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Live in the Interrogation Room with 'Rizzoli & Isles' Executive Producer Janet Tamaro

Janet Tamaro | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Angie Harmon, Creator, Tnt, Rizzoli & Isles, Crime Procedural, Sasha Alexander, Executive Producer, Women on TV, Writer, We Know Drama, Janet Tamaro, Q&A, Interrogation Room, Bblog-Turner, Armchair Detective, Entertainment News

The following is a series of Q&A sessions that will compound over time. Check back for updates and answers to all your burning questions before the ca...

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Georgina Harding, Author of Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlisted Painter of Silence (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Author, Orange Prize for Fiction, Fiction, Writer, Travel, Ceausescu, Stalism, London, Novel, Painter of Silence, Georgina Harding, Communism, Eastern Europe, Romania, crane.tv, Book, World War, Video, Arts News

Painter of Silence, Georgina Harding's third novel -- recently shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction -- is set in Romania in the early fifties ...

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Do People Who Heavily Self-Promote Not Feel Shame at the Tackiness of It or Do They Power Through It?

Quora | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Self-Promotion, Self Promotion, Writer, Artist, Art, Artists, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Filmmaker, Studios, Arts News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Marco North, Creative Director, Bittersweet Group There is a sort of defeatist position held by som...

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National Medal Awards at the White House

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Classical Music, President, America?S Artists, Music, Writer, Arts, Award, National Medal of Arts, Charles Rosen, America, The White House, Author, Creativity, Painting, President of the United States, Rita Dove, Portrait, Pianist, National Medals, Economics, Mel Tillis, Contemporary Art, Artist, Al Pacino, Andre Watts, Sculptor, Washington DC, John Ashbury, United States, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Endowment for the Arts, Art Patron, Country Music, Nobel Laureate, First Ladies, Martin Puryear, Actor, Culture, Visual Arts, Painter, Philanthropist, Jim Watson, Printmaker, Arts News

Every visit to the White House is special, but there is something very exciting about witnessing this event. Perhaps it is because I am a painter and I understand the years of work that went into what they have achieved and I can rejoice with them in their successes.

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The Writer Who Can't Be Stopped

Peter Winkler | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Dennis Hopper, Writer, Disability, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Writing With Disabilities, Determination, Writing With a Chopstick, Books News

One night in 1965, I went to bed, apparently fine. The next morning, when I awoke, I was unable to walk. I was eventually diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I couldn't write. I finally found a solution -- a red plastic chopstick.

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'Fight Club' Author Chuck Palahniuk Is A Secret Gardener

Adult Swim | David Moye | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Chuck Palahniuk, Edgy, Writer, Video, Gardening, Adult Swim, Fight Club Author, Weird News News

Author Chuck Palahniuk is known for edgy novels like "Fight Club," but he doesn't spend his off-hours making soap like the characters in that esteemed...

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Dark Horse Comics and Imprint Sequential Pulps Writer Teams Up With Artist Tim Burgard for New Tarzan

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Tarzan, Comics, Artist, Writer, Superman, Martin Powell, Tim Burgard, Frankenstein, Disney, Batman, UK Weird News, Weird News News

Come take a leap with me into the mind of a real-life veteran comic book man...beware you may end up in one of his novels so be nice and get yourself one of his books!

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Why I Can't Write Like A White Guy

Jaswinder Bolina | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Literature, Politics, Racism, Name, Writing, Writer, Color, Immigration, Immigrant, Race, Assimilation, Poetry, Dominant Culture, Books News

My father says I should use a pseudonym. "They won't publish you if they see your name. They'll know you're not one of them. They'll know you're one of us."

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Art Works (And Is Celebrated at The White House)

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: President, White House, Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, Leaders, Washington, Writer, Arts, First Lady, World, National Endowment for the Humanities, America, California, Philanthropy, Boards, Museums. Maine, Michelle Obama, National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, Museum, Education, Artist, Scholar, Washington DC, Massachusetts, United States, Texas, Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Georgia, Country, Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Mentors, Conneticut, Arts News

On Wednesday, November 2, I enjoyed an uplifting ceremony at the White House celebrating the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards - the...

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Behind the Scenes at the Chicago Literary Awards

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Literature, Nelson Algren, Writers, Gwendolyn Brooks, Cyrus Colter, Author, Chicago Literary Awards, Books, Writer, Art Shay, Don Evans, Carl Sandburg, Saul Bellow, Theodore Dreiser, Sara Paretsky, Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Authors, Rick Kogan, Fear No Art, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Chicago, Richard Wright, Ida B. Wells, Book, Lorraine Hansberry, Harriet Monroe, Chicago News

It is wonderful to live in a city so rich of history, so rich of character, so rich of talent and art. But do we celebrate it enough?

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I Found It at the Movies

Warren Adler | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Writer, Pauline Kael, Movies, Hollywood, Movie Critics, I Lost It at the Movies, Entertainment News

Pauline Kael, who reviewed movies for The New Yorker for many years, was considered by many to be the goddess of film critics. Her comments on movies were both insightful and controversial.

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WATCH: Paddy Johnson, The Fiery Wit Behind Art Fag City

Crane.tv | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Exhibition, Art, New York, Paddy Johnson, Blog, Brooklyn, Shit, Art Fag City, Paddy, Writer, Curate, Venice Biennale, Gallery, British Pavilion, Canada, crane.tv, Arts News

'Gallery Goer Asks The Question, What Is This Shit?' - Paddy Johnson knows all about art and why sometimes it's really not that great. Born and raised...

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London's Literary Salons

Crane.tv | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: David Nicholls, Video, Bridget Jones Diary, Shoreditch, Author, Writer, crane.tv, Literary, David Mitchell, Shoreditch-House-Literary-Salon, Damian Barr, London, Trend, Helen Fielding, UK Lifestyle News

London has long been seen as a purveyor of all that's cool - hipsters and trendsetters are constantly piled into the latest IT bar watching undergroun...

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Thank You Faith Baldwin, My Beloved Mentor

Kristen Houghton | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Women's News, Writer, Childhood Dreams, Faith Baldwin, Mentoring, Mentor, Life, Women News

A mentor came into my life in the person of a famous author, a woman who never knew how much her letters meant and how her kindness helped influence a life. She gave me a lasting gift.

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How to Write a Song: For Writer's Block or Beginners

Ruth Gerson | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Vocal Coach, Vocal Coaching, How to Sing, Songwriter, Singing Lessons, Jobs for Musicians, Singers, Writer, Musicians, How to Write Songs, Writer's Block, How to Write a Song, Arts News

From: San Francisco Vocal Coaching's "Singing, Songwriting and Performance" Class (I've also taught it at Princeton University.) How To Write A Song,...

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Ingenue Interview: Rosa Rankin-Gee

Nicole Garton | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Le Carmen, Art, Rosa Rankin-Gee, Nicole Garton, Tale of Three Cities, Writing, Writer, Music, Tale of 3 Cities, London, Paris, Paris Book Club, Interview, Berlin, Arts News

Photo courtesy of Amaury Choay. The Ingénue Interview features select artists and scene-makers from around the w...

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The Book Doctors Present: As You Like It, Or the Power of Facebook for Authors

David Henry Sterry | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, Antonella Iannarino, Books, Writing, Annik LaFarge, Writer, Facebook, The Book Doctors, Social Media, Publishing, Neil Gaiman, Laurell K. Hamilton, How to Get Published, Gretchen Rubin, Mitch Albom, Keith Thompson, William Shakespeare, Books News

Every day writers of all ages, races and creeds; published, self-published and unpublished, breathlessly ask us, "Do I really have to have a Facebook page, and if so, what the heck do I do with it?"

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Zandile Blay, Ghanaian Native, Was The First Fashion Writer In A Family Of Political Journalists

StyleLikeU | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Photos, Stylelikeu, Video, Sister, Style, Ghana, Writer, Fashion, Personal Style, Interview, Impact, Slidepollajax, Zandile Blay, Style News

"I must admit, I am kind of tacky. I am kind of like a Vegas show girl," Zandile Blay said during our interview, but it couldn't be farther from the t...

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Why I Won't Write a Disaster Thriller

Karen Dionne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writer, Writing, Thriller, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Writing Books, Writing Thrillers, Karen Dionne, Books News

Writers have limits when it comes to the amount of violence they'll tolerate in fiction. This is because in order to write a scene, a writer not only has to put themselves inside the action, they have to go deep inside their characters' heads.

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Stop Kvetching. Self-Publishing Is Here To Stay -- And Vaulting Ahead

Bernard Starr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Photos, Nasa, Univision, Sales, Social Networking, Author, Books, Self-Publishing, Writer, Tanya Wright, Editor, Film, Journalism, Create Space, Amazon, Sathya Sai Baba, Hbo, Publishing, The Help, Agents, True Blood, Nantucket, Books News

Yes, there's lots of junk among self-published titles. Let's be honest though. Traditional publishing also releases a lot of pollution.

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Demonstrators Overthrow Al Jazeera

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Television, Emir of Qatar, Egypt Revolution, Bbc, Middle East, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Protests, Mubarak, Al Jazeera, Algeria, Censorship, State Department, Bahrain, Qatar, Aid, Producer, Cable, Revolution, Analysis, Foreign Affairs, Comedy Central Policy, Humor, Correspondent, Nbc, Letterman, Field Producer, Policy, Egypt, Network, Columnist, Media, Anderson Cooper, Leno, Uprising, Comedy Writer, Satire, Protest, Aid-Work, Cable News, Development, Comedy, Stewart, Reporter, Colbert, Writer, Yemen, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Fake News, Television Reporter, Ngo, Cnn, Foreign Correspondent, Cairo, Current Affairs, News, Non-Governmental Organization, International, Comedy News

(Doha, Qatar) - In the latest twist to the wave of protests spreading across the Middle East, demonstrators have overthrown the Al Jazeera television ...

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How to Get Your Children's Book Published

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: YA Books, Children's Publishing, Pitchapalooza, David Henry Sterry, Author, Self-Publishing, E-Books, Writer, Young Adult Books, Publishing, Picture Books, Board Books Writing, Kids Books, How to Get Published, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, Andrea Brown or He Agency, Books News

A staggering number of adults want to write books for kids. So we thought we'd get the inside skinny from one of our favorite children's book resources, Jennifer Laughram.

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WATCH: This Men's Fashion Writer Is Inspired By Auntie Mame And An Egyptian Dress

StyleLikeU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stylelikeu, Personal Style, Bloggers, Slidepollajax, Writer, Fashion, Dandy, Interview, Cator Sparks, Video, Style News

Cator loves the Auntie Mame quote, "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death," because for him, you have to live it and breath it all in. And he does.

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Blogger Series: London Fashion (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Creativity, Walmart, Twitter, Vogue, Foie Gras, Print, Talent, Creatvity, Sasha Wilkins, Liberty London Girl, Media, London, Journalism, British, Couture, Mademoiselle Robot, Blogger, Anonymity, Blog, Online, Voice, Ffg, Designers, Editorial, Fashion, Runway, Alias, Laetitia Wajnapel, Magazines, Writer, Style News

Fashion Foie Gras For most of us a high-flying full-time career is more than enough, but not Emily Johnston - the (super)-woman behind the globally su...

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The Book Tour Chronicle: Stuck in Dayton on the Day That Would Never End

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Book Publishing, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, David Henry Sterry, Writing, Books, Self-Publishing, Writer, Travel, Arielle Eckstut, Books News

Lots of people wonder what it's like to be on book tour. The glamor, the glory, the groupies. So I thought I'd document what life is like on the roa...

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