2012 Stamp Preview: A Stamp a Day The United States Postal Service will be issuing some new literature-related stamps in 2012. Click on the numbers to see more information about these: #2 Edgar Rice Burroughs #11 O. Henry #31 Twentieth-Century Poets: Elizabeth Bishop, Joseph Brodsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, E. E. Cummings, Robert Hayden, Denise Levertov, Sylvia […]
Part I (in case you missed it) The first question people always ask an author is “Where do you get your ideas?” Coben said that anything, such as a tabloid headline, can stimulate an idea. Then he just keeps asking “What if?” For example, the idea for Promise Me came when he overheard a couple
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If you ever get a chance to see Harlan Coben in person, go for it. He was in St. Louis last weekend for Boucheron 2011. As part of the book tour promoting his new book, Shelter, the introductory volume for his YA series featuring Mickey Bolitar, Coben spoke at St. Louis County Library. He began
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This post introduces a new feature, Monday Miscellany, a conglomeration of intriguing literary items that have found their way to my monitor. Remembering Stieg Larsson In The New York Times, David Carr reviews ‘There Are Things I Want You to Know’ About Stieg Larsson and Me, by Eva Gabrielsson. Gabrielsson is the woman who lived
The Writer Who Couldn’t Read : NPR: This fascinating story from NPR (National Public Radio) tells the story of Howard Engel, a Canadian mystery novelist who woke up one morning and discovered that he could no longer read. His brain damaged by a stroke, Engel couldn’t make sense of written words, which looked to him
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March Madness reading list: 10 best books about college basketball / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com: If you’d rather read about basketball than spend hours watching in, Marjorie Kehe offers her list of the 10 best reads. I can’t help but notice, though, that, although the title of this article is “10 Best Books
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Writers strike out on their own with a website | csmonitor.com: Striking writer Peter Hyoguchi was walking the picket line outside Disney’s ABC Studios in Burbank, Calif., in January when he had an epiphany. What if scriptwriters launched a website featuring their work, which they would own and control free of studio interference? That hunch
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The Internet vs. books: Peaceful coexistence – Los Angeles Times: Books require a different sort of communion with one’s subject than the Internet. They foster a different sort of memory — more tactile, more participatory. . . . For literary works, books are still, and most likely always will be, indispensable. In the Los Angeles
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Maisel, Eric. A Writer’s SpaceAvon, MA: Adams Media, 2008ISBN 1-59869-460-X Recommended In this little (5.5 in. wide by 6.25 in. tall) book Maisel, a therapist and creativity coach, uses the metaphor of space “to communicate how you can get a grip on your writing life and transform yourself from an occasional writer to a regular
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Novel Journey: Author, Psychotherapist Dennis Palumbo ~ Interviewed Former Hollywood screenwriter Dennis Palumbo is now a psychotherapist, book reviewer, and author of both nonfiction books about writing and crime fiction. In his psychotherapy practice he specializes in working with creative people. Here’s what he has to say about writer’s block: Funny you should mention writer’s
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