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Aug.04.2008
Why would an author ever give away a book? A whole book, that took months, maybe years, to write? It's a big question today, as publishers and authors both struggle to find readers in an online world that's increasingly made up of free content.
I've become one of those authors, by making...
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Mar.07.2008
There’s a lot of yapping going on in the publishing world right now about yet another “memoir” that really – isn’t. (See: Frey, James – A MILLION LITTLE PIECES and MY FRIEND LEONARD.)
This time the lies are more egregious; the author not only made up most of the facts of the story but also...
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Feb.25.2008
.....not even in writing.
Let me explain.
Around the first of the year, I had a dream. In my dream, my first agented manuscript came back to me — entire passages flashed before my sleeping eyes. Now, that book was beautiful, in many ways. Some of my most evocative writing ever. But while it...
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Feb.15.2008
Do you ever dream about your characters?
I do. I did. Just the other night.
Disclaimer: I happen to think my husband is the most wonderful man alive. Not the most perfect man, but certainly the most wonderful and the one I love the most. We have the happiest, most stable marriage of just about...
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About Melanie
Hailing from the Hoosier state (where she grew up in the shadow of the Indianapolis 500 racetrack), Melanie Lynne Hauser is a late bloomer who is just now figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up. Having tried her hand at telemarketing, candy...