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WRITING TIPS FROM J.A. JANCE
If you want to be a writer, read! Why people who don’t read books still want to write them is more than I can understand. If you want to be a writer, write what you […]
Month: August 2015
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10 Books about Modern Piracy
10 Books about Modern Piracy I’m a research junkie. I confess it. I write novels, but I hate to make things up if I don’t have to. I want my stories to be more than […]
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TOP TEN AFRICAN ADVENTURES
TOP TEN AFRICAN ADVENTURES Last year, The Washington Post ran an article saying that thrillers “set in Africa are hot.” There have been a slew of them recently, including my own, The Afrika Reich (Henry Holt, 2013), which was […]
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Top Ten Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Top Ten Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald (The staff of the Strand compiled this list of their top ten short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We look forward to your comments and your favorites!) […]
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August Reads
August Reads There’s only one more month of summer but that doesn’t mean you have to stop adding books to your to-be-read stack. Even if you didn’t get a chance to travel or take a […]
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Top Ten Spy Novels
1. THE SECRET AGENT – Joseph Conrad Mr. Verloc is an anarchist, British police snitch, and spy whose Russian masters order him to bomb London. Is he the novel’s protagonist, antagonist, or something in between? Though […]