Try as hard as you can, but it’s almost impossible to have a fun time anywhere these days. Last Saturday should have been a super fun day at the Palm Beach Book Festival. In my opinion, the Book Festival is the best thing going in Palm Beach during the season. Continue reading “Authors Entertained At The Palm Beach Book Festival But Addressed the Tough Issues of The Day”
Category: Books I Love
Lest We Forget, New Trump Books Won’t Let Us
Not exactly beach reads, but a couple of new books about the last days of the Trump presidency are climbing the best seller lists right now. So, if you thought Trump was out of sight, out of mind, think again. These books won’t let us forget. Continue reading “Lest We Forget, New Trump Books Won’t Let Us”
The Plot : One of the Best Novels About Writers & Writing
The Plot is more than just the new thriller from Jean Hanff Korelitz. As Stephen King says, it is “one of the best novels I’ve ever read about writers and writing.”
I totally agree with him. Continue reading “The Plot : One of the Best Novels About Writers & Writing”
Revising Your Novel Means Reading (A Lot) Yipee!
When my literary agent, Paula, sent back my manuscript with a request for more edits and revisions, she suggested that before revising my novel I “take a breather, and read more (newly published comps.)” Continue reading “Revising Your Novel Means Reading (A Lot) Yipee!”
At Last, I Love Little Women & Why Maybe You Will Too
My best advice to anyone planning to see Little Women is to just let the movie wash over you. Don’t try to figure out the timelines and which scene is a flashback and which one a flash-forward. Or which is a memory and which one a dream — especially if you’ve never read the book, or read it so long ago you’ve forgotten most of it. Continue reading “At Last, I Love Little Women & Why Maybe You Will Too”