Naked Writing 01
It’s official: Kelley has now reached her goal of $2,000 in sponsorship for her Clarion West write-a-thon work. She’s writing fresh pieces…
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Aud would approve of this
Nothing from me today. Instead, go read Kelley’s latest piece, “Feeding Time.” It’s about a man who talks to predators. Key words:…
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From: Cindy Thoreson I love the Aud Torvingen series! Always, the last novel in the series, was published in 2007. I’ve been…
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From: Kida Valérie Charavel Hello, just wanted to share something… Discovered Aud in The Blue Place, and since then, just kept following…
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From: Eve Derrien Bonjour! I hope that your books (all of them) will be one day published in French. I’m waiting for…
Read moreThis, right here, is what publishing needs to fix
(Thanks, Lisa) Look at this: my novels for sale at iBooks. Ammonite (1993): $11.99Slow River (1995): $11.99The Blue Place (1998): $9.99Stay (2002):…
Read moreBeautiful sentences
Included in this week’s links for writers post over at Sterling Editing, is an article by Adam Haslett about beautiful sentences. Sentences…
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I got this (and several others like it) last week: hi my name is Lindsay and love love your books and i…
Read moreModesty Blaise and Lisbeth Salander
One of my most propitious discoveries this holiday season was Modesty Blaise, the character created by Peter O’Donnell. She appears in novels…
Read more"Plainly a fact": ebook territories
From: Michaela, Czech Republic First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for enlarging a row of female writers or…
Read moreAlways back in paperback, hurrah!
Always is back in town: finally, the trade paperback has been reprinted. Just in time to buy the whole three-book package for…
Read moreIf plots had smartphones…
Yesterday, I was thinking about the Aud novels, about what it would take to republish them. (They’re all in print in some…
Read moreAud needs to get to Norway, ASAP
Aud’s mother told her long, long ago that the troll always wins. She’s not sure she believes that anymore–but now she’s going…
Read moreLiterature and girl cooties
Yesterday was Women’s Equality Day, the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. It only gives women…
Read moreThe woman on the cover of The Blue Place
From: Penny Love Struck First of all I would like to say I love your work. I enjoy the way your descriptions…
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I stumbled across this review [link fixed] of Stay last night and, I dunno, something about it really tickled me, so I…
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From: Olen I would just like to comment on how the technology form of the “slate” in Slow River has pretty much…
Read moreAlways on Book View Cafe
Nancy Jane Moore talks about the self-defence stuff in Always over at Book View Cafe. Nancy was one of my students, long…
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Kelley pointed me to this post on Nikki’s Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily. It’s about how the stubborness of an arrogant and unimaginative…
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From: Alexandra I hope this message gets to you, I just wanted to say how much your book has touched my heart….
Read moreNight Train, by Martin Amis Ask Nicola
From: Barbara Sanchez I just read Night Train by Martin Amis at K’s recommendation on her blog. It blew me away for…
Read moreJoint them like chicken — a self-defence post, sort of
If you’re squeamish, don’t read this post. While we were cooking on Sunday for a Mother’s Day dinner (waves at K’s mum,…
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My ex-editor, Charlotte Abbott, has a great new blog, Follow the Reader, with FoAN, Kay Meyer. Today Kat interviews Colleen Lindsay, a…
Read morenaming characters
From: Donna When naming your characters, do you give any thought to the actual meaning or do they just come to you?…
Read moreRihanna hires Aud!
From: Owen Okay, I’m probably not the only one to send you this, and it’s probably not unsual, etc. But I couldn’t…
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