Elaine Neil Orr at Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
Last night, April 9, Elaine Neil Orr launched A Different Sun (Berkley/Penguin), a novel about a young missionary woman who leaves her parent’s plantation to accompany her missionary husband to Africa, at a wonderful independent bookstore in Raleigh, Quail Ridge Books. Orr, who was born in Nigeria, where much of the novel takes place, was […]
Lady in Red
Last night, I had a great time celebrating with author, Lauren Kelly, a certified nutritionist who is also affiliated with the Bar Method in Montclair, N.J. Lauren’s friends through her a launch party to celebrate her first book, THE EVERYTHING WHEAT-FREE COOKBOOK (F&W Media). We got to sample her delicious Thai chicken skewers with peanut […]
A DIFFERENT SUN, Elaine Neil Orr
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6:8 in her room at a Georgia women’s college, she understands her true calling: to become a missionary. It is […]
THE FRENCH COOK: Sauces, Holly Herrick
Master the art of classic French sauces. The French Cook: Sauces is the first in a series of French cookbooks that will simplify and demystify French cuisine for all of those who love it and would like to bring it home to their American kitchens without traveling outside their homes. In her latest book, Holly […]
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau Greets President Obama at Yad Vashem
I was honored earlier this week when Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel and author of the moving memoir, OUT OF THE DEPTHS, spoke to President Obama at Yad Vashem. Today, Rabbi Lau is mentioned prominently in a front-page article in The New York Times about the life and death of […]
Anne Greenwood Brown, DEEP BETRAYAL
Fans of Amanda Hocking’s novel, Wake, will dive into this paranormal romance featuring mermaids–the killer kind–and won’t come up for air! It’s been thirty days, two hours, and seventeen minutes since Calder left Lily standing on the shores of Lake Superior. Not that she’s counting. And when Calder does return, it’s not quite the reunion Lily hoped for. […]
Lunch in the Digital Age
Once upon a time, when I was an editor at Ballantine Books, Random House, I arrived at my favorite “neighborhood” restaurant to meet with a literary agent for lunch. I coveted the corner booth, which was quieter, more comfortable and afforded some privacy. The maitre d’ became very agitated. “Oh,” he said, “I’m afraid I […]
RIDDLE IN STONE, Robert Evert Long after the last of the great heroes of old has died, the Undead King is stirring again, amassing a goblin horde ready to sweep out of the mountains and destroy all of humanity. The only thing preventing utter annihilation is Edmund—a stuttering librarian who knows a secret, a secret […]
Can/should you be best friends with your agent and editor?
Here’s a little insider secret from someone who has been both an editor and an agent: make them love you! Yes, be shameless, authors! Your editor and agent can be your best allies. For some bizarre reason, some writers believe that an agent and even sometimes an editor is someone to be feared. Especially when […]
HOW TO RUN A COUNTRY, Philip Freeman
In this “ancient guide for modern leaders,” Philip Freeman distills some of Cicero’s key thoughts on governance. “Cicero’s words live forever. In these carefully chosen and well-translated selections on leadership, classicist Philip Freeman offers an astute introduction to one of history’s noblest minds.” (Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the […]