Tag: writing
group name: bordersbookclub
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June 19, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
So I was asked to talk a bit about getting published. I've been asked about this an awful lot so it seems as good a topic as any . . . after my usual disclaimers :)
Disclaimer the First-- . . . more
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March 05, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
I am very excited at the thought of being in a chatroom, of sorts, with readers. They always say that writing is a lonely business, and in a way that's quite true.
It's a little less lonely for . . . more
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April 04, 2007 06:08 PM EDT --
Congratulations to our Reader Promotion winners whose comments on each of the 20 advancing First Chapters submissions were selected as the most insightful. These readers will be awarded a $500 Borders . . . more
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January 29, 2007 06:29 PM EST --
Welcome to Borders.Gather.com!
A sincere thank you and welcome to all of you who have joined the conversation about books, music and movies at Borders.Gather.com. We are thrilled to team up with . . . more
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March 02, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
For the first three years I owned a computer, the phrases most logged into the search engine were “literary agents” and “how to find one.” Occasionally I dropped . . . more
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June 22, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
Dean Koontz wanted "to write a story with a runaway-train pace, involving mistaken identity." The result? Another New York Times best seller titled The Good Guy. Dean recently . . . more
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June 21, 2007 05:16 PM EDT --
Dean Koontz wanted "to write a story with a runaway-train pace, involving mistaken identity." The result? Another New York Times best seller titled The Good Guy. Dean recently . . . more
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July 12, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Beginning next month, HarperCollins will be featuring the best of their nonfiction books and authors in the new group Great Reads on Gather. Great Reads will introduce you to at least two new authors each . . . more
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March 09, 2007 12:58 AM EST --
Call it the fatal question. Ask it too often, or too needily in a relationship and you may eventually end up hearing the response you fear most. It’s a matter of simple psychology. Doubt your own . . . more
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April 10, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
Celebrate Mom for Mother's Day!
Designed to celebrate moms for Mother’s Day, Mitch Albom, the acclaimed author of “For One More Day,” along with Borders and the CBS Early Show announce . . . more
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September 01, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
Angel of the night
As my thoughts race
restless,
in my worried mind.
And dream I chase
you hopeless,
despair I find
I see your face
but darkness
drives me blind
I close my eyes . . . more
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May 04, 2007 12:40 AM EDT --
The first booksigning I did was at the New England Booksellers’ Association. I appeared in the Penguin booth, which gave me a terrific opportunity to meet some of the local and national sales people . . . more
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March 02, 2007 06:40 AM EST --
The “Nineteen Minutes” in Jodi Picoult’s latest novel is the time that it takes for Peter Houghton, the sensitive, awkward target of his classmates’ bullying and abuse, to . . . more
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October 04, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
Come Walk and Talk with Me What a lovely refreshing time it is to be near to someoneSomeone you trust, love and respect, look up toOpen your heart, come walk with . . . more
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July 16, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
I've just completed my first screenplay, a historical drama, and wonder what the next step is. What should I do next? The whole process is rather daunting, especially when it comes to a screenplay. . . . more
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August 06, 2007 03:59 PM EDT --
I will be hosting a LIVE CHAT with novelist Nancy Horan about her new novel "Loving Frank" this Wednesday, August 8th from 2-3 p.m. ET. I hope that you can join us.
"Loving . . . more
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May 29, 2007 12:28 PM EDT --
People often ask me, "How did you find the time to write The Blood of Flowers when you were working? What motivated you to keep going?"
For most of the eight to nine years that I worked on the . . . more
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May 07, 2007 01:11 AM EDT --
I have recently finished wading through a pile of submissions that I evaluated for a writing contest. Do not let this happen to you. Even if the money sounds good, there is no way it's . . . more
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May 18, 2007 01:26 AM EDT --
One cliche about the writing life says that lots of people want to have written, but few want to actually sit down and write. After conducting my own experiments in creative procrastination for many years, . . . more
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July 01, 2007 12:01 AM EDT --
I’ve always believed that no matter what you do for work, whether you’re waitressing, as I did for many years, or teaching truculent adolescents, or delivering the mail, you owe it to yourself . . . more
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