The Risk, and Reward, of Turning from Memoir to Fiction

I feel creatively lost most of the time. It doesn’t matter if I’m beginning a fresh project, wading through the middle, or racing toward the end—I often find myself in a fugue state that makes it impossible for me to understand what I’m doing, even as I’m doing it. This is what I love about […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pianist can publish abuse memoir

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[ BBC News | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexander McCall Smith bags comic fiction prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Content overload on the web is a turn-off: here's how to manage it

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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Breakout Graphic Memoir ‘Arab of the Future’ Coming to U.S.

A literary prizewinner and French bestseller, Riad Sattouff's 'Arab of The Future,' the story of his childhood growing in Syria and Libya, will published by Metropolitan Books in October. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does writing a memoir help an author to heal?

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Update 2015: The Future of Christian Fiction

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Galley Beggar presses into non-fiction

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales figures tell all about the UK's waning love for celebrity memoirs

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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC News | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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