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ISSN No. 1095-3973
Volume 10, Issue 5.
In This Issue:
What's New On The Bookshelves?
Visit our
Book
Review section to see what our reviewers have to say about the
latest books. See our new reviews this month in these genres:
children's, fantasy/SF, lifestyle, mystery/thriller and romance.
Articles and Author Essays:
Article: Napalm by Alex Keegan
A common error that beginning writers make is when they miss conveying the most
important moment of the story to the readers. The author may be aware of how
important a moment is in his story, but he is unable to properly convey this
incredible moment to the reader because his pacing is off or he doesn't know
how to make the moment stand out. Alex Keegan calls this incredible moment
"Napalm": a burning, intense moment that really sticks with the reader. In
his new article, Alex Keegan discusses Napalm and how writers can learn to
incorporate it into their stories.
Article: Songwriters Anonymous: Part 3 by Mary Dawson
Some of the best songwriters in history are almost totally anonymous.
But these songwriters, who cared more about writing a hit song than recording one,
had very interesting lives. In this third article in her ongoing series, Mary Dawson
looks at two more "members" of this prestigious club: Leon Russell, "pop music's
most anonymous
big shot," who wrote "This
Masquerade" recorded by George Benson and Richard Leigh, the quintessential
"songwriter's songwriter,"
who wrote numerous hit songs, including the Crystal Gayle hit, "Don't It Make
My Brown Eyes Blue?" and "Cold Day in July" by the Dixie Chicks.
Author Essay: The Decade of the Spy
by Gayle Lynds
After the Cold War ended, John Le Carré declared that the spy novel was dead.
He then moved on to write in another genre. It was a lean time for writers who wrote
spy novels and for women thriller writers, in particular.
But all that has changed: in fact, espionage thrillers are now
hotter than ever.
New York Times bestselling novelist Gayle Lynds, author of
The Coil, discusses her exciting
new espionage thriller, The
Last Spymaster (St. Martin's Press), and what she calls "The Decade of the Spy."
Author Essay: In Praise of Lying: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
by Amy Hassinger
Nonfiction is very much in the news these days. Capote, the James Frey
debacle and the even creepier Nasdijj scam have raised the kinds of
questions that plague many a memoir writer: how much can you really
remember? How much can you ethically invent (creating dialogue, for
example, from a forgotten conversation), and how much do you have to base
on verifiable fact? What is the truth, anyway? Amy Hassinger, the author of
The Priest's Madonna (Putnam), explores
the issue in her article, "In Praise of Lying: Fiction vs. Nonfiction."
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