Advice to authors suffering writer’s block at book-signings
Most writers I know will admit that they suffer bouts of writer's block from time to time, ones they might combat by taking their dogs for long walks, disappearing into...
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Orwellian wordcrimes: The perils of not taking language seriously
In the early '80s, the era of Reagan, Indiana Jones, and K-cars, I read George Orwell's "Animal Farm" for seventh grade English class and wasn't sure what to make of...
Christine Sneed on fact versus fiction
Many readers and writers remember the dust-up in January 2006 between Oprah Winfrey and author James Frey. Frey's memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," was chosen for the talk show host's...
Christine Sneed on book dedications and acknowledgments
I expected the verbal equivalent of a shaken fist or else a playful nose-thumbing at his readers: "To the memory of Attila the Hun, who taught me everything I know,"...
Christine Sneed on comparing audiobooks to print books
As with the rise of e-books, the increasing popularity of audiobooks is a phenomenon that booksellers, writers and other literary folks have kept an attentive eye on for a while....
Christine Sneed: Short stories deserve love, too
A paradox resides within the heart of the large and thriving community that produces, publishes and consumes works of fiction: short story collections are often regarded by the book-world rainmakers...
Christine Sneed on summer reading
That 800-page biography of one of the Founding Fathers and 700-page Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel have been on your nightstand since the holidays. You've been telling yourself for months that as soon...
Christine Sneed on summer reading
That 800-page biography of one of the Founding Fathers and 700-page Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel have been on your nightstand since the holidays. You've been telling yourself for months that as soon...
In appreciation of Scott Spencer
He's best known for "Endless Love," a novel that immerses its readers in an intense, visceral meditation on first love, one much richer and more complex than either of the...
In appreciation of Scott Spencer
He's best known for "Endless Love," a novel that immerses its readers in an intense, visceral meditation on first love, one much richer and more complex than either of the...