Latin America | Latin America
Oct.22.2012
by Warren Adler
Every author knows that producing a book requires an extreme act of concentration, discipline, organization and stamina. It is an achievement requiring enormous effort, time and isolation rarely matched by other forms of artistic creation.
Despite all the revolutionary changes...
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Oct.15.2012
At the Art of Manliness, we encourage our readers to read books. It’s through reading that we gain new perspectives and learn more about ourselves and the world around us. I’m a big believer in the saying that “Readers are leaders.” As I’ve studied the lives of great men throughout history, a...
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Oct.08.2012
My new Huffington Post piece on the fine San Francisco Argentine tango band, Trio Garufa...
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Oct.08.2012
Comments by novelist Sue Grafton, dismissing the 'short cut' of self-publishing, have provoked a storm of anger
Bestselling American crime novelist Sue Grafton has back-pedalled on her description of self-published authors as "too lazy to do the hard work" following disbelief and anger from the...
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Oct.01.2012
Jason Pinter Bestselling thriller writer Posted: April 23, 2010 03:18 PM
Back in 2005, while I was still working as an editor, I had an opportunity to acquire a book that I was confident would be a bestseller. The author had a huge media platform, was one of the stars on a show watched by...
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Sep.24.2012
By Stephen King | Oct 12, 2008
Stephen King: Chick lit vs. 'Manfiction'
If you catch publishing types in a ''don't quote me'' mood, they'll tell you the male audience for fiction is disappearing. Agents and editors are constantly on the lookout for the next hot female writer,...
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Sep.18.2012
Colleen Hoover's Slammed to reach eighth place this weekend ahead of ebooks by James Patterson and Karin Slaughter Alison Flood guardian.co.uk,...
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Sep.01.2012
I'm proud to anounce a new, expanded edition of what The New York Times Book Review described as a “frequently powerful collection of short stories" of Latin America that "leaves us thoroughly wrung out — and aware that we are in the presence of a formidable new writer.”
Smashwords —...
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Feb.27.2012
I write for adults. I always have. Don’t get me wrong, I like children’s books. I got a kick out of Treasure Island, enjoyed The Hobbit (yes, it’s a children’s book; get over it), attended my seven years at Hogwarts, and love Carlos Ruiz-Zafón’s early novels. I’d even like to take a stab at the...
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Feb.20.2012
I found this article by Tanya Hall quite interesting and decided it was worth sharing. You can find the original article at: http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Truth-Behind-Bestseller-Books-and-The-Syst... To learn more about its author, please visit: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Tanya_Hall I...
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