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Hey, anyone who lives in LA, this is where I'll be Sat!
http://la.thepublicschool.org/
The Public School will host a one-day class on June 27 to discuss The Coming Insurrection
It's useless to wait—for a breakthrough, for the revolution, the nuclear apocalypse or a social movement. To go on waiting is madness. The catastrophe is not coming, it is here. We are already...
You must kiss your pride and dignity goodbye.
There is no such thing as writing a memoir half-way. You have to jump in with both feet, legs, arms, shoulders, hands, head, and heart.
Everyone remembers the same event differently.
It's fun to relive old memories.
It's agonizing to relive old memories.
If you have any doubt, change names! Not only to protect the people you're...
I Will Always Love You: My American Idol ExperienceBy Rhonda Stapleton
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a singer. I sang in the living room, amusing my family with my rendition of “Maniac” from the movie Flashdance. I sang in the car. I sang in school. I sang everywhere, and throughout my youth, continued to dream of the day I would appear on Kids...
My third book in a series will be out this month, A Rogue of My Own. This series began with The Heir, and then The Devil Who Tamed Her. As usual, each book stands alone and doesn't require reading anything prior to enjoy it, though if you like the characters in one, you might want to see more of them in another. This newest book adds to this series nicely with Rupert St....
I admit it. I was (probably still am) behind the times. I was always one of those folks who noticed something waaaay after the rest of the world has done so. If you're one of those people who are fast and with it, then you can skip the rest of this entry. But if you're like me, a little slow on the uptake, then read on.Most of you are aware of how useful it can be for writers...
Ordinary street sparrows are worth watching sometimes. Last winter I saw a flock in the coldest weather, sitting on a roof edge in my neighborhood. A male was begging, like a chick, in front of a female. Huh? His mother, maybe? She moved. He followed. I'm hungry, I'm hungry. She lunged forward, grabbed his lower leg in her beak,and slammed him upside down against the edge of the...
I put aside this Sunday to struggle with a writing task. It’s my job, and it should be my job, to write the words for the front page of the Reaching the Animal Mind website.
It has to be done today: this is the last week before the book launches and the website opens. Matt, the website designer, and Mark, the website builder, and Aaron, the website producer, have all been...
I admit it. I am a weather-a-holic. I love anything that has to do with the weather, from cloud watching to storm chasing to rainbow making. I haven't always been weather obsessed. Growing up in Seattle, I loved splashing my way to school on drizzly mornings but, other than that, I didn't pay much attention to the clouds rolling past.
My first job out of college was as a...
I was a student rabbi when I started writing about Jeremiah and Anatiya, and I continued developing their journey together after I became ordained. Looking back, I realize that at different times in my life I identify with one or the other more.
At first, as a student, I identified with Anatiya. I was so passionate about the subjects in which I immersed myself, the holy texts...
Hi guys - this is my first Blog entry ever! - Anywhere. I have been pulled into the 21st Century at last. I am so excited about 100% Wolf being published in the US. It has been lots of fun writing it. Sometimes I had thought of something so daft to happen to my hero I could hardly wait to write it. The book was published first in Australia - although I wrote it when I still...
I’m told I shouldn’t only mutter what’s new to myself as I shuffle around the house. I’m told I should put what’s new on THIS BLOG. So, lots of new and nice things are happening around the book, whose formal birthday is just two days away. Check ‘em out!
Interview with the Author: “Broken” by Lisa Jones, by Sharon Glassman, Huffington Post (this includes an...
I'm so excited about the new Simon & Schuster author pages! I'm also totally jazzed about my May '09 release, MASTER OF CRAVING! book three in my Blood Sword Legacy series! I invite you all to hop on over to my personal blog The Write Life www.karintabke.com/blog and visit any time you'd like. Next Monday, May 25th I'll be kicking off the release of MASTER OF CRAVING with...
I’m at a crossroads in my writing, and as always when I arrive here, I’m reading how-to-write-a-book books. My critique partner Cathy loves these books even more than I do. My critique partner Vicki never touches the stuff. How about you? What are some of your faves? For good or ill, has a writing book ever changed your direction at the crossroads? Come discuss at the MTV...
There is a secret world that I share every time I sit down to write. It's just outside my window. And it's wild. I mean, I have experienced some crazy Los Angeles wildlife in my own backyard. I've outsmarted squirrels so I could rescue the last remaining piece of fruit on my old fig tree. I've stared down gnarly raccoons that dared to poo in my kids' plastic turtle pool. I've...
Do you look for seasonal books--a summer novel to read in summer, a Christmas novel to read at Christmas--or are you just jonesing for the next great story? Come discuss at the Simon Pulse Romantic Comedies Blog.
Hi all my friend and fans,
I hope you're all doing better than I am. I'm confused by the English language. How come if I'm dog-tired I take a cat-nap? And how come after a bad fire one human says "the house burned up" and another human says "the house burned down" and they're talking about the same house and the same fire? And how come when humans are disgusted sometimes they...
For the first time, I live-twittered an event--the LA Times Book festival. Ok, that was practically the first time I'd twittered, period. But it was my incentive to take pictures along the way. I'm so bad at taking pictures and documenting things.
But I did it! And it was kind of addicting, so expect more posts soon.
Click on the link below to check out some of the amazing...
Consider Shakespeare.
His name seems immortal. As long as there exist human beings and words, it is almost certain that Shakespeare will remain the bane of every high school student who has to study "Hamlet" in Lit class.
Consider, on the other hand, L. E. J. Brouwer.
Who?
What, you don't know? The Brouwer of the fixed point theorem? This is a very important...
Mother’s Day Contest
My sister, Lauren Myracle, YA author extraordinaire, has a fantastic new book coming out titled Peace, Love and Baby Ducks. To celebrate its May 14th release she is running a ducky contest on her website. Check it out at http://laurenmyracle.com/blog.html.
Lauren is having so much fun with her contest that I decided to run one, too…and so, (drum...
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