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Writing: Amanda Hocking an indie author goes viral

Writing: Amanda Hocking an indie author goes viral You start reading about somebody and your eyes just start getting bigger as your lips form the words, "Good Lord!" The Huffington Post used the word "wunderkind" and at the age of 26, this literary dynamo seems to be very much deserving of such an appellation.

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Gay male romance for women

Gay male romance for women Saturday's Globe and Mail (Feb 12/2011) ran an article by Elio Iannacci with the intriguing title, "What women want: Gay male romance novels". What? They do? Is this the explanation behind the phenomenal success of Brokeback Mountain?
Mr. Iannacci explains surprisingly enough that not

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Writing: authonomy.com

Writing: authonomy.com

I was cruising around the Internet and ran across a comment on a blog. The author gave the URL to a book he had apparently written asking the blogger, or anybody else I guess, to have a look. He then added, "Also, it would help me to go up in the rating system if any of my friends would

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Writing: Holly Lisle

Writing: Holly LisleIn discovering National Novel Writing Month (see NaNoWriMo: Write a novel in 1 month?), I found out about many people who have given themselves an amazing goal and successfully carried through with what seems to be a daunting challenge. Yes, there are many like myself who write a few hundred

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Authors at Harbourfront Centre

Authors at Harbourfront CentreMarch appearances include Timothy Taylor, Cynthia Holz, Jonathan Coe, Jasper Fforde and more

Authors at Harbourfront Centre (AUTHORS) is pleased to present a month full of activities this March, with events including readings by Scotiabank Giller Prize nominated author Timothy Taylor (Mar.

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Book Review: The Dialogue of Pyaasa

Book Review: The Dialogue of Pyaasa...how many directors are there in the world who have achieved immortality through cinema?' The question raised above is not just an extract from writer Nasreen Munni Kabir's introduction of the book 'The Dialogue of Pyaasa' but also a one line summary of the intent behind Guru Dutt's classic

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Review: Karachi Literature Festival 2011

Review: Karachi Literature Festival 2011The second Karachi literature festival 2011 took place on 5th and 6th February at Carlton hotel in Karachi.
  The festival, jointly organized by Oxford University Press and British Council, was aimed at promoting Pakistani writers and bringing them closer to the readers.
Festival included

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