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Adam Bertocci
Who ya gonna call?!
By Adam Bertocci - May 21, 2012
If you're reading this blog, chances are you liked my take on "The Big Lebowski". Well, my newest pop culture project also deals with a movie… my favorite movie of all time. http://www.runleiarun.com/ghostbusters
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Mary Alice Monroe
Book news, book events, and book releases
By Mary Alice Monroe - May 18, 2012
What a spring season! A lot is happening and I'm excited to share all the great news with you- book releases, signing events, book recognitions and so much more. Here we go--- THE BUTTERFLY'S DAUGHTER, just released last month in trade paperback, and has been selected as a 2012 SIBA Book Award Finalist for the year's Best Book. (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance). I'm...
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Mary Alice Monroe
Notes from the Road
By Mary Alice Monroe - May 18, 2012
It's the second week of the BEACH HOUSE MEMORIES book tour, and so far it has been a memorable and exhilarating adventure.  One of the most amazing moments happened Monday afternoon during the "Moveable Feast" literary luncheon in Pawleys Island, hosted by Litchfield Books.  It filled my eyes with tears.  Before I explain why, let me share a little background first. ...
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Jessica Burkhart
Hello!
By Jessica Burkhart - May 16, 2012
Wow, it's been a LONG time since I've been on the Author Portal. *hides head in shame* It's got some supercool upgrades and I'll be checking in and updating my info more frequently. I'm eagerly anticipating the release of INITIATION (Canterwood Crest #13). Hurry, January 3! xoxo
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Sarah Alderson
CATCHING SUKI
By Sarah Alderson - May 14, 2012
Download a copy of my short story CATCHING SUKI. It’s FREE for a limited time AND you’ll be helping support an amazing charity that supports girl changemakers across the globe! Here’s the blurb… The Unit are closing in and Demos needs one of his team to go deep cover. Enter Suki. Fashion obsessed, boy-crazy and more than a little kooky, Suki is a mind reader with a...
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Marion Dane Bauer
Bringing Characters to Life
By Marion Dane Bauer - May 11, 2012
I've been talking about fictional character as illusion, created out of my own psyche or borrowed from the world around me. I find it a fascinating concept to sort, even after nearly forty years of writing fiction. The question of how characters are brought to seeming life is never fully answered, partly because the process changes from writer to writer and story to story and...
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Alma Katsu
Win a NOOK Tablet for The Reckoning's Release
By Alma Katsu - May 9, 2012
THE RECKONING, the second book in The Taker Trilogy, will go on sale June 19th and I need your help in getting the word out. Get your friends, neighbors, Twitter followers and Facebook friends excited about the upcoming release and you could win a NOOK tablet ($199 value), B&N gift card and even a bit of alchemy: Imp's Ears of exotic perfumes and a magician's mojo bag...
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Marion Dane Bauer
Marion Dane Bauer celebrates the publication of Little Dog, Lost
By Marion Dane Bauer - May 7, 2012
Win a set of 35 bookmarks (2" x 6" in size), one for each child in your classroom. “Like” Marion’s Facebook page, sign up to follow Marion's blog (in the column to the right)—lots of good information about writing you can use with your students—or sign up for e-mail announcements on Marion’s home page between May 1st and May 21st and we’ll send you a pack of...
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Marion Dane Bauer
Borrowing characters from real life
By Marion Dane Bauer - May 7, 2012
When my daughter was ten or eleven, she used to say from time to time, “Mom, write a book about me. You could call it Heavens to Elisabeth.” “Beth-Alison,” I’d say, “I can’t write a book about you. I don’t know you well enough.” “Oh, Mom,” she’d say, in utter disgust, and that was the end of the discussion. But the truth is I didn’t know her well...
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Marion Dane Bauer
The Illusion of “Real” Characters
By Marion Dane Bauer - May 7, 2012
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Joshua Graham
The Truth is... (Compelling Photos that Changed the World)
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
History is shaped by the images the media brings to light.  But do pictures ever lie?  "Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths.”  –Eddie Adams, Pulitze Prize Winning Photographer" Read more about the historic picture and quote which became...
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Joshua Graham
DARKROOM Launches today! How my day went
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
Such an exciting day, as DARKROM is released.  Here's how I spent the morning. http://networkedblogs.com/x6OUZ
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Joshua Graham
DARKROOM by Joshua Graham Hits 3 bestseller lists on Opening Day.
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
As writer, you always hope and pray that your new book will be well-received.  Sometimes by the early reader reactions and reviews you get an idea, but opening day can still be as spine-tingling as it is fun.  One of the things I look to (for better or for worse) is how my new book is doing in the rankings at various outlets.  Read more about it here:...
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Joshua Graham
Sneak Peek into DARKROOM - Sample Chapters
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
If you'd like free sample chapters of DARKROOM, before the rest of the world gets to read the entire book,  please come to my facebook page: http://on.fb.me/joshpage
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Joshua Graham
DARKROOM by Joshua Graham Breaks Out on Opening Night
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
Yesterday had to have been one of  the most exciting days of my life, ranking up there with my wedding, the birth of my children and selling my first book to Howard Books/Simon& Schuster.  I’ll admit, I was a bit nervous about how things would go on the first day of DARKROOM’s release, but even before I could start worrying, tons of reviews, blog posts, interviews, and...
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Joshua Graham
Character is....
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
Go ahead, fill in the blank:  Character is _____________ Did you ever ponder this question?  Is character defined by what you do, what you wear, how you speak, the things you believe in? Read more about this topic and an on the spot short story I wrote to illustrate the point here: http://networkedblogs.com/wSE17
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Joshua Graham
The Washington Post review of DARKROOM! "A heart-pounding thriller..."
By Joshua Graham - May 2, 2012
This was exciting news for me.  A review in the Washington Post like this really made my day, among other things.  Read about it here: http://networkedblogs.com/x6Rr6
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Debating the War on Women - Discussion in "Foreign Policy"
By Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf - May 1, 2012
As Islam has spread throughout the world, it has combined religion with native cultural practices. Many centuries later, separating the religion from the underlying culture has become difficult. That's why Islam as practiced in Egypt differs from, say, Islam as practiced in Malaysia.Mona Eltahawy describes cultural practices in Egypt and the Middle East that predate Islam yet...
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Joshua Graham
DARKROOM gets Top Pick review!
By Joshua Graham - April 24, 2012
My publicist just sent this review of DARKROOM to me. It's great to see that my book is getting around to the different publications and media outlets.  After waiting for over a year, the publication of DARKROOM is about to happen!  From the very beginning, this has been a journey of faith and resolve.   Click here to see the review: http://wp.me/p1wLHh-yP
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Joshua Graham
DARKROOM paperback in my hands!
By Joshua Graham - April 24, 2012
Today, for the first time in my life, I held in my hand a copy of  the final version of DARKROOM in paperback (hot off the presses!)  It came with a lovely note from my editor. http://networkedblogs.com/vZqEu
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