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Last week in my novel [...]

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Give ’em hell, Pat

by Rob @ 52 Novels on November 2, 2007

Pat Conroy had this to say about writing and reading and writers and teachers… and people who like to ban books:
The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave anything out. I have read like a man on fire my whole life because the genius of English teachers touched me with [...]

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I’ve got deadlines out the yingyang this week so I’m a day late on this week’s SOTB. My apologies to the handful of people who wait with bated breath.
Now that that’s out of the way, here’s a double scoop of links… specifically, it’s a half-dozen blogs from writers you probably don’t know. That was rude… [...]

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You’d think, judging by the number of times I’ve blogged about him, that I have a man-crush on JA Konrath. No, no. That distinction belongs to Barry Eisler, a man my wife calls my “literary boyfriend.”
Truth told, I blog about Konrath so much because he’s just gosh darned generous, both to other writers and to [...]

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Because, apparently, they do.
From GalleyCat:
James Frey Sells Novel to HarperCollins“The press release went out just before 5:30: James Frey has sold a novel called BRIGHT SHINY MORNING to HarperCollins, with publisher Jonathan Burnham sealing the deal.”
I’m curious to see how the book-buying public responds when it’s released next summer. Will we remember Oprah? Will we [...]

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