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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: March 2014
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Thursday, March 27, 2014. Psst, want to read two of my previously acclaimed stories as ebooks? The Wrong Sister, now published by SheBooks. To buy and download these stories! Thursday, March 20, 2014. Roxane Gay talks about her amazing novel, An Untamed State, inhabiting characters, and her favorite season of One Tree Hill. I also deeply admired the complex, sometimes prickly, characters i...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: January 2015
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Mark Wisniewski talks about his brilliant new novel WATCH ME GO, and so much more. I'm thrilled to have Mark here. Thank you, Mark. What sparked the writing of Watch Me Go? What idea was haunting you that pushed you forwards? And yes, that math does assume an oversimplification of how writing works, but there's also a certain logic there, no? What kind of write...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: Jax Miller talks about Freedom's Child, drug addiction, the mafia, being a moody writer, and so much more
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Thursday, May 14, 2015. Jax Miller talks about Freedom's Child, drug addiction, the mafia, being a moody writer, and so much more. I always want to know what sparks a book? What question was haunting you that propelled you into this particular story? And how did you go about crafting the character of Freedom? Do you map things out? Do you wait for inspiration? You’ve also spoken abou...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: Dawn Raffel talks about her accidental memoir, the illustrated The Secret Life of Objects
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Dawn Raffel talks about her accidental memoir, the illustrated The Secret Life of Objects. I'm absolutely honored to have her on my blog today, talking about her astonishing new book, The Secret Life of Objects. Thanks so much, Dawn! Will I get this lucky again? June 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM. This comment has been removed by the author. June 19, 2012 at 2:43 PM. Oh, so c...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: Amy Impellizzeri talks about Lemongrass Hope, writing, and so much more
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Amy Impellizzeri talks about Lemongrass Hope, writing, and so much more. Lemongrass Hope, about love, time travel, and what lasts, is haunting, mesmerizing and unforgettable. Thanks for writing an essay for the blog, Amy! On any given day, I loved them and I hated them. But on that day, I hated them. They were staring at me like lost children. With their “...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: Author, editor, coach Jordan Rosenfeld talks about A Writer's Guide to Persistence, writerly dark nights, Amy Schumer, drought, and why being a better person can make you a better writer
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Author, editor, coach Jordan Rosenfeld talks about A Writer's Guide to Persistence, writerly dark nights, Amy Schumer, drought, and why being a better person can make you a better writer. Why does a writer have to be persistent? You mention that criticism and doubts come with the territory- they do indeed. What’s the best way to deal with them? You asked lovely que...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: June 2014
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Friday, June 6, 2014. SheBooks launches a Kickstarter campaign for Equal Writes for Women. I'm proud to be associated with SheBooks (they published my short stories, The Wrong Sister), and I want everyone to know about this important new campaign. This is from Laura Fraser, the co-founder and editorial director:. I’m the Editorial Director and co-founder of Shebooks.net. But even on these ...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: January 2014
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Wednesday, January 29, 2014. I talk to Mike Gustafson and Hilary Lowe, the cool owners of Ann Arbor's coolest new bookstore, Literati. I love many things: bookstores among them, but I also love Ann Arbor, one of the coolest towns on the planet. I read recently about how Mike Gustafson and Hilary Lowe moved back to Ann Arbor to start a bookstore, Literati. Literati has a real community feel...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: February 2014
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Censorship is never a good idea: Rebecca Kanner talks about Sinners and the Sea and the Christian readers who boycott it. So when you wrote your novel, did you anticipate any of this backlash with Christian readers? Isn't the job of fiction to enlarge our world? Would only holocaust survivors be allowed to write about the holocaust? I came to this question and th...
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CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: A mouse in OUR house and a pox on health insurance
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic. Thursday, December 13, 2007. A mouse in OUR house and a pox on health insurance. Vermin. He races from behind my bookshelf. He's in the kitchen and he tore through a whole plastic wrap to get at some spicy potato chips. There are bite marks on the chocolate. I found a dead mouse in my office. Jeff found a dead mouse tucked under the stove. I was in a coma! I couldn't sign anything! Was not...
