June 2012
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“I always read the last page of a book first so...
I was in the Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side last night when I learned about the death of Nora Ephron — what an appropriate place to get the bad news. What a loss!The LA times has a great piece today with some of her best movie quotes:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-nora-ephron-movie-quotes-20120626,0,5851932.story
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Writers of Tumblr: Writers of Tumblr is now OPEN... →
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Regarding submissions - PLEASE, read the submission guidelines before submitting, and the post explaining the new process and rules of submitting. When you do that, and you should because submissions with any more or less information that requested will be disregarded, you can submit your…
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Move over, television dramas. Books are moving...
From Heroes and Heartbreakers today:
http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/06/pass-the-serial-the-romance-serial-that-is?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom+%28H%26H%3A+Front+Page+Partial+-+Blogs+and+Stories%29
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“Write no matter what dramas and conflicts are happening in your life. Storms...”
– Jessica Page Morrell, The Writer’s I Ching
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Writers and booksellers aren't the only ones...
RIP Nolan Miller. The designer who created the costumes on Dynasty — one of the all time great nighttime dramas (aired before most of the cast of Revenge was born) -said in in an interview with W magazine that he lamented the changes in Hollywood where actresses often wear a designer’s creation for only a night before returning it.
“Nobody buys a dress anymore,” he said. “When I started,...
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Ann Patchett: an author with balls as big as her...
Ann Patchett is the author of my favorite novel of last year, State of Wonder. She also opened an indie bookstore in her hometown when every other bookstore closed. Yesterday, she took on Amazon in her BEA speach:
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