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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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…
Dan Buri
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Interview with Dan Buri
Dan Buri graciously agreed to talk with Book Obsessed. His first collection of short stories, Pieces Like Pottery, was published in October 2015. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. First off, thank you for hosting me on your site, Cecile. You have a wonderful blog! This is a great place for us all to indulge in our shared love of reading and writing, isn’t it? Thank you…
Alex Sheshunoff
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A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise by Alex Sheshunoff
Alex Sheshunoff is in his late 20s and the owner of an internet company in New York when a panic attack makes him realize he is very unhappy with his life. His business is not going too well, he’s working too much, and an employee is threatening to sue. A few weeks later, he resigns from his job, dumps his girlfriend, sublets his apartment, and decides to go on a search…
Annie Barrows
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The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
Willa Romeyn, a bright 12-year-old girl who loves reading, one day notices things are happening around her that she doesn’t fully understand. She decides she needs to pay more attention and starts watching and listening more closely, but this seems to raise more questions than answers: Why is her father, Felix, disappearing days at a time without explanation? Why did her mother, Sylvia, abandon them several years ago? Why is…
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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…
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Natural Born Writer
The following is a guest post by K.A. Shaw, author of The Bizarre Baby Name Book. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com Background I am not qualified to be your author, I just love to talk I’ve been talking since I was born. My mom jokes that even before I could speak proper English, I would talk…
Charlie Lovett
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First Impressions by Charlie Lovett
It is not always true that a subtitle aptly sums up what a book is about. However, it certainly is the case here: “A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen”. Sophie Collingwood has just graduated from Oxford when she meets Eric Hall, an intriguing young American teacher who, like her, loves classic literature, especially Jane Austen. Unfortunately, the young man soon leaves for Paris to continue his…
Connie Knight
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My Life, My Mystery
The following is a guest post by Connie Knight, author of Cemetery Whites and Chances Choices Changes Death. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The truth is, I have a life, but I haven’t really lived a mystery. You can incorporate something you once observed into the story you’re thinking about, even if it’s fictional rather than the…
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Zadie Smith Quotation
“I find it hard to name the one book that was so damn delightful it changed my life. The truth is, they have all changed my life, every single one of them ̶ even the ones I hated. Books are my version of “experiences”. I’m made of them.” – Zadie Smith (O, the Oprah Magazine, July 2014)