Musings of a Novelista

Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, I went to the library to see if I could find some books to read while I was in Athens. It was there that I saw the popular Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Now having the opportunity to read it, I checked it out and I’m so glad that I did.
I [...]

When the National Book Award announced the 2009 finalists for Young People’s Literature, one of the books caught my attention.
Lips Touch Three Times had been on my TBR list for awhile. I had seen it in stores but never cracked it open. I knew the author, Laini Taylor, from her trademark pink hair [...]

Yesterday, I found a quote via Tayari Jones with her Logical Links blog post.
“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”
It’s a quote only a novelist would love. From Cormac McCarthy, author of the dystopian novel, The Road.
The quote [...]

I remember when Push by Sapphire was published. It was the late 90’s and I heard how riveting the book was. I tried to read this book, but I couldn’t. It was just too “raw.” Too much. I put it down and didn’t pick it up again.
So, here it is. Ten years later and I [...]

I’ve still been following the Simon & Schuster’s Blogfest 2009, and today’s question is “Have You Ever Just Wanted to Give Up?”
Love the answers. Here’s a few the resonated with me:
“I think the difference between being a writer and not being a writer isn’t whether or not you get paid, it is not giving up.” [...]