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"I didn't pick my area of writing anymore than I chose to become a writer. …I love classic literature. And I've always had this dark imagination.  I was the weird kid who was interested in that form in the window, or what lay under the stairs. I also have this ferocious curiosity about the human [...:]

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Author of literary thrillers," Lisa Unger, was my guest on Saturday's broadcast (September 26, 2009) of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters.
"Die for You," her latest release, and the other books she has penned (8 total), were among the many things we discussed, along with working to find balance between her work as a career [...:]

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Author, Lisa Unger, discusses her new release, "Die for You," and the complexities of writing the literary thriller. Lisa is the author of "Sliver of Truth," Black Out," and "Beautiful Lies".
So tune in.
http://www.lisaunger.com/index.htm
http://www.myspace.com/authorlisaunger
http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/in...
http://www.librarything.com/author/unger...
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/result...

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Adrienna Turner discusses her latest book, "The Day Begins with Christ".  Adrienna is the author of "Half of the Battle is to Surrender All I Have,"  "From the Depths of My Soul: Collection of Poetry and Songs," and "The Mystery Lies Within".  Adrienna reviews books for the African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC), [...:]

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Every novel seeks to answer a question. The question could arise from the premise, What if______meets_____, to which the plot of your story delivers the answer in showing what ensues when X meets Y.
On another level your novel could raise a question that plumbs the depths of human personality and consciousness. Why is it that [...:]

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As the economy languishes in limbo and many of us wonder what comes next, I have made several observations as an author, one of which is that the Internet has become an important meeting ground for both industry and consumers.
That I am an author makes me part of the publishing industry. The Internet offers a [...:]

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Hearing the words you've written and read in your own voice develops voice. It also awakens you, the writer, to your style of putting words together.
You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words can [...:]

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American Buddhist nun, Pema Chödrön, writes in "Comfortable with Uncertainty" that, "…When we start to meditate or work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we're going to improve [ourselves:], which is a subtle kind of aggression against who we are…Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become [...:]

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Authors, Kathy Briccetti, Jasmine Dawson, and Meilan Carter, discuss their contributions to the anthology, "Who's Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers".
Kathy, Jasmine and Meilan will be reading from their contributions to the anthology at 3pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Diesel Book Story, Oakland, CA.
So tune in.

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I have the idea for a story. It may turn into a novel.
For now it opens with, "...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the [...:]

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