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Author Q&A: Janice J. Richardson

Posted on 08/15/2018 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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When author Janice J. Richardson first dreamed of publishing her memoir, she expected there to be a magic “fairy-tale publisher”...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, Mystery

Every trip can be a work trip!

Posted on 08/15/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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If you’re like the Fussy staff, you don’t really need an excuse to justify traveling. Just in case you do,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

Praise pours in for federal inmate's debut novel

Posted on 08/15/2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Authors go to great lengths to produce their works — rising early, staying up late, resisting distractions of all kinds...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, New release, NPR

Morning meditation with Lauren Groff

Posted on 08/15/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies and Florida, invites us all to give peace a chance. She shared a...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Video

The Not the Booker Prize shortlist is complete

Posted on 08/14/2018 at 04:39 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Last year’s judges of the Not the Booker Prize have selected the final contender for the 2018 award. Three Dreams...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, The Guardian

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy is publishing a memoir

Posted on 08/14/2018 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Musician Jeff Tweedy will release a memoir in a few months, according to the Los Angeles Times. The paper reports...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Memoir, Pop culture

The title game

Posted on 08/14/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve invented characters, helped them conquer (some of) the obstacles you threw at them, developed their entire world ... and...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writing advice

In defense of a film adaptation

Posted on 08/14/2018 at 12:26 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Emily Temple was not thrilled to hear that a beloved novel was being made into a movie. Many of you...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation

Author urges fellow writers to consider sensitivity readers

Posted on 08/14/2018 at 10:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Recently we featured two guest columns from sensitivity reader (and author) Patrice Williams Marks: one explaining the service and another...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Diversity, Publishers Weekly, Writing advice

Novel speaks up for the rural South

Posted on 08/14/2018 at 09:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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David Joy is once again writing about the rural South, but this time, it’s fictional. Last year, he published a...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, NPR