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Like many of you I suspect, I’m wrapped up in the Winter Olympics. At a dinner party this past weekend, we had quite a discussion about what makes curling a…
By Etta Wilson on Feb 26, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Writing Life | 9 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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How many words are there for love? I wish we had more in the English language to distinguish the kinds of love.
We have parental love for a child, love based…
By Etta Wilson on Feb 25, 2010 in Blog, Fiction | 4 Comments
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In the February issue of the review publication BookPage, I read an interview with Richard Whitmire, author of Why Boys Fail. Whitmire, the father of two daughters and formerly an…
By Etta Wilson on Feb 24, 2010 in Blog, Life | 13 Comments
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I’m blown away by the statistics indicating how many romance novels are read! The Romance Writers of America website reports that 74.8 million Americans read at least one romance novel in…
By Etta Wilson on Feb 23, 2010 in Blog, Fiction | 10 Comments
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We’ve just passed Valentine’s Day, and as usual it had a lot of emphasis on the romantic relationship. My sweetie tends to get more tender as the years go by, and I…
By Etta Wilson on Feb 22, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Reading | 5 Comments
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When did you begin writing your first book?
What made you think you could do that?
Was it reading another book?
Knowing someone else who read a lot?
Was it a life experience?
How old…
By Etta Wilson on Jan 29, 2010 in Blog, Writing Life | 31 Comments
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I’m still thinking about all those junior high students in the “Letters to Authors” contest I was judging last week –I’ve blogged a bit about their responses on gender…
By Etta Wilson on Jan 28, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Life | 8 Comments
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In Monday’s post on judging the “Letters to Authors” written by junior high students, a couple of other items caught my attention. One of those was the large number of…
By Etta Wilson on Jan 27, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Reading, Writing Life | 8 Comments
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Another impression from my recent foray into judging the writing of junior highers is the diminished racial identity and perception among young readers. Several entries were in response to Warriors…
By Etta Wilson on Jan 26, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Reading, Writing Life | 9 Comments
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Wow, what good news to start a new year—adult fiction had positive sales last year. That’s according to Nielsen’s BookScan, which reports on 75% of the market. And it warms…
By Etta Wilson on Jan 25, 2010 in Children's books, Reading | 4 Comments
