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Feb.02.2008 - 8:34 am
Perhaps because I was one of those perpetually active kids—ice skating during winter days, playing kickball through the summer, racing my brother around the block, forever honing...
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Feb.02.2008 - 8:32 am
Moments ago, I finished my final read through of HOUSE OF DANCE, the novel due out in June. It's an emotional thing, frankly, to see a book in this stage, to reflect back on all...
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Jan.29.2008 - 11:05 am
Today I'm participating in the very beautiful movement to support a loved writer named Patry Francis. She's someone I don't know but feel I do know, and today is her day. I'm...
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Jan.14.2008 - 6:27 pm
I spent today revising a novel I'd first-draft finished writing six months ago—moving through and identifying missing scenes, making notes about raw transitions, straightening the...
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Comments from Beth

Feb.07.2008 - 4:09 am
In response to: Words in Motion
Hmmm. Well, let's see. The good news is that our rivers are miles apart, miles and mountains. Or perhaps that is the...
Jan.10.2008 - 4:54 am
In response to: Are We There Yet?
I love these responses—and I thank you for them. I think, too, that if the writing doesn't feel like an adventure, a...
Jan.08.2008 - 4:15 pm
In response to: On the Brink
Zenobia the name turns heads, it really doess. Each of us brings our own understanding of the word, its origins. Of...
Jan.05.2008 - 7:50 am
In response to: Infused? Suffused?
Dear Renjie, This is such a beautiful way of putting things: the thrill of reading history lies in anticipation of the...
Jan.02.2008 - 3:16 pm
In response to: On the Brink
Nor is writing a book from the perspective of anything non-human so terribly unexpected. There is a turtle out there...

Published Reviews

Feb.04.2008
Published by http://www.trashionista.com/2008/02/book-review-und.html
BOOK REVIEW: Undercover by Beth Kephart This is her first book for young adults by National Book Award nominee, Beth Kephart. I admit I was a bit intimidated to read this because...

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