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Jun.06.2009
"Easy reading is damn hard writing." ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne So:  easy reading.  It isn't "See Jane Run" that comes to mind, nor am I thinking of mindlessness.  I'm talking, in this post, about easy reading in the sense that the words don't get in the way of experiencing --...
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May.30.2009
"What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers."  ~ Logan Pearsall Smith, "All Trivia," Afterthoughts, 1931 For me, the best novels are those that are rich in subtlety and nuance.  I'm a re-reader, and it's a treat to gain new perspectives from...
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May.19.2009
I received author copies of my debut novel, Mirror Blue, the other day, and what a wonderful feeling it was to hold my book in my hands for the first time!  It was a rush, seeing in print all those chapters I had edited, revised, and tweaked for so long, when for years I had seen them, in various...
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