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    • 15 Ratings
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    • 27 Comments
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    Hey Writer! What's Your Brand?

    JULY 27, 2012 12:46PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: writing, branding, novels, marketing books, publishing, neil gaiman, cheryl strayed, carsten stroud, niceville, elizabeth george, jodi picoult, elin hilderbrand, quentin tarantino, web site design, blogging, women's fiction, chick lit, goop, kindle, gwyneth paltrow, facebook, reading, literature, graphic novels, crime fiction, tom perrota, the leftovers, the gerbil farmer's daughter, sleeping tigers, prince edward island

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1210 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called “Promising?”

    MAY 7, 2012 3:57PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: publishing, harpercollins, ecco, billy lynn's long halftime walk, brief encounters with che guevara, steven tyler, american idol, fiction, innovations, novels, inventors, technology review, poets and writers, success, writing, ben fountain

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1504 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why Writers Need Readers: Not for the Obvious Reason

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 9:16AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: book clubs, book bloggers, readers, writing, novels, breast cancer, gerbil farmer's daughter, book reviews, bookstores, publishing, self publishing, facebook, sleeping tigers, social media, novel publicity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 6002 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Science Fiction & Horror Stories That Need Adapting

    MARCH 10, 2011 4:13AM

    By Bob Calhoun


    Topics: rafael navarro, steve leialoha, blade runner, mountains of madness, philip k dick, hp lovecraft, guillermo del toro, adaptations, hollywood, movies, films, short stories, novels, fantasy, science fiction, horror

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1254 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    The breakout novel of 2011?

    FEBRUARY 3, 2011 4:18PM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: books, bruno littlemore, writers, award-winners, novels

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2058 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    You Can't Take the NWORD out of the Huckleberry

    JANUARY 5, 2011 1:15AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: huckleberry finn, nword, twain scholar, censorship, books, writers, writing, novelist, novels, scribes, publishing, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2266 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)

    DECEMBER 16, 2010 9:39AM

    By Beverly Akerman MSc


    Topics: biography, canada, charles foran, feminism, montreal, mordecai richler, novels, quebec, quebec history, review, societe saint jean baptiste, books, movies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 5009 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Straight Pride at my son's High School

    NOVEMBER 15, 2010 10:12AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: gay/lesbian, publishers, novels, novelist, writers, books, literary, publishing, writing, free speech, high school, gay, straight pride

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1603 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Falling off the Freedom Train

    OCTOBER 1, 2010 11:22AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: novelist, novels, reviews, publishing, literature, literary, books, writing, writers, freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 3041 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    'Never Let Me Go' Novel to Film - a Successful Cloning?

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 10:41PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: books, movies, film review, film, organ doning, organ donations, donors, clones, 1984, coming-of-age, great expectations, usa today, literature, novels, mark romanek, dystopian, kazuo ishiguro, never let me go, film adaptation, adaptation, sci-fi, dystopia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1588 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Can You Plagiarize Your Own Life?

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 1:14PM

    By Kevin Broccoli


    Topics: novels, tony blair, peter morgan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 14622 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Do Novels Still Matter?

    JUNE 13, 2010 9:19AM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: books, novels, christina stead, jonathan franzen, scott turow

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2122 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    'It's Complicated' Between Me and My Kindle

    MARCH 3, 2010 10:26PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: printing industry, print, novels, amazon, kindle, technology, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 802 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Is there enough of me left for a novel?

    OCTOBER 5, 2009 9:48PM

    By Del Stone


    Topics: big story, writing, novels, books, del stone jr.

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1671 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A Year of Reading Dangerously!

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 12:53PM

    By shebasilisk


    Topics: books, reading, censorship, libraries, morality, curiousity, racism, sex, heresy, obscenity, indecent, vulgarity, history, children's books, novels, culture, julie powell, st. louis

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 905 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Viking/Penguin novelist Rickstad tweets new novel live

    JULY 15, 2009 4:42PM

    By Eric Rickstad


    Topics: author, fiction, mystery, suspense, open call, tweet, twitter, movies, music, pop culture, denis johnson, annie proulx, russell banks, larry brown, cormac mcarthy, art, lit, literature, books, film, novel, novels, writers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1780 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Strong Enough to Die-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

    FEBRUARY 15, 2009 11:08PM

    By Harry Knapp


    Topics: thriller, novels, fiorge books, macmillin books, jon land, strong enough to die

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2595 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Third generation writer quits writing to be an agent

    FEBRUARY 4, 2009 1:42PM

    By Mark Pritchard


    Topics: writing, agents, publishing, novels, erica jong, molly jong-fast, writers, books

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