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Welcome to Author, an on-line
magazine for writers and readers, featuring
interviews with best-selling and first-time
authors, reviews, articles, and
more.
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Now podcasting on
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Coming Soon!
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Alice Hoffman Interview
The author of
The Third Angel: A Novel
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Daily
Minute
Lisa See on going to dark places in fiction.
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(Click image to
watch interview.)
For more author
interviews, please visit our
interviews section.
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Dispatches From
The Publishing Front
Inside the Agent/Editor
Relationship
by Erin Brown
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Editor's
Blog
by Bill Kenower |
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All authors need agents. Period. There, I said it. I
won’t take it back, and you can’t make me. I’m sure there are a few
of you reading this who think they’ll do just fine without one of
those 15% grabbers, so I’ve put together a short quiz. If you answer
“yes” to even one of these questions, you’re absolutely right: you
do not need an agent. So stop reading because your book is certainly
already published. more...
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I love that the phrase some English speakers use to
refer to the perfectly chosen English word turns out to be French.
As writers, le mot juste, the exactly right word, might seem
like the peak towards which every writer is climbing, but I have
come to believe that this concept of a perfect word or phrase
is actually a kind of will-o-the-wisp that will always leave you
disappointed with either your command of the language or your fellow
human beings. more... |
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Book Reviews |
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Articles |
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Editor's Pick:
The Sister
reviewed by
Nancy Corbett |
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The Horse Ate An Alligator:
Follow the Rules... unless you don't want to.
by
Jennifery Paros |
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Ginny Stone begins
her narrative looking out from the arched stone window of her
crumbling estate, wondering why her sister, Vivi, has chosen to
return home after an absence of nearly fifty years. Questions build
instantly about this family’s dark history, but Ginny Stone is not
going to provide the answers. Ginny is mentally impaired and
blissfully unaware of it. As she tells her compelling story, the
reader understands that she is an unreliable narrator. Poppy Adams’
debut novel constructs the tale of this family through Ginny and
then deconstructs it, leaving the reader with tons of questions.
Woven throughout is a rich, detailed description of lepidopterology,
the study of moths.
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Recently I was
teaching a writing workshop at an elementary school for their
Writers In Residency program. Part of the opportunity was to work
with kindergarteners. One day, I sat with one of the classes and we
started making up a story. I asked them to pick an animal as a main
character. The group agreed upon a horse. I asked them where the
horse was going. They said: a farm. I asked them what the horse
was doing. They said: eating. I asked them what the horse was
eating. And one little girl, filled with enthusiasm, shouted out,
“The horse ate an alligator!” There was laughter from the other
children, and then another little girl suggested that the alligator
idea was incorrect. Horses, apparently, don’t eat
alligators. She knew this and wanted this knowledge to be
implemented, immediately.
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