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Elizabeth Strout Interview

The YouTube video is an interview with Elizabeth Strout about truthfulness and her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, OLIVE KITTERIDGE. I met her at a lunch/reading at Town Center Book Store in Pleasanton, California when OLIVE KITTERIDGE was first published in 2008. I told her that my novel, EVA, was almost complete, but I didn’t know who would read it. She said to keep writing and not to worry about who will read the story. It’s more important to write what you want to write. I remember her advice whenever I start a writing project.

Today, I heard a thirty-minute interview on KPFA radio where she discussed her new novel, THE BURGESS BOYS. She said the inspiration for the story came when she cleaned out files from her novel, ABIDE WITH ME. The Burgess boys were minor characters at the end. She had scenes with them as children , which she didn’t use in that story. She thought about what they would be like when they grew up and realized as adults they could be the main characters of a new novel.

She wrote sketches and more sketches about them, then cut, revised, and developed the plot for this new published novel.

Since Elizabeth Strout is one of my favorite authors, I’m looking forward to reading THE BURGESS BOYS.

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April 25, 2013 · 8:15 pm

YA Book Recommendation

Shannon Brown’s book, Rock’n’Roll in Locker Seventeen is a hilarious novel about seventeen-year-old Steven who is the biggest fan of a rock’n’roll star who vanished thirty years ago. Shannon presents the question, “What if you discovered what really happened to the world’s most famous missing rock star?”

You can find out by ordering Rock’n’Roll in Locker Seventeen on Amazon.

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CreateSpace Publishing Experience

Check out author, Julie Royce’s blog: Julie’s Write Place:

http://www.jkroyce.com/?p=1281#comment-406

She humorously reports her CreateSpace publishing experience with her novel, PILZ

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April 12, 2013 · 5:58 pm

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase

Teresa Leyung-Ryan, or Coach Teresa as she is known, has a book published called, Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW.

She inspires attendees at the San Francisco Writers Conference annually. She is a supportive coach for writers helping them identify themes and archetypes.

WritingCoachTeresa.com

 

 

Her Love Made of Heart is a mother-daughter novel.

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Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase

Teresa Leyung-Ryan, or Coach Teresa as she is known, has a book published called, Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW.

She inspires attendees at the San Francisco Writers Conference annually. She is a supportive coach for writers helping them identify themes and archetypes.

WritingCoachTeresa.com

 

 

Her Love Made of Heart is a mother-daughter novel.

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