscript Editors Do?”
The Lonely Writer's Companion “What Do Manuscript Editors Do?” Welcome to the new improved Lonely Writer’s Companion! The format’s simple: You send in your questions, and each month I’ll select one to answer. Email your questions to...
Does Quality Matter in Books Today?
Does quality matter in books today? If so, why? With the seismic shift in publishing these days, and the reality that virtually anyone can publish a book, one of the odd changes has of course been that the gatekeepers no longer exist. I.e., you don’t have...
A Commonplace Killing by Sian Busby
Atria Books/Marble Arch Press 272 pages ISBN 9781476730295 On a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman’s body in a bomb site in north London. The woman is identified as Lillian Frobisher, a wife and mother who lived in a war-damaged terrace a few...
Si-cology 101 by Si Robertson
Howard Books 240 pages ISBN 9781476745374 September 2013 You know him from the hit A&E show Duck Dynasty—now you can enjoy Uncle Si’s tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection! “These hands are so fast, I can get...
