FLY A LITTLE HIGHER: How God Answered a Mother’s Small Prayer in a Big Way, Laura Sobiech
Laura Sobiech tells the amazing story of how God used her son’s battle with cancer to touch the lives of millions. “Okay, Lord, you can have him. But if he must die, I want it to be for something big. I want someone’s life to be changed forever.” This is what Laura Sobiech prayed when she […]
MY PART-TIME PARIS LIFE, Lisa Anselmo
Blogger of www.myparttimeparislife.com Lisa Anselmo’s MY (PARTTIME) PARIS LIFE, chronicling how, after her mother’s death, the author confronts her lifelong fear of change, buys an apartment in Paris, and discovers that this one decision opens doors to a new life she never would have imagined (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press/World Rights/2016 publication). […]
RESCUE ROAD: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
The incredible true story of Greg Mahle and his Rescue Road Trips, which have saved thousands of abandoned and abused dogs. Along the way, we will meet the rescue workers, the dedicated people at animal shelters, the individuals and families who adopt them, and the dogs themselves. (World Rights/Sourcebooks/Fall 2015)
Rancho La Puerta Reads and Writes
In just two days, I’ll be at Rancho La Puerta in northern Mexico where Sam Barry and I will be leading workshops in writing and publishing. I’ll also be discussing M.L. Stedman’s gorgeous novel, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, at our annual book club on Thursday, May 2. For the full schedule of activities, click on […]
Pretty in Ink’s Lindsey Palmer at Housing Works
Here’s our very own Lindsey, book in hand, participating on a panel of debut women writers. Of course, PRETTY IN INK hardly reads like a debut novel. This girl’s a pro! –Joelle Delbourgo
In the Department of Cool Things Happen
When I was just starting out as a baby editor in publishing at Bantam Books, I bought a book, THE CAVE OF TIME, that turned into a series that ignited a revolution in reading. Decades later, an enterprising journalist, Jake Rossen, who grew up on Choose Your Own Adventure books–the first interactive fiction series for […]
PRETTY IN INK in this week’s Star magazine!
Kudos to Lindsey J. Palmer, our own “star.” It’s on the Hot List!
NAKED, Eliza Redgold
An original retelling of the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry, the beautiful young Saxon woman who vowed to protect her lands at all cost. Eliza Redgold is the pseudonym for an academic in gender studies, who also publishes contemporary romance in Australia. (St. Martins Press/World English and Germany)
The Query Letter: Start with a Stop Sign, Guest Post from John Paine
You need to arrest the agent’s attention with the first line. She does not want to read about the fact you actually completed a novel. Everyone who queries her has done that. She doesn’t want to know anything about you personally, at least not at first. She wants to know: why does this book […]
Weather watching on Mt. Hood, one of America’s most dangerous mountains
Christopher Van Tilburg,M.D., author of MOUNTAIN RESCUE DOCTOR and THE ADRENALINE JUNKIE BUCKET LIST, is no stranger to danger. In fact, you could say he courts it. Dr. Van Tilburg is a member of the oldest search and rescue team in the nation, The Crag Rats, all volunteers. Here’s a recent clip of Chris on […]