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‘The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide’ … And Me

Claudine Rogers — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:28:13 +0000

"Just don’t loan [this book] out because, trust me, you will be using it again. Buy it. Read it. Change your life, and your critique group."

Book Review: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan

Elizabeth Varadan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:57:39 +0000

Gods and goddesses of ancient Greece have long been discounted as myth, right? In the fast-paced fantasy, The Lightning Thief, these “immortals” still live. Their half-mortal offspring walk among us, pursued by monsters. Percy Jackson is in trouble again at his new boarding school. He’s dyslexic and he suffers from ADHD, and he assumes that’s why he has the kinds of mess-ups that get him regularly expelled from schools. What Percy doesn’t realize is that he is one of the [...]

Point/Counterpoint: Two Kinds of Advice

Ann Marie Gamble — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:34:24 +0000

There was a news/current affairs show on American TV in the 1970s in which two guys debated opposite sides of an issue. Lately, I’m finding two sources of advice helpful that seem like opposites. Point Bob Mayer’s The Novel Writer’s Toolkit is one of the most reassuring tomes I’ve ever read about how to tackle the sprawling project of writing a novel. The advice is considerably more specific (good grief, the number of books that have made it into print [...]