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Caroline Leavitt
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I rewrite something that I've already written and think is okay. That usually unlocks stuff. Or I outline. Then it goes away!
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You get to make up stories! You get to live other lives! It is the best feeling in the world.
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Pictures of You
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Is This Tomorrow
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Cruel Beautiful World
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Girls in Trouble
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Coming Back to Me
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The Haunted Clubhouse (Wishbone Mysteries, #2)
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Living Other Lives
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The Prince and the Pooch
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Into Thin Air
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Cynthia Newberry Martin talks about TIDAL FLATS, the story of a marriage at the crossroads, being obsessed by relationships, being a debut author, writing, and so much more.
Cynthia Newberry Martin is the author of The Painting Story,placed on the Short List for Finalists in the novel category of the2010Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, and at the same time, the second novel I wrote,Between Here and Gone,placed as a Semi-Finalist. She tells us: So far, all in drawers instead of stores, but I say... Read more of this blog post »
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First chapter of IS THIS TOMORROW
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This is an excerpt from my upcoming novel IS THIS TOMORROW (Algonquin Books), coming May 2013
First chapter Pictures of You
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The first chapter of my new novel, Pictures of You
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The first chapter of my new novel, Pictures of You
The Wrong Sister
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short story about two sisters
High Infidelity
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High Infidelity, from New York magazine's special love and Sex issue
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“Why doesn’t he get over it already? But that was the secret, wasn’t it? You never got over what you lost. You always carried it with you, stitched to you like Peter Pan’s shadow. And you never wanted to get over it, because who wanted to forget a time that had been so important? No, the truth was, you wanted to remember it always.”
― Pictures of You
― Pictures of You
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“Never. Ever. Give. Up. No doesn't always mean no. Sometimes it's just takes a little work to find the yes.”
― Cruel Beautiful World
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVQZ...A video of me talking about Cruel Beautiful World, which is out in paperback August 8th!
Hi everyone, Oh my God, Celeste Ng's LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE is so incredibly great! Who is reading it?
Please join me June 18th for a special tweet chat with a three book giveaway. A few people will be invited for a video chat to follow. Plase come! It will be fun ! http://www.eventbrite.com/event/70835...
Good to connect with you here, Caroline. Thanks for accepting my friendship.Kris
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Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery
I can't seem to upload my book trailer, but here is the url. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxBE_e...I hope you all love it!
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Caroline Leavitt blesses Jodi Picoult for mentioning her in a piece in the UK's guardian about what women writers to read who work with the same themes as Jonathan Franzen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...
