Tag: novels
group name: bookcorps
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April 14, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
I love it when I come upon an author who has written several books in a series. I get to start at the beginning with the first book and eventually read every book in the series. The characters . . .
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May 27, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Last year I went to Book Expo America and carried home fifty pounds of advance copies that I read and reviewed from July to December. It was a really fun experience to consume the Fall Big Books before . . .
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September 26, 2007 07:37 AM EDT --
Are you eager to write your first book? Trying to figure out how long it should be? Do you think page count is irrelevant? Think again. In the publishing business, size does matter!
Many publishers . . .
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April 02, 2007 10:03 PM EDT --
What is it that makes a story timeless? The answer to this question is definitely a potential moneymaker for a fiction writer, because timelessness is a characteristic of many . . .
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March 16, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
$22.95 publish date March 11, 2008
It amazes me that this is a debut novel. That just can't be right. How can Hillary Jordan . . .
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January 18, 2009 09:27 PM EST --
If you’ve been around aspiring writers much you know that a good percentage of them produce the writing equivalent of really bad karaoke. You also know that there are undiscovered gems out there. . . .
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February 22, 2009 09:32 PM EST --
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Dial Press 2008 $22.00 ISBN 978-0-385-34099-1 . . .
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October 10, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Talk about being specific, I found one agent who is so specific as to the type of manuscript he is looking for, it is as if you were sitting next to him and having a cup of coffee. . . .
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August 11, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
Clair Waverly is a lonely woman in her thirties living in a big old house in a small southern town. The house has a lovely garden, from whence she derives the herbs and flowers that flavor and empower . . .
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March 20, 2009 06:58 AM EDT --
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Knopf September 2008 ISBN 0307269752 480 pages
You may recall that this book was one of the hot items in the . . .
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March 16, 2007 08:27 PM EDT --
Really, this is an important pointer for you. If you screw up and treat the whole thing as a big joke, you will be sorry. What follows could be a turbo-charged nonstop fever dream, a trip down the nightroad. . . .
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December 29, 2008 08:59 PM EST --
Perhaps you would like to look forward to the 2009 crop of novels.
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
Sequel to Smith's breakout debut novel, Child 44, this novel moves the KGB detective . . .
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March 01, 2008 06:43 AM EST --
Hello, friends and writers!
While I am busily rennovating my house, I'm going to occasionally recycle a few older articles that still have traction. See what you think about this one, . . .
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April 26, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
Hi, Everyone!
I would like to announce the coming release of the print edition of my Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Thriller the Gatekeeper's Realm, Book 2 of the Legacy Series. The . . .
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February 11, 2009 08:01 AM EST --
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
William Morrow 2006 $24.95 ISBN 978-0-06-162476-6
I have not seen a book review for . . .
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February 20, 2007 10:22 AM EST --
O.Z. Livaneli is a member of the Turkish Parliament, a musician and composer, and now, a novelist. I am not qualified to comment on how he handles those first three jobs, but he is a . . .
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May 04, 2008 12:14 PM EDT --
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Grand Central Publishing, April 2008, 438 pages, ISBN 0-446-40238-9
I do not use the word "evil" lightly. I like moral nuance. But imagine . . .
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February 17, 2008 05:40 PM EST --
Looking through the advance publicity, I see some novels scheduled for publication this spring and summer that sound interesting. I know from experience that you cannot tell a book by the cover- and it . . .
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August 17, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
Ever since I read David Morrell's fascinating article Lessons from a Lifetimeof Writing on Backspace I couldn't get the question out of my head, whydoes anyone write?
He basically says . . .
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August 29, 2007 05:45 PM EDT --
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/21/reading.ap/index.html
Interesting piece on CNN that notes the typical American only reads four books a year. It's more if you're female, older or . . .
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