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Oh, Pete!
Your face is great and your body is neat
And your voice can't be beat!
I wish we could meet,
Cause I hear you're sweet!
We could run across the street
In all the snow and sleet,
Maybe in the summer heat,
And sit in our seat
And have a bite to eat.
Perhaps a sandwich of lettuce and meat
Served on w... Read more of this blog post »

Título: The Casual Vacancy
Autora: J. K. Rowling

São raras as vezes em que se pensa no impacto que a morte de uma pessoa pode ter numa comunidade. É essa a história que J. K. Rowling nos conta neste livro que nada tem a ver com o mundo de Harry Potter com que muitos de nós crescemos.

Peguei neste...

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That sounds dirtier written out than it did in my head. LOL.

April was the month I posted something everyday to correspond with a letter of the alphabet. May… I think I’ve posted 3 times, including this one. Neither is good. I have to find some kind of balance and I seem to do better when I have a...

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It's been an exhausting week as I am wrapping up things at work. Just to give you an idea, I'm not a napper, but when I got home from work today, I fell asleep for two hours.

They've pretty much stated they're tapping into my brain and trying to extract as much knowledge as possible before I'm go... Read more of this blog post »

It's hard to hold Marta Dottorelli down. She swears she is not fictional, and has set out to prove it by barging onto my website and posting Tuscan recipes along with "anti-author" rants -- and here's the thing: I'm starting to wonder how "fictional" she is:

I'll give her this: Real or not, she kn... Read more of this blog post »

So, the free event I did for Adult Learners’ Week on Tuesday went well. I’ve done a couple of events like this before (I’ve just noticed, to my horror, that the last one was five years ago), and always end up coming out of them thinking what a good idea they are; giving people the opportunity to...

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As much as I liked the cover that we originally selected forRiver's Recruit, I really wanted something more 'mature.' So, I enlisted the help of Sarah Hanson at Okay Creationsand she designed this beautiful new cover. What do you think?






I hope you like it as much as I do. I'm so excited to get bac... Read more of this blog post »

Mother’s Curseis a fantasy novel for reluctant readers of the genre–like me. Usually when reading a fantasy book, I get mired in the world, race, and language-building details and give up before the story even gets started. While Thaddeus Nowak has created a rich world with hisHeirs of Cothelseri... Read more of this blog post »

...I decided to write one on a book that I will eventually publish. The book is a YA fantasy, and the first book I wrote. But I want to rewrite it, making it a lot better. Anyway, I was mucking around with its theme and wrote the poem below, which has the same title as the book: "Stella Maris". I... Read more of this blog post »

The creators of Book Bash partnered with authors,

S.C. Stephens and K.A. Linde, to create:

ANGSTfest, the Official After Party of Book Bash

And YOU’RE INVITED!!!

Event Info:

Come party with the hottest angsty indie authors out there at the official Book Bash after party for FREE!! Located in th...

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الأسبوع الماضى شعرت بالمرارة كما لم أشعر بها أبدا ككاتب، وفكرت أن أتوقف عن الكتابة فى الشأن العام،

Adorable cappuccinos for everyone!

First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. - Bernard Malamud



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Tip: My May giveaway to one lucky commenter is a $10 Amazon or B & N gift card. I'll draw at the end of the month from all commenters on posts during May.

My main character in the young adult Whispering Woods series,Mia Taylor,is a synesthete. Synesthesia is a neurological condition that doe... Read more of this blog post »

Hey guys,

So I just wanted to drop a quick note to you all before I went MIA for a few days. I’m about to finish cleaning house and take a breather in between novels.

This time next week, one of my besties arrives on my doorstep! We started off friends as freelance writers a few years ago, work...

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AboutChasing Memories (Tala Prophecy, Book 1)

There isn’t another way; not now. The others are coming. I can’t let them have you…

Seventeen-year-old Reagan has a problem: She can’t remember what happened the night her brother was taken. Now, the dreams haunting her from the incident are becoming m... Read more of this blog post »

The creators of Book Bash partnered with authors, S.C. Stephens and K.A. Linde, to create: ANGSTfest, the Official After Party of Book Bash!

And we want to invite YOU!

Event Info:

Come party with the hottest angsty authors out there at the official Book Bash after party for FREE! Located in the sam... Read more of this blog post »

I just want to let you all know that I have now done too much typing and am in considerable pain with RSI (repetitive strain injury). The only solution at the moment is to limit my computer use. I will be about but unable to type much for a while. Please bear with me if I am slow to respond to an Read more of this blog post »

when you stuck that stick of celery up your arse and everybody hated you
when i hit you over the head with that wine bottle and you didn’t even die
when they called you rat boy and i loved you
when you showed me off in the pub

It's hard out there for a pimp...

90s UtopYA is my attempt at making friends through a series of interviews about the most awesome decade ever. Each Thursday will feature a different author, blogger, or book industry person who will be serving as a panelist at this year's UtopYA Con. Today we hang with the super-cool, motorcycle-... Read more of this blog post »

A Nádia, administradora do blogue "Eu e o Bam", leu o meu "Perdidos" e publicou no passado dia 15 de maio a sua opinião no seu blogue. Agradeço-lhe a mesma e o tempo que despendeu a ler o meu livro =D Aqui transcrevo o que ela disse:
«Antes de começar com o comentário a este livro, queria agradec... Read more of this blog post »

Answer this question to enter the drawing for a paperback copy of Finding Jackie (if in the US, ebook if you’re in another country).What kind of shirt does Sonny have on at the wedding? Comment below to enter! (Hint: The answer can be found in the Dreamspinner catalogue listing–just expand the ex...

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Tra i brani più importanti nella poetica di Marcel Proust, il grandissimo autore della "Ricerca del tempo perduto", c'è quel frammento di "Dalla parte di Swann" nel quale egli esplicita per la prima volta l'idea delle memorie risvegliate - improvvisamente - da accadimenti apparentemente ordinari... Read more of this blog post »

Filming finished today for my section of a BBC program being made for the Inside Out series to be aired in the autumn. It's a look at the link between DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, the rise of erotic romance and me! I come from very close to where Lawrence was born and raised.

I was film... Read more of this blog post »

I'll be going on a blog tour in June to discuss my romantic comedy classic series, FOREVER FRIENDS. Stay tuned for tour stops, which will be posted here and on my website at www.peggywebb.com.

CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU, Forever Freinds, Book l, is still FREE online in ebook format. Enjoy! Read more of this blog post »

The creators of Book Bash partnered with authors, S.C. Stephens and K.A. Linde, to create: ANGSTfest, the Official After Party of Book Bash!

And we want to invite YOU!

Event Info:

Come party with the hottest angsty authors out there at the

official Book Bash after party for FREE! Located in the same...

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What does the slung about, bounced around adage that “Politics is show-business for ugly people” actually mean? I suppose that the narcissism and self-interest that motivates many entertainers is what lurks behind the ashen, jowly facades of most politicians. That politics is bereft of altruists,...

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You know how some things just get wildly popular? Like a TV show or a band or a book series or whatever? Ever had the experience where something is hugely popular and you just don’t get it, don’t connect with it? This happens to be frequently, makes me kinda wonder what I’m missing. So here are s...

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We who revel in nature's diversity and feel instructed by every animal tend to brand Homo sapiens as the greatest catastrophe since the Cretaceous extinction. ~ Stephen Jay Gould

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I don't trust new houses.

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This morning I dreamt Kathryn and I were standing on the shore of one of the Great Lakes... Read more of this blog post »

Publisher: Kensington

ISBN: 9780758211392

My rating: 3/5

Mel is busy trying to keep her life together when Bo Black enters the picture. Dashing, mysterious and enticing, Bo instantly captivates her. Luckily she resists her urges long enough to realize that Bo is really there to take back ownership... Read more of this blog post »

How Do You Respond To Criticism?

“I didn't know you were trying to be a writer.”
“Have you ever been published?”
“How good can you be if you don't have an agent?”


I've been a writer for over 25 years. I've accomplished a lot in that time but the majority of it has been through sheer har... Read more of this blog post »

Review: Soldier of Orange Paul Verhoeven’s Soldier of Orange is an acclaimed Dutch film which tells the story of a group of university friends whose lives are turned upside down when Europe descends into the Second World War and the Netherlands are occupied by Germany. The war has a different imp... Read more of this blog post »

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan

In a remarkable but little-noticed oversight hearing last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee looked at “The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.” The 2001 AUMF is the act passed by Congress...

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Hi everyone! Welcome to the another week of What's Next?! Click here to read more about the meme and be sure to link up your posts below.

Here are a few I have to (or want to!) read soon. Which first?

Two weeks ago, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and seventeen of his fellow cadets from the Academ...

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Me




I
don’t know

So
much about me

Except
that

I
really like to laugh




And
I think

I’m
a wild innocence








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A small poem which will appear in my next book of poetry, All Things Lit Like Fireflies.

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Can you tell readers a little bit about yourself?
Jordan: Well, I live in the middle of the US and have been writing for what feels like forever. When I was in high school I used to write and submit short stories but never got them published. When I went to college writing got put on hold then l... Read more of this blog post »

As some of you are aware, Joanne and I recently went to Vietnam to vacation with friend and author, Luke Romyn, his wife, Sarah Dougherty and her sister, Millie. We had a great time and I thought I'd share a photo per day of our amazing trip so, here it goes! :)

DAY 1 - May 3, 2013: Shortly foll...

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Today kicks off my official cover reveal for my upcoming YA novel, Chasing Memories.


About Chasing Memories (Tala Prophecy, Book 1)

There isn’t another way; not now. The others are coming. I can’t let them have you…
Seventeen-year-old Reagan has a problem: She can’t remember what happened the nig... Read more of this blog post »

I was going to go on a tear regarding this … ahem … interestingessay. I already had plenty of back and forth over it on social media, and there’s no need to belabor the point. Okay, one gem I just *must* share: “Talented writing tends to contain moreinformation, sentence for sentence, clause for...

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One of my favorite places to write is in my own backyard. I am constantly inspired by the colors, smells and sounds of nature. Now that spring has sprung, there are so many new wonders to behold!While frolicking in my garden, I snapped photos of various flowers with a little fairy spirit. I’ve ad...

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You guys, over the past couple of years, I’ve come to know the sweetest girl. Her name is Michelle Nicole and she’s an accountant by day and a writer by night. And she’s super excited to announce that her debut book, Soul Survivor, will be out soon…in June! Eeep! I personally can’t wait to read...

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Sam tends to be a man of few words, so when he speaks, I do my best to listen. This comment he wrote about my race post will stay with me forever:

Let

me get this right. While running you realized that all you need is

inside you, you don't need to wait for some guy to show up, and you have

peo...

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Back when January reviewed for us, she really enjoyed the Bella Andre Sullivan family series. Andre was one of the first self publishing successes. She went on to sell the print rights to Harlequin and Harlequin is working hard to get the paper copy into readers’ hands.

They are sponsoring a fun g...

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