Tag: readers
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Interview | Book Reviewer, Roxanne Piskel
1. Tell a little about yourself. My name is Roxanne and I received my B.A. in English from Sierra Nevada College. I run the blog Unintentionally Brilliant, which is mostly filled with my daily meanderings, but also features book reviews. In “real life” I work as an administrative assistant for an environmental consulting firm in…
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Radio Interview | Anjuelle Floyd with Robert Batista of “The Funky Writer”
Download and/or listen to my interview with author, Robert Batista, host of The Funky Writer talk radio show, where I discuss my soon to be released, novel The House, my collection of short stories, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident, and my process of writing, advertising and how I use my website for marketing and…
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Of Reviewers, “Where the Dog Star Never Glows,” and Lifting Spirits…
Author, and editor, Tara Masih recently wrote a blog on the importance of reviewers. Book reviewers provide an invaluable service to writers in both the areas of helping us get the word about about our work–promotion–and emotional support. Mention in Tara’s blog is author and reviewer, Angela Lam Turpin. In addition to writing reviews, Angela…
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Of Cruise Ships, Planes, Ocean and Sky…
Traveling by ship, or cruising, starts with the point or process of embarkation, going onto the ship and finding our room. Your bags arrive soon after that. And within an hour or so the ship sets sail. Unlike with an airplane, where matters move at a faster pac
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Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon…
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character. But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them? What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel? Certainly obstacles…
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Change for the Sake of Change
I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country. Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.