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A gossip queen dissecting politics? A political pundit musing about sports? A romance novelist waxing poetic on music? You read it here first... see what your favorite literary personalities have to say about life beyond books.

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Susie Bright FAQ

By Susie Bright - March 10, 2010

Susie Bright FAQIs Susie Bright your real name?Yes, it really is. I was born in 1958, when "Susie" was very popular. The Bright part is my paternal family name.How many books have you written?I've written eight books, and edited eighteen anthologies/novels. You can see my re- sume here.What do your parents think of what you do?My father was my biggest fan and best editor until...

Keeping It Real

By Trudi Trueit - March 10, 2010

I’d much rather listen to a speech than give one. Nerves may have something to do with it, but I think the bigger reason is that it fascinates me to meet new people and learn new things and when I’m talking I’m not learning. Whenever I visit classrooms or lead young writers’ workshops, it’s my job to talk, yet, invariably the best moments of the session happen when I...

Bring on the night!

By Justin Somper - March 9, 2010

Hi guys, Talk about an exciting time! VAMPIRATES: EMPIRE OF NIGHT is officially published and I’m thrilled that so many of you have got your mitts on it already and are enjoying it. Publication is a busy old time. Just today, there have been reviews of EON in The Sun newspaper and Jewish Chronicle. Great stuff! You can also find me talking about the books on the Blue...

Can the Lakers stay on top while Kobe is out?

By Karyn Grice - March 8, 2010

Yes! Although they lost to Boston 2/17 they are still a good solid team. I forseee another championship!

More a god than a man

By Jonathan Jones - March 8, 2010

There's a Monty Python sketch in which a fawning television presenter addresses a celebrity as "more a god than a man". That might seem an attitude to fame that is very much of modern times. Ever since Andy Warhol made his silkscreen paintings of Marilyn and Elvis in the 1960s we have become ever more fixated on stars and celebrities and we tend to think - often in a pessimistic...

Who is Robert Hunter?

By Chris Carter - March 4, 2010

Readers frequently fall in love with a character and want to know more about him or her, and I can say that’s the same for authors. Not long ago an interviewer asked me – “I know Robert Hunter is a criminal behavior psychologist turned detective for the Robbery Homicide Division of the LAPD, but who really is Robert Hunter?” One of the real pleasures of writing a...

So Authors Sit on their Bottoms all day, do they?

By Milly Johnson - March 4, 2010

I can't understand why the Beeb have been after me to become a radio presenter. I sound like a strangled parrot on airwaves, a million miles away from the silky tones of Terry Wogan. But, another string to one's bow is always an attractive thing to have, so I agreed to have a trial run with my second family Radio Sheffield, who have put up with my witterings for years. I don't...

An old school reunion

By Justin Somper - March 1, 2010

Hi guys, There are few better moments in an author’s life than when he gets his hands for the first time on his new book. I’m in my office now, clutching my first copy of EMPIRE OF NIGHT very happily. I was given the book during filming for my video blog which you’ll be able to see on the VAMPIRATES website very soon. I’ll be giving you an exclusive tour around my...

Louise The BIG Cheese & the La-di-da Shoes

By Diane Goode - February 22, 2010

Did your mother ever force you to wear ugly brown shoes, with laces and rubber soles that squeaked when you walked? You know the kind....."practical shoes". Worse still, did your best friend show up the next day with the very shoes you coveted? This book was right on the mark for me....I had to wear horrid Buster Brown shoes with thick laces...and white anklets to boot. ...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

Writing ResolutionsIt seems a lazy move to write at the end of the year about New Year's resolutions. I usually don't make them. I always figured if I cared enough about something I'd address that thing during the year itself.But now it's the end of a decade, which seems more momentous. And it's the end of a year that wasn't so pretty for many - not so pretty financially, not so...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

Jason Pinter, a good writer friend, tweeted last week that he was "tinkering" with a manuscript. I tweeted back, "God is in the tinkering." I meant it when I wrote it, but it wasn't until today, when I'm supposed to submit my first (completely rewritten) non-fiction book to my editor, that I realized tinkering isn't just a form of polishing your manuscript, it is also, at least...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

I’m not a big fan of vilification, whether it's in fiction or in life. But more and more, I seem to be the only one who doesn't have the stomach for it. Public figures these days are either on pedestals or, once they have committed some transgression (at least in the mind of the media), they are smacked to the figurative ground, then beaten silly by gossip and strident...

By Laura Caldwell - February 18, 2010

Life After Innocence client, Dean Cage, appeared on the Dr. Phil Show last week. During the show he got to meet the woman who mistakenly accused him of rape, sending him to prison for 14 years. Dr Phil enjoyed Dean and Loretta so much that he did a follow up show which I was involved in. It was truly profound to watch these 2 people, both victims of the system, come together,...

I have a brand!

By Jennifer Echols - February 16, 2010

Two book covers for one publisher = author brand! Come discuss this phenomenon and your faves at the MTV Books Blog.

Writing a Thriller

By Chris Carter - February 15, 2010

Since the publication of my debut novel – The Crucifix Killer – I’ve been asked many times about the process of writing a thriller. ‘How did you go about it? How long did it take you? What tips do you have for new writers? Are there any rules you think one should follow?’ I’ll try my best to answer these questions here without boring everyone to death. The...

How to Get Those Lovely Foreign Rights Deals!

By Milly Johnson - February 15, 2010

There's a world-wide recession on, and the book market hasn't escaped. So those foreign rights deals can be thin on the ground for some of us in the 'women's fiction' genre at the moment. Which is sad because there is a great joy to be had in receiving a copy of your book translated into German or Italian and seeing what they've done with your title/cover/name. So, are there any...

Waiting for the God Particle

By Andy Martin - February 12, 2010

this is an article published in the Times in January. Science: Waiting for the God particle Is physics really doomed if we don’t find the elusive Higgs boson Andy Martin My friend’s question was direct: “Have you found the Higgs boson yet?” We were standing in the shade of a jacaranda on the campus of Caltech in Pasadena. An attractive blonde particle physicist had...

The Eddie. Hawaii.

By Andy Martin - February 12, 2010

here is the link for my piece about the great Eddie Aikau event in Hawaii. After years of dreaming about it, I was finally lucky enough to be there for the big day. Surfing big waves is like a myth that happens to be true. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pacific-heights-north-shore-of-oahu-hits-the-jackpot-1836693.html

Valentine's Day is Almost Here!

By Kelly McClymer - February 11, 2010

What do you do to celebrate the big V-day? Are you a hearts and flowers kind of person with cards and chocolate? I have a confession (hanging my head, here) -- I'm not. I liked V-day in elementary school -- it meant candy and a bag full of cartoon cards. In junior high, things changed. Instead of getting a bag of cards from everyone else in the classroom, cards meant "I like...

Husbands Who Flirt

By Josie Brown - February 9, 2010

Having respect for one's partner is the only way a relationship can survive, let alone thrive. I've watched too many of my friends' marriages crumble because either a husband or wife didn't understand that, or just didn't care to deliver it. Their need to be admired by the opposite sex was much more important to them at the time. In my book SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES,...

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