Robin Antalek's Blog, page 6
October 25, 2009
October 22, 2009
Five Chapters
Five Chapters has a great story this week by Mark Jude Poirer. For those of you who've never visited Five Chapters it's a fantastic site that serializes stories over a five day span. Perfect for quick reading when you just want to clear your head. Make sure you check out their archives as well!
October 20, 2009
Ghosts
I have a new post up over at The Nervous Breakdown..... follow the link!
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/ra...
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/ra...
I have a new post up over at The Nervous Breakdown..... f...
I have a new post up over at The Nervous Breakdown..... follow the link!
October 5, 2009
Totally Awesome
Check out fellow Harper Collins author Greg Orlear's debut novel: Totally Killer. It is totally, totally awesome. http://www.amazon.com/Totally-Killer-Novel-Greg-Olear/dp/0061735299
oh wow there's more....
Martha Moody, author of Best Friends, The Office of Desire and Sometime Mine had this to say about The Summer We Fell Apart.....
"In The Summer We Fell Apart, the four children of an indifferent mother and an alcoholic, self-absorbed father stumble into adulthood. The most moving aspect of this very moving novel may be its author's relationship to her characters. By portraying each sibling's muddled life with tenderness, respect and clear-sightedness, author Antalek proves herself to be the u...
"In The Summer We Fell Apart, the four children of an indifferent mother and an alcoholic, self-absorbed father stumble into adulthood. The most moving aspect of this very moving novel may be its author's relationship to her characters. By portraying each sibling's muddled life with tenderness, respect and clear-sightedness, author Antalek proves herself to be the u...
September 30, 2009
just read and re-reading
I just finished Jonathan Tropper's latest book: This Is Where I Leave You - and it so deserves the great press its been receiving! It manages to take a sad situation (the death of a parent) and turn it into something far from maudlin and contrived as the family sits the required seven days of shiva - that it will have you laughing out loud one minute and dabbing at your eyes the next. Go get it.
Right now I'm re-reading a favorite ( something I do a lot) Lucky Girls by the outstanding write...
Right now I'm re-reading a favorite ( something I do a lot) Lucky Girls by the outstanding write...
September 28, 2009
More Wonderful Words....
Elizabeth Benedict author of Almost, and The Beginners Book of Dreams and the recently published: Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives had this to say about The Summer We Fell Apart:
"The Summer We Fell Apart is a bright big-hearted novel about the complexities and heartaches of the way we live now."
I know I say this a lot - but I am truly honored and wowed by the generosity of my fellow writers!
"The Summer We Fell Apart is a bright big-hearted novel about the complexities and heartaches of the way we live now."
I know I say this a lot - but I am truly honored and wowed by the generosity of my fellow writers!
