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Dear Mother, I have writer’s block
Dear Mother, I have writer's block July 2013 Watch for her insights every month on Authorlink "You have to get something on the page before you can pass judgment on it." —Shapiro Reading the April 29th, 2013 New Yorker, I came across an article by...
The Lonely Writer’s Companion–“Can I Make Up Dialogue in My Memoir?”
"The trick, as with all aspects of memoir, is to use the tools of fiction writing to be true to each character’s voice. . ." —Lenard-Cook The Lonely Writer’s Companion: “Can I Make Up Dialogue in My Memoir?” This month,...
Sylvia Day’s New Novel Entwines Readers: Audio Interview
As a young couple navigating the first serious love affair either of them has ever had, Gideon and Eva are learning from their mistakes and making new ones, while being tested by challenges both external and internal. These two passionate and tempestuous lovers have dark pasts to overcome, but their all-consuming and deeply physical love for each other is worth fighting for and they know it…
Soul-Quencher: An interview with Melanie Crowder, Author of Parched
Author Melanie Crowder makes her powerful middle-grade debut with Parched (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013), this poignant story told in spare, almost poetic prose. The book has already stirred talk of awards and annual best-of lists as the critical kudos pour in
And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Blood transcends man-made barriers and calls to its own. The ties that bind extend well into adulthood for a sister and a brother, pulled apart by a father’s necessity and a couples’ greed.
Oscar Wilde and the Murders At Reading Gaol by Gyles Brandreth
Writer and poet Oscar Wilde lived a flamboyant, extravagant life, right up until he was sentenced to two years of hard labour in her majesty’s gaol for gross indecency, or what is now termed homosexuality. During this time, Wilde suffers on small portions of skilly, long days of picking oakum, and unbearable hours of staring into nothing but the inky blackness of his own cell without the mental stimulus which had intoxicated him in his previous life.
Seduction by M.J. Rose
In her book Seduction, M. J. Rose uses themes of reincarnation, the afterlife and satanic possession to stir the reader’s curiosity and anticipation for what will come next.
Writing a Scene as if You Were Auditioning for the Reader
Writing a Scene as if You Were Auditioning for the Reader Rerun in June 2013 by popular demand Watch for Rochelle Jewel Shapiro's insights every month on Authorlink "The Book...
Lonely Writer’s Companion – Where Have All the Bookstores Gone?
The Lonely Writer’s Companion Where Have All the Bookstores Gone? "I was so stunned by what greeted me." —Lenard-Cook I needed a new Rand McNally Road Atlas, having recycled my circa 1999 edition when we moved last summer. So off I headed to the...
