best sellers
November 1, 2009
- The recent societal bent towards navel-gazing has apparently reached its zenith with "Eat Pray Love," Elizabeth Gilbert's pseudo-memoir of self-discovery and seeking enlightenment. Or perhaps it was a shallow grope for the best-seller lists and Oprah's couch. Either way, it worked; her book has been on the best-seller lists for over two years now. But reading about this book ...
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May 16, 2009
- I think I've figured out why I am just now learning about the fantabulous works of author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. At the time that his novel The Shadow of the Wind enjoyed a year-long run on the bestseller lists in Spain in 2001, and then later duplicated that success in corners all around the global village, I was eyebrow-deep in research for Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. That means I ...
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April 29, 2009
- Not written from my own experience, alas. I just ran across a blog post by Vampire romance author Lynn Viehl http://www.genreality.net/the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller Her novel "Twilight Falls" (sixth in a series) just hit #19 on the NYT bestseller list. It is some indication of the importance that the list holds in my reading life, I believe, that I have neither read Ms. Viehl's ...
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November 13, 2008
- I have begun a journey, the journey to the Best Seller List, and I'm inviting you to join me on this journey. Check out what I am learning along the way at http://journeybestseller.blogspot.com
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April 22, 2008
- In the Shadow of His WingsToday I read the first negative review of my work. It struck me as a blow. Like some stranger had passed by and proclaimed my child ugly, unworthy to be born.I suppose I have been spoiled thus far in my journey as an author, as it was the first to wound me so. I found myself questioning everything, even my heart’s cry to proclaim the love of God as I pour all I have ...
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