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Lev Raphael: Cult Writer John Green Trashes Indie Authors

2013-06-08T16:25:18Z

John Green's YA novel The Fault in Our Stars is currently #16 at Amazon and the guy is a promotional genius. So how does he use his fame? To attack independent authors and tilt at windmills.

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Sheila Blanchette: Reading and Writing

2013-06-04T15:23:04Z

Crunching numbers in a cubicle eight hours a day was driving me mad. Literally driving me mad. I began to write in earnest. At first it was just a journal for my own sanity, I had to make sense of the life I had been living.

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Lev Raphael: Jennifer Weiner's Latest Literary Feud

2013-05-27T10:10:32Z

Weiner isn't just expert at giving her reading public what it wants, she's a master at creating controversy and making headlines by attacking noted authors in the news. It's a canny strategy guaranteed to boost her already high public profile. Midlist authors, take note.

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Award-Winning Author Jack Vance Dies

2013-05-30T00:56:17Z

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Vance, an award-winning mystery, fantasy and science fiction author who wrote more than 60 books, has died. He was 96.

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Judith Natelli McLaughlin: 10 Best Names in Fiction

2013-05-29T17:13:13Z

These are arguably, and I stress the word arguably, the top 10 character names in fiction. In fact, when I discussed this list with my husband he thought there was more than one name that should be removed from the list. I kept them on anyway.

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Lev Raphael: Responding to Fans Isn't Always Easy

2013-05-27T08:07:14Z

When you start publishing, nobody prepares you for the weird experience of being praised in person by a stranger. The moment is both heartening and a bit embarrassing, even when you're an extrovert.

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David Kudler: The Forgotten Branch: Author Jack Beritzhoff Remembers the Merchant Marine

2013-05-24T15:29:22Z

As we approach Memorial Day, most Americans are conscious of honoring those who have served in the military, so nearly all of us could name the three largest branches -- the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. Very few, however, would think to include the Merchant Marine.

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M.J. Rose: 11 Lessons Authors Should Learn

2013-05-22T17:02:50Z

Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.

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Alexandra Monir: A Mentor Is a Girl's Best Friend

2013-05-22T15:57:56Z

A couple months ago, I had the surreal experience of walking into a Manhattan Barnes & Noble and finding my second novel, Timekeeper, on the Teen New Releases shelf along with Kirsten Smith's second book, Trinkets.

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Fauzia Burke: Cultivating Super Fans With eNewsletters

2013-05-22T12:28:50Z

Social media is sexy, but the real power of your relationship with your fans is in email newsletters. The people on your mailing list are your "Super Fans." They are the ones who have given you permission to show up in their inbox. That invitation is very valuable.

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Lisa Parkin: The Selection Author Kiera Cass on Princess Kate, Self-Publishing and The Elite

2013-05-20T17:36:06Z

With The Selection sequel The Elite currently on the New York Times bestseller list, Kiera Cass is an author to be reckoned with.

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Jess Greene: Artistic Abundance: Flora Bowley

2013-05-14T22:31:58Z

If an artist is not necessarily someone who is lonely, starving and unstable, then what does an artist look like? The new portrait of a profitable, successful artist includes creating and showing, but also travel, community, teaching, authoring, serving and changing the world. And this is one such case.

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A.J. Walkley: 10 Things I Learned from Kickstarting My Book

2013-05-14T12:08:57Z

Going through my first Kickstarter campaign, I learned a lot that I wanted to share with others considering this route to crowdfund a novel or writing project:

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Lev Raphael: Authors Can Be Trapped by TMI

2013-05-14T06:42:32Z

Some authors, begging for attention, even go overboard and live too much of their lives in social media, recording every twitch of consciousness as if the fate of publishing depended on it. Their neediness -- however disguised -- is epic and sometimes pathetic.

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Kimberlie I. Leon: What's Behind the Covers?

2013-05-08T11:52:28Z

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Terri Barnes: Not the Critic Who Counts

2013-05-05T13:17:26Z

Military members and families are not cultural aberrants looking for a cold niche in which to hide. We are not cold timid souls whose lack of emotion leads us to a military life scrubbed of feeling. The experiences of our lives, much like yours, are inextricably tied to our emotions.

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Carre Otis: The Key To Getting Exactly What You Want Out Of Life

2013-05-04T10:00:39Z

I've come to understand that language impacts thought, and vice versa. Without owning the word "no," and all the other language under what I like to think of as the "No Umbrella," I was denying myself the conviction and power that comes with it.

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Rob Asghar: Panic or Profit: Two Distinct Approaches to the Literary Revolution

2013-04-30T16:14:47Z

A less-well known group of literary figures have taken an opposite approach to championing books -- by capitalizing on the very changes that have even spooked thriller novelist James Patterson.

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J.E. Fishman: Mr. Patterson, Meet Mr. Patterson

2013-04-26T12:46:34Z

Let's sit down, break bread, and figure out how to guarantee that books by all writers, big and small, will have a prosperous future.

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Democracy Now!: In-depth Interview with Author Jeremy Scahill on "Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield."

2013-04-24T13:51:36Z

As the Senate holds its first-ever public hearing on drones and targeted killings, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sits down for an extended interview...

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Amy Chavez: Japan, Buddhism and the Ultramarathon of a Lifetime

2013-04-24T12:16:35Z

The Buddhist pilgrimage appeals to the motives of the independent traveler in us. Meditation appeals to our inward search for meaning.

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Writing Tips: How To Kill Off Your Protagonist

2013-04-18T09:28:15Z

By Writer's Relief staff:

When you’ve reached that point in your story or novel where your main character dies—whether it’s from a disease, ...

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Lev Raphael: What Should Young Writers Read?

2013-04-15T12:36:19Z

Dan Chaon was recently taken to task in Salon for suggesting that young writers read literary fiction. Why? Because it's "terrible." But Chaon wasn't recommending that young writers read only literary fiction. His advice was actually more specific than that.

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A Serious Bump On The Head Turned This Mother Of Two Into A Best-selling Author

2013-04-10T09:58:04Z

One of the reasons I started my website is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. We women need to know that we don't have to ha...

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Peter Finocchiaro: The Thing About David Shields and Renata Adler Is...

2013-04-09T10:05:08Z

Anybody who's kept up with my blog (sup, Mom) knows that I've been reading a little bit of David Shields lately. What you don't know is how totally his books have bowled me over.

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