Caroline Leavitt's Blog, page 138
June 20, 2010
Tour-a-rama
June 18, 2010
Go check out Thriller Fest
Thrillerfest is the international association of thriller writers. Part of their mission is helping writers, and since its inception in 2004, they've raised money for literacy groups such as Reading is Fundamental. And in these tough economic times, ITW has suspended dues so that no writer is denied the membership benefits because of finances. At the ThrillerFest Banquet Gale, the organization celebrates a member who has given back to the community and cause of literacy by honoring them...
June 14, 2010
Read this Book: There is No Other by Jon Papernick
Surprising, shocking, profane and hilarious, J on Papernick 's There is no Other explores the lives of Jews on the edge of despair, desperate to connect to each other, their kids, and their God. One of the most startlingly brilliant story collections I've read in years. (I also have to thank Jon for not only enduring the mail losing two of the books he sent me, but for being gracious enough to come to BEA and hand-deliver his book to me.) Thanks so much, Jon, and thanks for answering my...
June 13, 2010
Guest post from Robin Antalek, author of The Summer We Fell Apart
Author and blogger Robin Antalek's T he Summer We Fell Apart brilliantly explores love, loss and abandonment as it swirls around the lives of four siblings. Thank you to Robin for guest blogging here!
Writing The Summer We Fell Apart was certainly an experience like no other. I was no stranger to the novel form – I had written three novels before this one – two that shall remain buried in a drawer forever – and one – the one before Summer – that my agent and I mutually...
June 11, 2010
No Visible Means of Support: Guest blog from author Susanne Dunlap
One of the things that always strikes me is how most writers have to do other things besides write to pay the bills. It's a juggling act none of us are expert at. Recently, my friend and colleague, Susanne Dunlap (Anastasia's Secret) quit her job and I'm thrilled she's writing about the experience here.
I did it. About three weeks ago, I left my day job to enter the uncertain world of freelance writing and editing. Do I have a cushion of savings, you ask? No. A spouse who is wealthy and can...
June 9, 2010
Stephen McCauley talks about his new novel Insignificant Others
I first met Stephen McCauley at a bookclub meeting at someone's house. I already loved his books and I soon came to adore him because no one is really more hilarious. I even wrote up a piece on him and the how-tos of cooking an urban-styled macaroni and cheese for The Boston Globe food section, complete with a photograph of Stephen and the dish!
Insignificant Others is already racking up the raves. A social satire about the lies we tell each other--and ourselves--it's quintessential...
Previews of Coming Attractions
Stephen McCauley (he'll be reading tomorrow night, June 10 at The Upper West Sides Barnes and Noble at 7)
Susan Henderson
Manette Ansay
Lisa Unger
And more! (there I sound like a commercial. Sort of.)
June 4, 2010
Guest Blog from Jennifer Rosner, author of If A Tree Falls
Jennifer Rosner wrote an extraordinary memoir about being the mother of two deaf children, but it's really more than that. It's truly a novel about what it means to be heard, how deafness is passed on through history and the controversy around sign language and cochlear implants. I was so knocked out by Rosner's book that I asked her if she'd write a guest blog, and she agreed. Many thanks, Jennifer.
Nearly every day, for the five years it took me to write If A Tree Falls, I marveled at...
Guest Blog from Jennifer Rosen, author of If A Tree Falls
Jennifer Rosen wrote an extraordinary memoir about being the mother of two deaf children, but it's really more than that. It's truly a novel about what it means to be heard, how deafness is passed on through history and the controversy around sign language and cochlear implants. I was so knocked out by Rosen's book that I asked her if she'd write a guest blog, and she agreed. Many thanks, Jennifer.
Nearly every day, for the five years it took me to write If A Tree Falls, I marveled at the...
May 27, 2010
Let's Hear it for BEA
BEA was amazing this year. Maybe it's because I have a new publisher, Algonquin, whom I adore (okay, that's absolutely the reason why) but I had such a great time. There seemed, to me, to be such a sense of community, and because I was so anxious about doing well in my speech (to 190 librarians at a sold out lunch from the Association of American Publishers), I hadn't slept at all the night before. I had written out my speech and memorized it, practicing it in front of the mirror, the Mac cam...
