Lately, I’ve been having difficulties developing my freelance business as an English to French translator, editor and proofreader (CS Revision). I didn’t have enough time to do the work and promote my services. Then it occurred to me that the time I spent writing posts for Book Obsessed could be used instead for the promotion of my business. So unfortunately, I have decided to stop my blog. But I will still…
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What Oh What Shall I Write?
The following is a guest post by Judy Alter, author of The Gilded Cage. I sort of slid sideways into a career as a writer. In college, I had no thought of a career—I was going to get married and some man would support me, while I read Silver Screen and ate bonbons—or maybe while I read To Kill a Mockingbird and ate raw veggies. It was the typical late ‘50s…
Frankie Y. Bailey
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Sometimes a Good Villain
The following is a guest post by Frankie Y. Bailey, author of What the Fly Saw. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. When I was an undergrad at Virginia Tech, I had a double major in Psychology and English. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to study the complete works of Shakespeare with a terrific professor. I…
David Lawrence-Young
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Mary Norton: Soldier Girl by D. Lawrence-Young
The following is a guest post by D. Lawrence-Young, author of Mary Norton: Soldier Girl. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. About the Book Mary Norton is a 17th-century young woman who runs away from home in Bristol to escape from her violent and abusive father. Uneducated and unwilling to become just another servant or someone’s whore she…
Arthur Thomas Morton
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Way Out by Arthur Thomas Morton
This is the true story of Eugene Uttley as he contends with schizophrenia. At first, all seems well: after graduating from university with a B.A. in English, Eugene starts working as a teacher. He sometimes struggles in his relationships but nothing is obviously wrong with him. After a while, he decides to go to South Korea as an ESL instructor. Once there, he meets Jen, and they eventually move to Jeju Island. That’s when…