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Requiem for Sir Arthur Clarke

March 19, 2008 gaisheagirl

The tangible world lost Sir Arthur Clarke today.  I offer a portion of Bach’s Mass in B-Minor to accompany his…

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Posted in: God, publishing, writing Filed under: Arthur Clarke, authors, Bach, Mass in B-Minor, quotations, science fiction, The Fountains of Paradise

Nightmare on Lit Street

March 18, 2008 gaisheagirl

Novelists Strike Fails To Affect Nation Whatsoever

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Posted in: publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: books, novelists, strike

Just Sayin'

March 16, 2008 gaisheagirl

If you need a great read having to do with all things Irish (which turns out to be, undeniably, the…

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Posted in: publishing, writing Filed under: books, Ireland, James Joyce, Patrick's Day, reading, St, Ulysses

Over Dinner

March 12, 2008 gaisheagirl

Karen Langley (author of Three Little Words) is a master a putting new friends together over dinner.  It’s a great venue for introduction:…

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Posted in: movies, publishing, wine, writing Filed under: dinner parties, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Girlfriends, Hollywood Hoofbeats, Karen Langley, Mimi Kirk, Petrine Mitchum, Salli Newman, the Cowgirls Game

Wigged Out

March 8, 2008 gaisheagirl

Novelist Susan Wiggs is apoplectic.  Her newest book, Snowfall at Willow Lake brought home the following stats in February: #1…

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Posted in: publishing, writing Filed under: Bookscan, Borders, Publishers Weekly, Snowfall at Willow Lake, Susan Wiggs, Waldenbooks

Death of an Agent

March 5, 2008 gaisheagirl

I fired my literary agent last week.     Crazy?   The feeling can only be compared to the time I broke up…

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Posted in: dogs, publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: literary agents

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