Tag: book
group name: novelistlounge
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May 22, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
To all the members of the group Writing a Book Proposal:
To get some insight into other people's experiences with query letters / proposals, I would like to recommend that we join in this little survey. . . .
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November 13, 2008 10:53 PM EST --
Twelve years ago, I took the astonishing step of gaining the reversion of all my books from my English language publishers and converting them into digital formats. Most people thought I had lost my mind, . . .
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June 03, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
I said I wasn't going to write one of these articles, the kind that asks a question. But I want to know.
What fiction do you read? Do you read by genre? By author? . . .
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June 04, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Many of my author friends have been asking how I created my book trailer, how much time it took, and what it cost me. As I have explained to everyone who has asked, this is something that anyone can do, . . .
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March 09, 2007 06:02 PM EST --
The NY Times Book Review of 18 Feb* has a review by Kathryn Harrison of Joan Acocella's Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays (Illustrated. 524 pp. Pantheon Books. $30). It looks like a terrific . . .
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July 03, 2006 04:14 AM EDT --
I was a newbie writer, despite the fact that it took me eight long years to finish my first manuscript. One I thought would never be finished. You know the one. The book you have tucked . . .
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January 27, 2006 04:30 AM EST --
Are you writing a book? Have you written a book and are you now trying to get it published? Have you always wanted to write a book, but never tried? Have you written many books and been . . .
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November 10, 2008 10:42 PM EST --
I recently ordered the updated version of my book, No Sensible People with the new cover in Lulu's new "publisher's grade" paper -- which is a little cheaper. Lulu won't do the ISBN . . .
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September 26, 2007 08:46 PM EDT --
I had the privilege today of attending Terry Shaw's book signing at Borders in Boston. It was a very warm late September day in the city. I drove up from Cape Cod and . . .
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August 19, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Question:
--- In trtreadingcircle@yahoogroups.com, (a good little group, even if it's not on Gather) "Rjay" <irish.bratz@...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have been a member her . . .
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October 13, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
I travel a great deal these days for work. Between business meetings and lunches, plane rides and cab fares, I have far less time than I'd like to read. When I find a little time to myself, . . .
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October 24, 2008 08:35 AM EDT --
Bertram: Thank you for joining us today, Mr. Dante.
Dante: Just Dante.
Bertram: Okay. Dante. I’m pleased you consented to this interview. We are all interested in your story. . . .
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October 26, 2008 07:48 AM EDT --
“I don’t want there to be any misconceptions or hurt feelings between us, Nora.”
The sound of his harsh voice snapped her attention back to him. “Misconceptions?” she repeated, confused. . . .
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July 07, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
If you're writing your scene between two characters, delving deep into the emotions of your hero, only to hop over to the heroine and explore her feelings before jumping back into the hero's head, . . .
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April 11, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
After the great comments from more than 90 people as a First Chapters submission, the Leviathan has been revised to meet YOUR suggestions. Most of them, anyway. The entire story is now in the past tense . . .
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March 13, 2008 04:31 AM EDT --
(Replay of my Wednesday blog interview)
I adore how the entire Embarcadero area of San Francisco has made a dramatic resurgence over the years. The Ferry Building especially has gone through . . .
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March 24, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
Please join myself and Geoffrey Edwards on Thursday March 27th at 7 PM eastern as we host Cait Murphy, author of Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest . . .
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May 03, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
Every unpublished author has the same problem: You do your reseach, you spot a promising agent or publisher (one of the few who accept submissions from previously unpublished authors), you find out exactly . . .
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March 08, 2008 11:41 PM EST --
I flipped through John Gardner's On Writers and Writing earlier today. In places tedious and too highbrow for a casual read, it nevertheless started me thinking. About novelists. About their novels. . . .
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May 08, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
INTERVIEW
1. Debbie, you got the initial idea for Twenty Wishes from a reader. What influence have readers had on your books and your career?
I always listen to my readers and . . .
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