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July 27, 2014
Dissolving Boundaries – Mark Tiedemann
by Mark W. Tiedemann Author of Gravity Box and Other Spaces Recently I had a brief conversation about the changing nature of science fiction. Not so much the stories being written, although that was part of the discussion as well, but the faces we see populating the lists of writers publishing new work. There was a…
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Book Review: A Life Apart by Y.L. Marlow
Reviewed by Julie Failla Earhart Marlow’s second novel, A Life Apart, opens at the end of the story, then quickly reverts to the beginning. The beginning is December 7, 1941. Since he was a kid, Morris Sullivan has loved ships. He built model ships as a child. After his high school girlfriend, sweetheart is too…
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July 22, 2014
Lessons Learned on Self-Editing
By Donna Volkenannt Turning off my internal editor was one of the hardest writing habits I had to break. Early in my writing career I plodded along, editing as I wrote, with little to show for my efforts. My excuse was, “I’m a slow writer.” Then one day I received a freelance assignment with a…
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July 17, 2014
Card-Carrying Member of Adverbs Anonymous
by Janet Cannon Hello. My name is Janet L. Cannon and I’m an addict. Yes, I wholeheartedly admit I’m thoroughly and completely addicted to those lovely and lively adverbs. Those beautifully artful words that modify verbs to more carefully describe what’s excitingly happening in my novel. Umm. Yeah. Seriously. Seriously? Yeah. Adverb addiction has been…
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July 15, 2014
Earl Swift tracks history of ’57 Chevy in Auto Biography
Left Bank Books presents journalist Earl Swift, who will sign and discuss his book, Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream (It Books, May 2014), on Sunday, July 20, 3pm, at Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid). In March of 1956, an American original was born: Tommy…
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July 10, 2014
Writing Contests for July
Munster Literature Centre A Room of Her Own Foundation Glimmer Train Press Indiana Review Narrative—Spring Poetry Contest Narrative—Spring Story Contest New Guard Sledgehammer Munster Literature Centre Entry fee: €15 (approximately $20 U.S.) paid via PayPal Prizes: First Prize is €2,000 (Approximately $2,600 U.S.) and publication in Southword, an online literary journal published in Cork, Ireland.…
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Writers Under Glass
Left Bank Books is celebrating its 45th birthday! Starting this week, Left Bank Books is asking for one-sentence story prompts from our customers, Facebook & Twitter followers. These prompts will be collected and on July 11th they will be selected from a hat and provided to an esteemed panel of writers who will use the prompts…
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Bestseller John Sandford and wife Michele Cook co-author new YA series
Left Bank Books presents co-authors John Sandford and Michele Cook, who will sign and discuss the first novel in their Singular Menace series, Uncaged (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, July 2014), on Monday, July 14, 7pm, at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh). Sandford will also sign and discuss the…
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July 8, 2014
Saint Louis Writers Guild Presents: Whitley Abell, Literary Agent
Literary agent Whitley Abell will help writers gear up for the Publish Your Dreams contest by explaining the dos and don’ts of writing query letters from 10 a.m. to noon, July 12, at the St. Louis Writers Guild (SLWG) workshop. Whitley, who joined Inklings Literary Agency in 2013, will also talk about what agents look…
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June 25, 2014
Tips for Reading
by Jennifer Hasheider You’ve traversed the traditional route to publishing or landed somewhere between there and doing it all yourself – now you’ve got a book in your clammy hands. Hopefully the line-up of publicity events and press releases are plenty because you started blathering to the world about this moment long before today. Once…
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