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Why Writers Write

By Tristan Bancks - March 17, 2010

In my book, Mac Slater Hunts the Cool (out April) Mac is trying to work out what ‘cool’ is,whether it matters, and if he cares about it. He finds something on ‘Flow’ onthe web. ‘Flow’ is that feeling when you’re so involved in what you’re doingthat the rest of the world melts away. You forget about time. I was speaking toa friend on the weekend, Gus Gordon, a...

My Book, "Killing Willis," Comes Out on Tuesday!

By Todd Bridges - March 15, 2010

I can honestly say that this is the most special time in my entire life. I've been waiting for years to tell my side of the story. And now I finally have the chance. I'm so excited to share my experiences with my fans, and to help them find themselves, and true happiness, through forgiveness.

Susie Bright FAQ

By Susie Bright - March 10, 2010

Susie Bright FAQIs Susie Bright your real name?Yes, it really is. I was born in 1958, when "Susie" was very popular. The Bright part is my paternal family name.How many books have you written?I've written eight books, and edited eighteen anthologies/novels. You can see my re- sume here.What do your parents think of what you do?My father was my biggest fan and best editor until...

Keeping It Real

By Trudi Trueit - March 10, 2010

I’d much rather listen to a speech than give one. Nerves may have something to do with it, but I think the bigger reason is that it fascinates me to meet new people and learn new things and when I’m talking I’m not learning. Whenever I visit classrooms or lead young writers’ workshops, it’s my job to talk, yet, invariably the best moments of the session happen when I...

Can the Lakers stay on top while Kobe is out?

By Karyn Grice - March 8, 2010

Yes! Although they lost to Boston 2/17 they are still a good solid team. I forseee another championship!

A Boy Should Know How To Tie A Tie and other lessions for succeeding in life

By Antwone Fisher - March 2, 2010

A friend asked me, " Antwone, why did you write this book for boys when you have girls?" I replied, "I wrote the book for boys because I have girls!" Also there are boys who, like me when I was growing up, need the information in this book to help them on their way to success.

March - Women's History Month Celebration

By Aileen Leijten - March 1, 2010

To me, the word history mostly evokes long gone, far away events. However, this past year we have been fortunate enough to hear the word combination ‘history in the making’ more often, especially in relationship to our new president, Mr. Obama. We often forget that ‘history in the making’, also happens every day, in small workspaces all around Brooklyn. Behind those...

Louise The BIG Cheese & the La-di-da Shoes

By Diane Goode - February 22, 2010

Did your mother ever force you to wear ugly brown shoes, with laces and rubber soles that squeaked when you walked? You know the kind....."practical shoes". Worse still, did your best friend show up the next day with the very shoes you coveted? This book was right on the mark for me....I had to wear horrid Buster Brown shoes with thick laces...and white anklets to boot. ...

Home Again, Home Again

By Janis Owens - February 22, 2010

I'm just done with a round of speaking on the winter lit circuit down South and it was the coldest book tour I've ever gone on. Sleet, ice, snow - all far south. It was snowing on the lowcountry and barrier islands of Florida last weekend. On all our southern panels, the southern writers are wearing eighteen layers of sweaters and mufflers and gloves, and have strained, "how is...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

Writing ResolutionsIt seems a lazy move to write at the end of the year about New Year's resolutions. I usually don't make them. I always figured if I cared enough about something I'd address that thing during the year itself.But now it's the end of a decade, which seems more momentous. And it's the end of a year that wasn't so pretty for many - not so pretty financially, not so...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

Jason Pinter, a good writer friend, tweeted last week that he was "tinkering" with a manuscript. I tweeted back, "God is in the tinkering." I meant it when I wrote it, but it wasn't until today, when I'm supposed to submit my first (completely rewritten) non-fiction book to my editor, that I realized tinkering isn't just a form of polishing your manuscript, it is also, at least...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

I’m not a big fan of vilification, whether it's in fiction or in life. But more and more, I seem to be the only one who doesn't have the stomach for it. Public figures these days are either on pedestals or, once they have committed some transgression (at least in the mind of the media), they are smacked to the figurative ground, then beaten silly by gossip and strident...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

Life After Innocence client, Dean Cage, appeared on the Dr. Phil Show last week. During the show he got to meet the woman who mistakenly accused him of rape, sending him to prison for 14 years. Dr Phil enjoyed Dean and Loretta so much that he did a follow up show which I was involved in. It was truly profound to watch these 2 people, both victims of the system, come together,...

I have a brand!

By Jennifer Echols - February 16, 2010

Two book covers for one publisher = author brand! Come discuss this phenomenon and your faves at the MTV Books Blog.

If You Had A Chance To Stop Judas, Should You?

By Michael J. Sullivan - February 12, 2010

What would it had meant to the Christian world if Judas didn't betray Jesus? This is a question I ask in my novel, "Necessary Heartbreak." I would love to hear your thoughts!

Valentine's Day is Almost Here!

By Kelly McClymer - February 11, 2010

What do you do to celebrate the big V-day? Are you a hearts and flowers kind of person with cards and chocolate? I have a confession (hanging my head, here) -- I'm not. I liked V-day in elementary school -- it meant candy and a bag full of cartoon cards. In junior high, things changed. Instead of getting a bag of cards from everyone else in the classroom, cards meant "I like...

Husbands Who Flirt

By Josie Brown - February 9, 2010

Having respect for one's partner is the only way a relationship can survive, let alone thrive. I've watched too many of my friends' marriages crumble because either a husband or wife didn't understand that, or just didn't care to deliver it. Their need to be admired by the opposite sex was much more important to them at the time. In my book SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES,...

Secrets of a Lab Rat #2: Face Your Fear!

By Trudi Trueit - February 9, 2010

It’s launch day for Secrets of a Lab Rat #2: Mom, There’s a Dinosaur in Beeson’s Lake. Scab McNally, the main character in the book, has to figure out how to overcome one of his biggest fears. I can relate, because I was a worrier as a child. I didn’t want to go to kindergarten because I worried I wouldn’t be able to open the big door by myself. I worried I wouldn’t...

The Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction

By Loren Rhoads - February 8, 2010

To my amazement and pleasure, Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award in Nonfiction. The next round of voting will determine whether it makes the actual ballot of nominees, then it goes to a vote for the award. The award ceremony is at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, England in March. I'm startled to get to this point. ...

Conference on The Inkwell, Ellen Sandbeck's Green Barbarians

By Ellen Sandbeck - February 4, 2010

I am being interviewed in an online conference on The Inkwell from February 3rd through the 14th. Five panelists have read "Green Barbarians" and will be asking me questions. The public is also invited join in. http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/376/Ellen-Sandbeck

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