If you enjoyed watching the movie Juno made by Jason Reitman then you'll be pleased to know that he's planning on making another movie. This time it's going to be based upon a novel called Up in the Air by Walter Kirn.

The novel is based around a character called Ryan Bingham who dreams of being able to complete 1 millio

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Some great tips and resources for success in writing your novel this month for NaNoWriMo. Did you kow that tomorrow is the start of National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short? So what is NaNoWriMo? It is an novel writing challenge that anyo

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A review of the great and cynical CIA thriller, "The Amateur", by Robert Littell. Littell , a master storyteller, wrote "The Company", a fictional account of the CIA's history that was a huge best-seller and recent mini-series.

The Amateur is about Charlie Heller, an encryption expert for the C

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This post is a book review of a novel that could be called suspense, crime fiction or a thriller, but really rises far above any labels. The reviewer calls attention to the state of mind of the main character, Vietnam veteran Harry Quinn, and implies that understanding Quinn is relevant today, with so many recent veterans com

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The animated pic, nominated for animated feature at last month’s Academy Awards, is based on co-helmer Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical, bestselling graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution.

Authorities likely want to avoid any potential fallout from offending pro-Iranian members of the Lebanese op

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More rumors about Brisingr - the third book of the Inheritance Cycle and the second sequel to Eragon - have surfaced. The novel will be published in September. Different local versions of the Amazon internet store have different descriptions of the novel and some of them give away information about the plot.

If you don't wa

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This blog covers a lot of information about the pitfalls and risks of self-publishing. It covers everything from vanity publishing to e-publishers (which not everyone realizes is another form of self-publishing).

A lot of writers are being tempted by the plethora of self-publishing opportunities out there, as well as the pu

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Incandescence, the long-awaited novel by science fiction writer Greg Egan, is much like his other works in that it is a paean to science. Indeed, the entire plot is based on the idea that the road to scientific exploration and discovery leads to personal satisfaction.

Egan depicts two separate journeys on that road, that of

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If you like Sex and the City and vampires you will love Kimberly Raye’s new novel, Just One Bite: A Dead-End Dating Novel. This novel is the fourth book in the series of Dead-End Dating Novels, however it is very easy to read and enjoy without reading the previous three. The novel is narrated by a born-vampire named Lil March

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