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What Makes James Patterson Succeed—Perpetually?
An Exclusive AuthorlinkAUDIO Interview With James Patterson bestselling author of Cross (Little Brown/Hachette) and many other works
Among the villains Alex Cross has faced . . . one psychopath tops them all.
January 2007
James Patterson is the author of more new #1 bestselling titles in the past five years than any other top selling author. He has more than a million books in print, and six movies are based on his work. CROSS, the most chilling thriller in his Alex Cross series, was released in Fall 2006.
Fable Becomes the Moral Center of Striped Pajamas
An Exclusive Authorlink Interview With John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (David Fickling Books/Random House)
by Ellen Birkett Morris
January 2007
An Exclusive Authorlink Interview With John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (David Fickling Books/Random House)
by Ellen Birkett Morris
January 2007
When most people hear the word “fable” they think of ancient tales that tell timeless stories. In THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, author John Boyne has created a modern fable rooted in the not-so-distant past that deals with the age-old question of man’s inhumanity to man.
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Moonshower's Heart Leads Her Back to Children's Books
An Exclusive Authorlink Interview With Candie Moonshower author of The Legend of Zoey (Delacorte)
by Susan Van Hecke
January 2007
An Exclusive Authorlink Interview With Candie Moonshower author of The Legend of Zoey (Delacorte)
by Susan Van Hecke
January 2007
It all started with Sweetmama. It was the tales told by her great-grandmother, a Creek Indian, that inspired author Candie Moonshower to pen the award-winning The Legend Of Zoey (Delacorte), her debut novel, published last summer.Full story . . .
SKILL BUILDING
by Lisa Dale Norton
January 2007
Santa Fe , New Mexico , spreads flat across the horizon. No skyscrapers mar this place. It’s winter now, and the colors are chalk brown and muted pine splashed against a sailor blue sky. In my fireplace, I like others, burn Pinion pine, and it makes this northern New Mexico town smell like a perfumed temple on winter days. . . Full story. . .
January 2007
Santa Fe , New Mexico , spreads flat across the horizon. No skyscrapers mar this place. It’s winter now, and the colors are chalk brown and muted pine splashed against a sailor blue sky. In my fireplace, I like others, burn Pinion pine, and it makes this northern New Mexico town smell like a perfumed temple on winter days. . . Full story. . .
by Lisa Lenard-Cook
January 2007
You already know that your fiction’s first paragraph needs to knock ’em dead so they’ll keep on reading, and reading, and reading. But your first paragraph does a whole lot of other work as well: It introduces your protagonist, sets up the situation, reveals the setting, starts the suspense, and finally, sets the pace for the rest of your fiction. Full story. . .
January 2007
You already know that your fiction’s first paragraph needs to knock ’em dead so they’ll keep on reading, and reading, and reading. But your first paragraph does a whole lot of other work as well: It introduces your protagonist, sets up the situation, reveals the setting, starts the suspense, and finally, sets the pace for the rest of your fiction. Full story. . .
Advanced Novel Writing
Instructor: Bonnie Hearn Hill
Instructor: Bonnie Hearn Hill
Bestselling author of six thrillers For Mira/Harlequin Read all about signing up!
January 2007
January 2007
New on Authorlink! Writing courses taught by published professionals in a state-of-the-art online environment. The most advanced online classroom for writers available anywhere! The Authorlink classroom includes one-on-one instructor/student interaction, private conversations, and group lectures, and on-screen editing of your manuscript lesson, plus on-the-spot voice communication with the instructor. Do something positive for you and your writing career! New class, Advanced Novel Writing, begins January 27, 2007. Hurry! Classes are limited to first ten enrolees. Full story. . .
Act II: Survival of the Chorus
A monthly screen writing column by Neil Flowers
January 2007
"Well, whaddya want? Do you want me to get killed? Do you want to be a widow? Is that what you want?"--Sam Fuller to his wife, Mildred, after Kane leaves and Fuller comes out of hiding.
Last month, in a discussion of High Noon, we spoke about the basic structure of act II—aka the conflicts and complications. We saw how High Noon's protagonist, Will Kane. . . Full story. . .
A monthly screen writing column by Neil Flowers
January 2007
"Well, whaddya want? Do you want me to get killed? Do you want to be a widow? Is that what you want?"--Sam Fuller to his wife, Mildred, after Kane leaves and Fuller comes out of hiding.
Last month, in a discussion of High Noon, we spoke about the basic structure of act II—aka the conflicts and complications. We saw how High Noon's protagonist, Will Kane. . . Full story. . .
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