by Site Owner | Sep 25, 2011 | Writers on Writing
Every Dog has its Day by Lesley Kagen You are a writer. You’ve put in years developing characters and setting, polishing the plot and voice of your novel. You’ve risen at 5AM or gone without sleep to plop your ever-spreading bum into a chair to pound out a...
by Site Owner | Sep 22, 2011 | Author Spotlight
Interview with Juliet Eilperin, author of Demon Fish PBR: You did a tremendous amount of research for this book; Demon Fish. What inspired you to write about sharks and the in-depth and fascinating history of this mysterious fish? Eilperin: I love writing about the...
by Site Owner | Sep 20, 2011 | Author Spotlight
Interviewed by Diane Prokop Alexandra Fuller was in Portland recently and I had a chance to sit down with her to talk about her new book, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness (The Penguin Press, 2011), as well as reading, writing and what she is working on...
by Site Owner | Sep 15, 2011 | Words from the Root Cellar
Chicken Butchering and MBAs by Axie Barclay My boyfriend, ahem ex-boyfriend, and I got into a, ahem, discussion the other day about butchering chickens. We butcher a few on our homestead every year and this year was more of a production than most, so we paid the...
by Site Owner | Sep 1, 2011 | The Reader's Perspective
Worst Pet Peeves By Jamais Jochim There are many things that I look for in a book, and I’m generally flexible. However, there are a few things that drive me crazy as a reviewer. My personal five worst peeves are pretty specific: Mary Sues: I want to see the main...
