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Author Roundtable

Mar.17.2008

Camille Marchetta will join a group of writers in a discussion of their lives and work at Borders, in Fairfield CT. on Wednesday, March 19th, at 7PM. The event will be moderated by Diane DeFonce.

Camille's Latest Blogs

Oct.26.2011 - 1:55 pm
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Thinking it would be easier for him than for me, I asked my very obliging publisher to put my book up on Kindle, and though he always insisted he’d done it, it was never there...
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Sep.09.2011 - 10:29 am
It was in the late 60s that I first went to Italy and by the end of that two week trip I absolutely hated the place.  It was the men, of course.  I was with two...
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May.05.2011 - 2:11 pm
Writing for free was always my favorite thing to do.  If my mother is to be believed, I started when I was three, tapping out stories on my father's old Underwood.  (...
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Aug.14.2009 - 7:53 am
Any thought of heroes, at the moment, immediately conjures up all the usual suspects: "our brave men and women in the armed forces," policemen, firemen, aid workers. And...
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Comments from Camille

Sep.06.2008 - 11:07 am
In response to: Online Protocol
That's the advice my agent gave me once when I was all fired up to write a reviewer who'd not only (I thought) totally...
Sep.01.2008 - 8:26 pm
In response to: Dallas is a jewel, dallas is a beautiful sight
Dear Jennifer, Please call me Camille.  You were right, I did enjoy your post.  I  had never considered Dallas in...
Apr.11.2008 - 4:48 pm
In response to: Anti-Zon
Dear Sandra, Like you, I've always been a big fan of Amazon.com, and a loyal customer as well. But I'm definitely...

Published Reviews

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Sep.26.2008
Published by Mom is Just a Nickname
This book earned a prize for the Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing in 2008 and it’s easy to see why. The story is told beautifully, and although it deals...