Lauren Baratz-Logsted's Blog, page 2
April 13, 2010
"The Disrespectful Interviewer VI" + Crazy Beautiful giveaway (link)
Over at BiblioBuffet this week The Disrespectful Interviewer is Dissing Kristy Kiernan. If you scroll down there's also a Crazy Beautiful giveaway.Be well. Don't forget to write.
March 30, 2010
"Teddy & Me" + Crazy Beautiful giveaway (link)
Over at BiblioBuffet this week I've got a piece on my impressions of Teddy Kennedy's memoir, True Compass. It's called "Teddy & Me" and there's also a link at the bottom for a Crazy Beautiful giveaway. You can find it all here.Question of the day: What do you think of Teddy Kennedy?Be well. Don't forget to write.
March 29, 2010
Book of the Week: Await Your Reply
AWAIT YOUR REPLY, Dan Chaon. From the jacket flap:The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways--and with unexpected consequences--in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping, brilliantly written new novel. Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered ...
March 16, 2010
"The Disrespectful Interviewer V" Crazy Beautiful giveaway (link)
On BiblioBuffet this week, in my Disrespectful Interviewer column I'm Dissing Greg Logsted and giving away a copy of Crazy Beautiful: here - there's also a Crazy Beautiful giveaway.Be well. Don't forget to write.
March 2, 2010
"Size Matters: Fat Books I Have Loved" + Crazy Beautiful giveaway (link)
Over at BiblioBuffet this week I'm talking about "Size Matters: Fat Books I Have Loved" and if you scroll down you'll see a Crazy Beautiful giveaway. It's all here.How about you? What fat books have you loved or at least endured?Be well. Don't forget to write.
March 1, 2010
Book of the Week: Cold Skin
COLD SKIN, Steven Herrick. From the jacket flap:Eddie doesn't want to be in school; he wants to work in the mines. But his dad won't go down in the coal pits, and he won't let his sons go either. Nothing much happens in the town of Burruga, except for fights at the pub. Then one Friday night a girl is found dead by the river, and every man in town comes under suspicion. Eddie is drawn into ...
February 23, 2010
To Prologue or Not to Prologue? That is the Question...Maybe
Agent Kristin Nelson always has something interesting to say on her popular "Pub Rants" blog and her February 3 entry, Why Prologues Often Don't Work, is no exception. It's the kind of piece that sets off all sorts of dialogue in writing communities and before you know it, everyone's wondering: "Should I ditch my prologue altogether?" "Should I just re-lable the ...
February 16, 2010
"The Disrespectful Interviewer IV" + Crazy Beautiful giveaway (link)
Over at BiblioBuffet, the latest in my "Disrespectful Interviewer" series is up. This time, I'm Dissing Tish Cohen. If you scroll to the bottom, you'll also see a link where you can enter a contest for a copy of Crazy Beautiful.How are you doing on this snowy-in-Connecticut day?Be well. Don't forget to write.
February 15, 2010
Book of the Week: Shattering Glass
SHATTERING GLASS, Gail Giles. From the flap copy:"Simon Glass was easy to hate....I guess, really we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn't realize it until the day we killed him."Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a nerd, a loser who occupies the lowest rung on the high school social ladder. Everyone picks on him -- until Rob Haynes shows up. Rob, a transfer student with charisma ...
February 2, 2010
"Unabashedly for Clinton" + The Sisters 8 giveaway (link)
My latest Writer-in-Residence column is up on BiblioBuffet. This one's called "Unabashedly for Clinton" and is about my experiences reading Taylor Branch's The Clinton Tapes. Also, if you scroll down to the bottom of the piece, there's a link where you can enter to win the first four books in The Sisters 8 series.Be well. Don't forget to write.
