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Reading a review of Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants, the first book in his new historical trilogy, I found this quote from Follett: “Almost all the books you see on…
By Etta Wilson on Sep 30, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Reading, Writing Life | 11 Comments
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As you could see from the list of ACFW awards for historical fiction in Monday’s blog, an author can approach writing stories set in the past a number of ways. Those awards…
By Etta Wilson on Sep 29, 2010 in Awards, Blog, Fiction, Reading, Writing Life | 15 Comments
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I think I’ve mentioned here that my first employment straight out of college was as a teacher of American history in Virginia. I was expected to spend a good half…
By Etta Wilson on Sep 27, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 22 Comments
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In the wide-ranging sweep of topics this week, I think I’ve pushed myself and you readers to explore the subconscious for writing motivation. Certainly I want us to look at nationalities,…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 27, 2010 in Blog, Reading, Writing Life | 6 Comments
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Looking at the American Library Association’s lists of awards and prizes over the years, I see several authors and books from other cultures. The Mildred L. Bachelder Award for best work…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 26, 2010 in Authors, Awards, Blog, Children's books | 2 Comments
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Down at my second home, aka the nearest bookstore, I was looking for a few books I’d seen recommended recently. They were books for adults but with children in major roles. I’m…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 25, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Reading | 7 Comments
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In an online authors’ group, I’ve been reading a recent discussion about whether an author of one race can write effectively about characters of another. Can a Caucasian write an…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 24, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Reading | 10 Comments
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Africa has been popping up in one way or another during the past year for me. Last fall, I heard the organizer of the centennial for native Tennessean James Agee, who wrote the…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 23, 2010 in Awards, Reading | 15 Comments
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One of the big assumptions we make in this new age of digital publishing is that we will have the power to make the technology work. I haven’t…
By Etta Wilson on Jul 30, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Publishing News | 15 Comments
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A sentence on page 20 in Publishers Weekly‘s recent July 19 issue on children’s books for this fall caught my eye: “…It’s unclear whether parents will fork over the money…
By Etta Wilson on Jul 29, 2010 in Blog, Children's books | 9 Comments
