“There’s no secret recipe for a good plot. Brilliance can be born of anything from a twelve-layered mystery to one old man in a boat trying to catch a fish. It’s all in the telling. But make sure your plot has the elements of great storytelling: believability, heart, and tension.” — Laura Whitcomb, Your First [...]
Entries from November 2009
Advice
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
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Oprah’s Webcast
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Yes, I made my 5th appearance on Oprah on Monday! It was amazing! I actually said to Oprah, “I think we’re best friends now,” and she replied, “I think we are!” Yes. Pretty surreal. You can watch the webcast for Uwem Akpan’s SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM here. Digg This Post Post to Reddit Stumble [...]
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Chris Bohjalian on Telling a Good Story
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
I recently interviewed Chris Bohjalian, author of the enormously popular MIDWIVES as well as many other thought-provoking and captivating novels. His upcoming release, SECRETS OF EDEN just received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Do you feel the subject matter of your books are ever rooted in a current event, a hot news story or [...]
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Margaret Atwood
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Seventy-year-old Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, could teach her successors a few things about online promotion. To help generate attention for her latest novel, THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD, Margaret Atwood is blogging, tweeting and creating a YouTube contest. Here is an interview she did with Reuters about her latest online activity. Digg This Post Post [...]
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Price War Over Books!
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Great piece in the New York Times about the price war between Walmart and Amazon over their books. Digg This Post Post to Reddit Stumble This Post
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