awards | awards
May.20.2013
I’d like to share some good news.
My novel, "Time-Crossed Lovers, " is an Award Winning Finalist in the 'Fiction: Science Fiction' category of the 2013 International Book Awards.
It’s available in your local bookstore, Amazon and all the rest.
Happy reading!
— Karl...
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May.20.2013
Did you have a wonderful Children's Book Week? I sure did!
Last week, Peepy and I flew to NYC to host the Children's Choice Book Awards-- 1,138,675 children and teens voted for their favorite books!
We consulted our fashion stylist(s) and both decided to wear gowns. My daughter...
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Apr.23.2013
All ate up.
I’m told this is an old Indiana expression, used to describe someone who’s consumed by something. She’s all ate up, you might say, for instance, of a writer who’s obsessed by results.
In one sense, writers have to be all ate up. Goals and optimism and...
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Apr.01.2013
It's always nice when the first of the month brings some good news! And this came after 12 so it's not a joke... but it seems that My Mother Was An Upright Piano has been shortlisted in the Best Story Collection section of Sabotage's Saboteur's Indie Lit awards. I had no idea it had even...
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Mar.23.2013
Would you read 'Cooking with Poo' or would the title put you off? That it might not alter your culinary skills seems like a given.
Yet, it appears there is a range of book names, less mysterious and more confounding. If they were in the realm of bizarre fiction, one might have considered some...
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Feb.24.2013
Want to be on the inside track where book awards are concerned? Here's the link to a blog by the National Book Critics Circle group.
Critical Mass
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Feb.15.2013
I'm delighted to announce that I have been invited to be the keynote speaker at Michigan's oldest and most respected writers conference, A Rally of Writers, to be held April 13 at the Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The topic of my presentation will be "Writers Helping Writers:...
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Jan.15.2013
These nominees have just been announced (see link below), and I find I haven't read any of them. These two interest me, just based on title and cover art. That should tell you a lot about the value of the front cover in the sharp-elbowed world of books.
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Jan.12.2013
Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwan
One thing I enjoy about what we call this particular version of postmodern literature is the tinkering with structure, and McEwan is a master of that talent. Too, he, like most gifted writers, is a student of human tics, psychology, the subtleties that make us unique,...
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Oct.17.2012
A Message From Kaylin...
The last three months have been filled with excitement, travel and fun developments. First if all, Severed Threads was officially released on July 18th and continues to receive rave reviews. This first book in the Threads series garnered a number of new awards this season,...
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