Authors

The tag Authors is a popular tag often used by bloggers discussing the people who write and create books. Many authors also blog regularly and their blogs have huge followings. Some examples include the blogs of Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, and Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point. Anastasia Suen has a nice listing of blogs by children's book authors on her web site.

More and more often, book publishing companies are relying less often on traditional book tours, and the burden is increasingly placed on authors to use their own blogs as a key means of promoting their books. In addition to using their blog to promote their own work, many authors are using their blogs to promote the work of other authors. A great example of this is Cynsations by the author Cynthia Leitich Smith.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Authors”

• REVIEW: Vampire Diaries Volume 2 by L J Smith

  
  Chicklish — Authority: 125
  Review by Amelia This volume contains two books: The Fury and Dark Reunion. The first part of the book is called The Fury. It begins with Elena waking up from drowning to find herself in a vampire form. Stefan is furious that Elena is a vampire and blames it on his brother Damon who completely denies the ...
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• Using A Photographic Enlarger : Photographic Enlargers: 50mm Lens

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
  Using a 50 millimeter lens , in a photographic enlarger, is useful for controlling the light and sharpness of your print. Learn more about photographic enlargers and using a 50 millimeter lens from …
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• 50 Cr80 30 Mil 1/2″ Hico Mag Stripe Pvc Photo Id Cards

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
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• New – The Western Horse: A Photographic Anthology

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
  Hey, check out these auctions: Steppenwolf at 25 Photographic Celebration Actor theate US $6.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Nov-09-2009 1:15:08 PST Buy It Now for only: US $8.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list NEW – The Western Horse: A Photographic Anthology US ...
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• Kris Allen Photos American Idol

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
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• Book Review: Give a Little

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 124
  Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World  by Wendy Smith At first glance, Give a Little, which has a theme of the transformative social effects of cumulative small charitable donations, is not the usual type of book that I review here. And in fact, I came across Give a ...
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• Lake Chapala Real Estate– Has New Web Site to Assist non-Mexican Buyers

  
  Top Mexico Real Estate — Authority: 121
  Jaime Niembro of Lake Chapala Real Estate has joined TOPMexicoRealEstate.com.  This website and Network of Mexico real estate experts offers numerous advantages for those searching for a property in the Chapala and Ajijic area, including information, tips and advice about buying Lake Chapala Real Estate ...
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• 2010 Black Writers Reunion and Conference

  
  Books of Soul — Authority: 127
  Title: Black Writers Reunion and ConferenceLocation: AtlantaLink: http://www.blackwriters.org/Description: Established in 2000, the Black Writers Reunion & Conference is well known for its engaging workshop presenters, outstanding topics, inspirational ambience, and professional organization. While BWRC does not ...
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• Burgess, Kosinski, and Howar interview Dick Cavett

  
  Maud Newton — Authority: 567
  Anthony Burgess, Jerzy Kosinski, and Barbara Howar ask talk show host Dick Cavett about writing and reviews as his book (published in 1974) appears. “I don’t know why we have to suffer reviews,” says Burgess, who reveals that he once wrote five and a half books when he believed he had one year to live. ...
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• Why I won’t write a novel on Bombay

  
  Smita Jain's Weblog — Authority: 112
  Yesterday I was reading William Dalrymple ’s interview in which he said that he would never write a novel on Bombay because Suketu Mehta had done such an exhaustive job. That got me thinking, would I ever write a novel on Bombay? And I decided I would not either. But not for the reason mentioned above. I ...
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• Latest acquisitions

  
  Sara Ryan — Authority: 453
  I have recently purchased at my local independent book and comic shops: Likewise by Ariel Schrag. I don’t know how I missed that this came out earlier this year. I’ve been following Ariel’s comics since the single-issue days of Definition . Obsessive! Funny! Brutal! When You Reach Me by Rebecca ...
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• Review: Rat Saw God / Rob Thomas

  
  Persnickety Snark — Authority: 532
  Summary - In order to pass English class and graduate, 18-year-old Steve York has to write a 100- page essay about his life. What sounds like a run-of-the-mill writing assignment, however, becomes an excuse for Steve to reflect on the last four years (from Texas freshman to California senior), and figure out where it ...
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• The lure of living history … and John Brown’s body

  
  Sheryl Gwyther - author — Authority: 118
  When you were a kid did you sing that song, John Brown’s body lies a-moulder’n in the grave ? I remember wondering why people sang about a mouldy old corpse? Along the way somewhere as I became interested in history and other things, I got the message – this was an anti-slavery call to arms, a song about the ...
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• Rachael King talks about her new book

  
  Christchurch City Libraries Blog — Authority: 131
  I discovered on a visit to Rachael King’s luscious looking new website that she is speaking in Christchurch tomorrow (Tuesday November 10). This will be well worth a visit, she’s a warm and approachable speaker as well a fine writer. An evening with Rachael King talking about her new novel, Magpie Hall , at ...
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• Leading ladies shine at Miami Book Fair kickoff

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 130
  Miami Book Fair International kicked off Sunday night at Miami Dade College with novelist Margaret Atwood, poet Elizabeth Alexander and a fingers-crossed hope that troublesome Hurricane Ida keeps heading north. With Ida on track for the northern Gulf Coast, fair organizers breathed a figurative sigh of relief ...
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  A LOW PROFILE — Authority: 118
  Yesterdays signing went really well--the mall was crowded and Barnes and Nobles and the coordinators from CFRWA did a wonderful job making sure everything ran like clockwork. You can see two pages of event and author photos at Terry Odells Website and also at Lucienne Divers blog. I was yakking away with readers, ...
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• Naipaul on writing

  
  Thirty letters in my name — Authority: 112
  Am short on time, so here are some quick quotes by VS Naipaul from this superb essay on being a writer. Who else, I wonder, writes such great prose, such charged sentences? (The elegance of his writing is in sharp contrast to his obnoxiousness in real life -- read Patrick Frenchs biography if you need to know ...
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• Sheri McGuinn- Read first 10-12 minutes of screenplays and short stories

  
  The Brainpan — Authority: 140
        Sheri McGuinn is offering the first 10-12 minutes of screenplays for RUNNING AWAY and MICHAEL DOLAN MCCARTHY at www.sherimcguinn.com .  She also posts a new short story every month.  “Read it before it’s gone.        Taken from THE WRITE WORD, the newsletter of the Society of Southwestern ...
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• Playwrights Foundation 2009- Call for Submission of New Plays

  
  The Brainpan — Authority: 140
  Play Submission Season Is Here Submit your work to PF! Between Sept 1 and Nov 30 PF opens its doors to all local and national playwrights through our open access submission process. Here’s a quick link to the guidelines. The staff and a dedicated committee of seasoned Bay Area theater professionals carefully ...
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• Hi my name’s Zac and I’m addicted to Shelfari

  
  Christchurch City Libraries Blog — Authority: 131
  Last week I went of one of the great Technology Tasters that we are running at Christchurch City Libraries.  The Taster that I chose was about Online Bookclubs, which I knew a little bit about but had never actually joined up with one of them so I thought I’d give it a try.  We were introduced to the range of ...
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