
“What are you doing up so late, Prima Donna?” he asked. “It’s not Saturday night, you know.” “I was sitting at the window,” she whispered, “waiting for my arm to drop off.” – Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Is the release of one’s first book as anguishing as
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Random.org has spoken and we have two winners of two sets of galleys of The Heroine’s Bookshelf! Congratulations to Laurie A-B of Six Boxes of Books, who chose Rosemary and Barbara from Sister of the Bride by Beverly Cleary as her favorite literary duo, and to Katherine of November’s Autumn,
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I was laying in bed this morning after my first fully restful sleep in a while and thinking about literary duos. Not necessarily titular (though Betsy-Tacy is not to be ignored), but those great pairings that make my favorite books so juicy to read. You know…Scarlett and Melanie, or Marianne
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Just got word that I can announce something that’s put an extra spring in my step for about a week now. The Heroine’s Bookshelf has sold in South Korea! It will be translated and published by Minumin at some point (I’m thinking in 2010) and I’ll have the pleasure of
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As you may have heard, the audio rights to The Heroine’s Bookshelf were recently sold to Blackstone Audio, which got me thinking…what’s a day in the life of an audiobook narrator like? Luckily, I have a great resource in my Twitter friend and new heroine Lorelei King, who just happens
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