Sarah Weinman points to this upcoming conference for writers and readers of thrillers, where there will be a mock trial of one of my favorite fictional tough guys, Jack Reacher. Lee Child, who writes the novels, will be standing in for Jack, who is off someplace beating up bad guys.
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My name is Rosina Lippi. I'm a former academic and tenured university professor, writing full time since 2000. Under the pen name Sara Donati I am the author of the Wilderness series, six historical novels that follow the fortunes of a group of families living in upstate New York from about 1792-1825. A new series based on later generations of the same families was launched September 1, 2015 with The Gilded Hour. The next volume in the new series, Where the Light Enters, was released in 2019.
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If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn’t expecting it.
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End of July, beginning of August, in Phoenix? Well, I guess at the very least they know all the attendees will probably attend every panel, if going outdoors is the only alternative…
Err, my bad, first weekend in July… still blistering hot around there.
You remind me of something. The last three trips to Manhattan? High summer. Every time I swear I won’t do it again, and then I forget what it’s like.