When you are drawn to the story, as I am, you can be touched by any sort of story — a “reality” show (because, really, we all know that a lot of that “reality” is created in the editing room, right?), a TV series, a movie. But music tells a story as well. In fact,…
Category Archives: Writing
Julie Andrews —
Legend of the Screen, Literacy Advocate
Just days before I arrived at the Despicable Me movie press junket, where I expected to meet and interview Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Carell, Jason Segel, and Chris Melendrani, the producer (linked to my interviews), I found out that Julie Andrews was also going to be there. Julie Andrews. Everyone has some sort of love for…
On Reading: The Author Visit
Her name was Joan Lowery Nixon, and she was talking about her book The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore. I was in the fourth or fifth grade at Lantern Lane Elementary School, and I was impressed. The author shared details about how she mapped out her novels and the writing process. She told us that as…
This Is Not the Story You Think It Is
Did you ever finish reading a book and just want to say “Thank you” to the author for writing it? That’s exactly what happened to me as I was reading This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness. This is a story of trust. Trust in what Laura Munson…
On Reading: Balancing Writing and Family
We are happy to welcome New York Times Bestselling author Susan Wiggs. Her latest novel is The Oceans Between Us. Find out more about her and her novels at SusanWiggs.com: Like Grace, the main character in my novel The Ocean Between Us, most writers I know perform a daily juggling act to balance family and…
Traveling with Pomegranates
We go through so many stages as women: first being a child, dependent on our own mothers for everything; then a teenager, raging with hormones and aching for freedom and independence; as young adults we try to figure ourselves out; then we are young women, perhaps wives; motherhood is a distinct and life-changing phase, but…
On Reading: What I Read When I Write
When friends found out that I was writing a book about the year I changed my life by following the advice found in women’s magazines, they all said the same exact thing. “Do you know what book you should be reading?” they shouted. “Eat, Pray, Love.” I ignored their directives, of course, but for a…
Writing Places
I think I’ve told you this before, but one of the (many) perks of contributing to 5 Minutes for Books is discovering books and genres that I might not have read otherwise. Case in point: memoir. I admit that prior to this gig I’d read little or no memoir whatsoever. Now it’s fast becoming one…
On Reading with Author Mahbod Seraji
I mentioned in my review of Mahbod Seraji’s Rooftops of Tehran that he included a list of recommended reading for those with further interest in the culture or country of Iran. I thought that was pretty cool. But what was also a nice touch was this letter at the end of the book. I have…
Podcast and Tweet-Up with author Katherine Center
Dawn and I, along with readers Kipi and Jean, had a very interesting chat with Katherine Center about her book Everyone is Beautiful. Katherine said that she’s done a lot of bookclubs, and you know how most of the time people end up sitting around eating chocolate cake instead of actually discussing the book? Well,…
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