Lost Among Words: A Few Tips on Writing? No, Thanks.
Undoubtedly, we all need help at one time or another. In fact, I recently wrote a post about such a need; it’s a natural condition of being human, and our lack of, well, knowing everything. I...
View ArticleinVideos: Ariel Dorfman Talks E-Readers, Computers, and Writing
Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, and human rights activist. His works include the Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel book, Desert Memories; a collection of essays,...
View ArticleMindy Kaling’s New Book: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Mindy Kaling, writer, actor, producer, and comedian, is adding author to her growing list of credits. Her new book is called Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, and she describes it as a little bit of...
View ArticleCharles Yu on Work, Time Machines, and Reaching Mainstream Audiences
Charles Yu’s novel How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe marked him as one of the most distinct new voices in science fiction. As heartfelt as it is realized, it’s the sort of book that...
View ArticleMargaret Atwood: Infuriating and Illuminating
Margaret Atwood is the author of The Handmaid’s Tale one of the best-known sci-fi novels of the twentieth century. She’s also written two that are actually good: Oryx and Crake and The Year of the...
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Will There Be Books? by Scott Turow
by Scott Turow This piece appears in Brian Reich’s upcoming book “Shift & Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society.” Read the Kindle version here. Some people argue...
View ArticleinVideos: Hoda Kotb Talks E-Reader vs. Print and Writing on Legal Pads
Hoda Kotb is the author of Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee. She is an award-winning journalist and four-time Emmy nominee. inReads had a chance to chat with Kotb about...
View ArticleTech Tip: When Writers Tweet (And Some Do)
You may recall the controversy that flared up last fall when the New York Times published a glowing review of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom and, of course, Jodi Picoult published the now infamous tweet:...
View ArticleAuthor Tananarive Due Talks Horror, Civil Rights, and Immortals
Africa is the cradle of civilization and in Tananarive Due’s African Immortals (or Living Blood) series, Ethiopia serves as the creation ground for the Life Brothers, a race of immortals. Fana, the...
View ArticleinVideos: Gregory Maguire Talks Pencils, Technology, and Exercising with...
Gregory Maguire has brilliantly re-imagined, re-tooled, and re-told some of our favorite childhood classics. His works include Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, A Lion Among...
View ArticleinTouch: Was Jane Austen’s Death Really As Mysterious As It Seems?
In the last week or so, a flurry of headlines that ranged from speculation (Did Jane Austen Die of Arsenic Poisoning?) to headlines that would seem more definite to a reader who hurriedly skimmed...
View ArticleinVideos: James Swanson talks E-Readers and Technology
James L.Swanson is the Edgar Award–winning author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. In 2009 Patricia Cornwell, in Newsweek magazine, named Swanson’s...
View ArticleAuthor Percival Everett Talks Westerns, Serial Killers, and His New Novel
Percival Everett is about as prolific an author as you’ll meet, with more than 20 books to his name and more in the works. These novels range widely in tone and topic, but are all characterized by a...
View ArticleinSelf-Publishing: Darrell Delamaide
Darrell Delamaide is a journalist, writer, editor and author of three previously published books — two nonfiction books and the financial thriller Gold. Delamaide has reported from five continents. He...
View ArticleinReads Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is the third National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and he follows Jon Scieczka and Katherine Paterson in taking on this post to promote reading among our nation’s youth....
View ArticleinSelf-Publishing: Richard Gazala
Richard Gazala is the author of two fiction books — the award-winning, international conspiracy thriller Blood of the Moon, and the short story horror anthology Trust and Other Nightmares. His author’s...
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Three Divas of the D.C. Poetry Scene
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) is a nonprofit, professional association of women and men who work with and value books. The organization was founded in 1917; the Washington, D.C., chapter...
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inBlogs: Muse by Historical Fiction Author Erika Robuck
Erika Robuck was born and raised in Annapolis, Maryland. Her first novel, Receive Me Falling, is a Best Books Award Finalist in historical fiction from USA Book News. Her second novel, Hemingway’s...
View ArticleVideo Moments From Makers: Women Who Make America
MAKERS: Women Who Make America is an extraordinary multi-platform PBS project — co-produced by WETA — that tells the compelling story of women’s advancement in America over the past 50 years. This...
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An Interview with Sarah Pekkanen, Author of “Chick Lit with Grit”
Sarah Pekkanen, author of the recently published novel These Girls, was born in New York City and grew up in Bethesda, MD. Like many a writer before her, Pekkanen spent a good deal of time perusing...
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