“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” — Arthur O’Shaughnessy, British poet (1844-1881) The Writing Well is delighted to pay tribute today to a special

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  I love to find new authors online — especially those with a fresh voice, fascinating settings and above all, vivid but imperfect characters. Irish writer SIobhan Davis fits the bill. She’s

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I attended my fourth Dragon*Con this past weekend after a two-year hiatus and it didn’t disappoint. The event – dubbed “the wildest geek convention on the planet” by TripAdvisor –

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More than 75 percent of Americans believe in the importance and power of prayer. But, how many enjoy it, look forward to it, and feel equipped for the task? That’s

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Book Marketing: What’s Your Strategy?

By Anita Paul Henderson, The Author’s Midwife Writing your book is the hard part, right? Well, if you’ve completed your manuscript, had it published, and started down the road of

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As a girl, Lauri Quinn Loewenberg loved to watch astronomer Carl Sagan host  “Cosmos,” his TV show based on his bestselling book that explored the universe. “He was my first

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   The inspiration for Lee Gimenez’s first novel, Azul 7, was a SciFi short story that he first got published in Nature magazine. “I was writing sequels to my short

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By Anne Wainscott-Sargent Every month starting in November through March, Naples, Florida, book lovers are treated to the insights of Elaine Newton, creator of the Critic’s Choice book club. This

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I recently asked prolific historical fiction author Pam Jenoff how she does it all.  The Cambridge-trained historian, law professor and mother of three has written eight books beginning with her

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“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

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