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November 30, 2014
The Indie View Interview
Interview 30 Nov 2014 As every reader knows, there are books, and then there are Books. Books for me, the ones with a capital B, include Half of a Yellow Sun (amazing plot, amazing love story, amazing message), Lolita (a very difficult book to read, written in the most beautiful prose; Nabokov was a master […]
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November 8, 2014
Unrequited Love, Passion, and Art
Where do the passion and the drive to pursue art come from? What forces work against its realization? In The God of My Art, Helene is an aspiring artist who turns unrequited love into a source of artistic inspiration. When her feelings for a fiery young man passionate about mountaineering, aid work, and Nietzsche turn […]
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October 29, 2014
Regarding Writing Advice
By Sarah Lane One of many winter nights spent tossing and turning in a drafty flat in the Alps—this was during the period of a difficult breakup—I dreamed that I crossed an older version of myself in a cobblestone alley in Annecy, France (where I lived at the time of the dream). This older me […]
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September 21, 2014
Existential Angst
Helene, the artist in want of a muse in The God of My Art, says: We are in the heart of the downtown Eastside now, and the homeless people on the streets have swollen to a crowd. Like all the abandoned buildings at their backs, window cavities boarded over and pasted with the flyers of […]
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August 23, 2014
Book Reader Magazine Interview
Interview 23 Aug 2014 In terms of what inspired me to write The God of My Art, the short answer is that I wanted to figure out what this weird impulse is to be an artist. The long answer is that I wanted to figure out where the balance lies between freedom and responsibility and […]
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August 22, 2014
Awesome Gang Interview
Interview 6 Nov 2013 My reading tastes are eclectic, but I particularly like tragic dystopian stories about finding courage despite the loss of innocence and a lack of choice. Sarah Lane discusses her writing and reading habits with Awesome Gang. “What authors, or books have influenced you? Too many to list here. My reading tastes […]
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August 2, 2014
Author Martin Crosbie Reviews The God of My Art
Author Martin Crosbie includes The God of My Art: A Novel on his list of five books that have “literally blown my mind” and “surprised me.” I found it almost impossible to predict. It wasn’t just the characters that moved the plot forward; it was the mood and theme of the words. It was the […]
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July 19, 2014
Artwork and Paintings in The God of My Art
By Sarah Lane In The God of My Art: A Novel, Helene is a painter. A reader recently commented: “I want to see her paintings!” As Helene is a fictional protagonist, there are, of course, no paintings to be seen outside the story. While writing The God of My Art, however, I often imagined Helene’s […]
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July 17, 2014
Do writers need cats?
By Sarah Lane The majestic creature in this photograph is the exact reincarnation of my childhood cat Garfield. Garfield disappeared when he was around ten years of age. His suspected murderer is an owl spotted in the area around the same time. My kitty most likely attempted to cross at night the frozen pond covered […]
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February 26, 2014
FREE Amazon GIFT CARD anyone?
The God of My Art is featured on a number of book blogs this week where you can enter to win one of FOUR Amazon gift cards.
There is a total of $130 USD to be given away in four prizes of $60, $40, $20, and $10. Entries will be accepted until midnight March 1st.
Visit one of these participating blogs and download a free sample of The God of My Art to enter:
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Unladylike Reviews
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Please share this contest with all your reading friends!
And congratulations to Jean Granger from Red Deer, Alberta, Michelle DeLoria from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, and Emily Sturgill from Warren, Michigan for each winning one of three signed copies of The God of My Art during the Goodreads giveaway!
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