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Jul.07.2010
Today, I received an e-mail from a major literary agency - a genteel turn-down for a historical fiction novel. I'm not keeping count, but this is something in the range of 70-80 turndowns I've received without an opportunity to have an agent or editor read the complete manuscript.
Is my query...
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Jun.22.2010
A fictionalized account of Anne Frank's diary is causing some furor. In the book, Anne and her boyfriend have physical contact and talk of sex. I am of two minds about this. Basically, if done well, honestly, discretely and without puerile intent, I find it acceptable. I am a writer who has taken...
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Jun.13.2010
Woo-hoo! Another good review! Jules' Book Reviews comes through! Duckworth is very busy this summer trying to find a new commissioning editor; I haven't heard from them directly, but as far as Amazon is concerned, the US paperback edition will be out at the end of August.
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May.02.2010
http://www.thenevskywall.com
The story begins - June 18, 2010
The Nevsky Wall is a story that spans a year in the city of Leningrad, starting on the first day of summer, 1941, the day prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It follows the lives of two brothers, Alex and Viktor...
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Mar.04.2010
Ann Seymour’s I’ve Always Loved You is a book everyone interested in writing historical memoir should read. It is a remarkable example in emphasizing how to sustain a narrative voice when history is a big part of the memoir.
Fascinating and heartbreaking are the first two words that come to mind...
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Feb.02.2010
I may be aging myself here but that's alright. You have to live life in order to make memories, gain wisdom and impart both to the next generation. What will I impart today? I cannot say it will be wisdom; however, you may find my memory useful as such so I will simply share a memory with you that...
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Jan.15.2010
Antisemitism is on the rise again. Never since the end of the Second World War have there been so many antisemitic incidents worldwide. The world suffers from amnesia and disregarding the lessons from the past looks the other way. Film director Mel Gibson releases The Passion of the Christ, a...
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Jan.12.2010
While looking for examples to show my clients how to find transcripts archived on websites, I came upon:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05252007/profile.html
So, I submitted this comment:
Thank you, Mr. Bill Moyers, and everyone at The Journal and PBS for interviewing Ms. Maxine Hong Kingston...
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Dec.23.2009
When I was a tadpole in London, England there was no one particularly favorite Xmas, although there was a very sad & drab one the year my Daddy died. Xmas was, as my English mistress said (hush now, back in the '50s that was how we called our teachers!), an acceptable form cuz when handwritten...
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Nov.30.2009
Occasionally I go exploring book-wise. I used to do the same with records back in my rock ‘n’ roll days, and most of the time I found pearls among the commercial swine. So it is with books, I find – some pearls, a few zircons, an occasional lump of coal, a rare bucket of mud. Whitcroft’s book, a...
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