Today, we have a very special guest with us–paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and middle grade/young adult author Patricia Eimer! *applauds* I’ve been lucky enough to work with Patty on numerous projects now and not only does she write funny and engaging novels but she is an idea machine. She always has […]
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I consider myself an experienced writer. After all, I’ve been a newspaper reporter, a producer for CBS News, and the author of four true crime books. But I had never written a memoir until I began trying two years ago. Writing a memoir is different. My first […]
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Why, hello again, Booklanders! It’s time for us to chat about something a bit more serious—and infuriating—about the state of the book biz these days. Earlier this week, B&N announced who the typical Nook customers are: women a little afraid about […]
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What does it mean to be a writer? What does it take? Putting your ass in the chair, that’s what. I don’t often feel like a “real” writer because I’m not published. My childhood goal was to be the next S.E. Hinton, to get published before I was 14 years old. […]
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Don’t judge a book by its cover. We hear that all the time, but the truth of it is that covers *do* matter. Like it or not, many readers often use covers to determine the “quality” of a book, even if what’s on the outside isn’t indicative of the inside. […]
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I was talking to Danielle a few weeks and sharing some ideas I’d had about Christmas gifts, I sent her a link to a shirt on TopatoCo, which she later posted here, along with some other choice materials from the site. After sharing our favorites of the various witty t-shirts, […]
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I signed up to be a writing tutor in college because I thought I would get to “edit” students’ papers. Imagine my disappointment when I learned that there was no copyediting involved in the job at all. Instead, we were discussing content and organization and helping […]
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I was standing at the ticket counter for United Airlines last April, getting ready to attend my first ROMANTIC TIMES conference, when the airline rep asked me where I was headed. I remember giving her this sort of self-deprecating smile and telling her that I’d written a book, and was going […]
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