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Literacy signing a hit

Here’s some of us waiting to get in. Here’s about half of the floor. Sales totaled more than $60,000, all for charity.

Posted 15 July 2009 † nickyp § Books § Marketing § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Be an Early Reviewer: Treating the Brain

Here’s another chance to read and review a Dana Press book before it’s released to the general public. July’s title is TREATING THE BRAIN: WHAT THE BEST DOCTORS KNOW, by top neuroscientist Walter Bradley. Even in this information age, people dealing with often-serious neurological problems face the daunting task of finding accurate, credible and understandable [...]

Posted 09 July 2009 † nickyp § Brain science § Marketing § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

RWA: Nationals is local

This year, the Romance Writers of America holds its national convention in my own back yard. In less than two weeks, July 15 through 18, the happy horde will land in Washington at the Wardman Marriott Park Hotel for workshops, parties, industry panels and the big awards ceremony. First, there’s a huge public booksigning event, [...]

Posted 03 July 2009 † nickyp § Books § Learning § Marketing § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Tempting

My copy of A TALENT FOR SIN, by Lavinia Kent, calls to me while I am concentrating at work. Luckily it’s lunch-break time.

Posted 29 May 2009 † nickyp § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Adult in UK, Children’s in US

I just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. One of my friends in book club raved about it so much we decided it would be our book of the month this month (next month is Rabbit Run, in eerie timing). I was all for it, but others took a bit longer to be convinced, [...]

Posted 28 January 2009 † nickyp § Marketing § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

No depth, no foul?

Two comments on Saturday struck me. One, at a workshop for apprentice and master fiction writers, from a multi-published writer: Jane Austen is fun to read, and to read in many ways, and to re-read.. but we don’t need to hold ourselves up that high. She aims for a level that would be fun to [...]

Posted 26 January 2009 † nickyp § Reading § Thinking § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Styron races the writerly engines

One of the many great things about book club is I can never predict who will hate (or love) the book. One of our sweetest members has raved about and read and re-read the bleakness that is The Road, one story I thought she’d give up on. And this time, two people just absolutey hated [...]

Posted 12 January 2009 † nickyp § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Romance still sells

Had fun at the New Jersey Romance Writers Put Your Heart in a Book Conference this past Friday and Saturday. Lots of workshops, less candy (which is a good thing) and more good conversations than last year. I didn’t pitch a story to agents or editors this year; feels too soon for the new story [...]

Posted 26 October 2008 † nickyp § Marketing § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Characters vs. types

Talking about David Copperfield today at book club, we wondered which character in the book we’d most like to be. Not any of the women, although Peggotty was one of my faves. A few said they’d want to be David who, though he suffers, does grow (and ‘learn discipline’) and ends up well.   Today [...]

Posted 28 September 2008 † nickyp § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Long live Sharpe

In the past six weeks, I’ve blown through more than 20 of the Richard Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell (holding off on the 1820-set one to use as incentive to meet my page goals this month).  Wow. Rollicking adventure, tight serial plotting and continuing characters who grow (somewhat). I read them in historical order, marveling [...]

Posted 30 August 2008 † nickyp § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,