The following is a guest post by Gino Bardi, author of The Cow in the Doorway. Every now and then, a reader will approach me and pay me a gigantic compliment. “You have a terrific imagination,” he or she will say. I will nod appreciatively, and thank them profusely. I love compliments. Even when they are dead wrong. My imagination is probably no better than their own, and possibly much worse. What…
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Last Year’s Resolution by Robert Lampros
The following is a guest post by Robert Lampros, author of Last Year’s Resolution. About the book Last Year’s Resolution is a novel about Edmund Stovender, a famous author who falls in love with Marie, a journalist who calls him for an interview just before the performance of his hit play. Their lives accelerate through an epic adventure testing their faith, strength, and love for each other, as they discover that…
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Redemption
The following is a guest post by Radine Trees Nehring, author of A Portrait to Die For. Thinking back over many years of writing, I have just now come to the realization that–behind all my non-fiction and fiction–there’s a one-word theme: Redemption. That is not what I have been telling people for years. I’ve said–and believed–that my writing has always been inspired by my love for the Arkansas Ozarks, its nature, landscape,…
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RIP Harper Lee
Last week, I learnt with sadness about the passing of Harper Lee. Her book To Kill a Mockingbird is a favorite of mine and is, in my opinion, one of the best American classics. Born Nelle Harper Lee on 28 April 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, she was the youngest of 4 children. Her father was a lawyer, perhaps the inspiration for Atticus Finch. Her mother suffered from mental illness, and…
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Writer’s Block Over the Years
The following is a guest post by Peggy Hanson, author of the Elizabeth Darcy series that includes Deadline Istanbul and Deadline Yemen. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com Every writer has it. Those moments of looking at a blank page and seeing nothing. “No brain-to-page network available.” For years after I started writing fiction, I used the same…
Betty Jean Craige
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From Non-Fiction to Fiction
The following is a guest post by Betty Jean Craige, author of Downstream. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. On Thursday, July 25, 2013, I was informed that the column I’d written for two years in the local newspaper of Athens, Georgia, was being discontinued. The column, titled “Cosmo Talks,” featured my loquacious African Grey parrot Cosmo and…
Daniel Diehl
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Nothing Left Sacred by Daniel Diehl
The following is a guest post by Daniel Diehl, author of Nothing Left Sacred. 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 Nothing Left Sacred takes the reader on a twisting, panic-filled journey through the secretive corridors of power surrounding Henry VIII and the glittering Tudor court. This taught political thriller carries us from the grandeur of…
Eric Swanson
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Lessons from my Self-Publishing Journey
The following is a guest post by Eric Swanson, author of The First Candle. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. In the beginning, there was an experienced science writer who dreamed to write a story, so he began his first book of fiction. Being a newbie, I elected to use an experienced self-publishing company in order to learn…
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How I Came to Write
The following is a guest post by Meghan Hill, author of Making Room For You: A Practical Guide to Organizing You Home. 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 little, I wanted to be a visual artist. My paternal Grandmother, an oil painter, encouraged this by giving me sketchbooks, colored pencils, watercolors and paints for my…
Eleanor Catton
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The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize and the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Awards, drew my attention because I usually enjoy historical fiction, and I have always been fascinated by the gold rush and how people would risk everything they have in the odd chance of striking it rich. The book starts when 12 men meet on 27 January 1866 in the smoking room of a hotel to…