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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Agree completely! My self-published books on Amazon are not money-makers but I'm proud of every one of them!

After watching Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime, I'm now on book three of Wheel of Time....very well written, easy to read and wonderful...shoulda read this ages ago!

I just devoured Three Elizabeth Strout books! I read the short story 'Signs' in The Story Prize winners....that took me to "Anything Can Happen" in which 'Signs' is the opening story of a set of linked stories and then back to the Pulitzer winner "Olive Kitteridge" followed by "Olive Again" -...

Well yes and no. I have a blogspot site (just added to my profile ;)), but it's nothing like a real website and I did try wordpress (admittedly ages ago) and it wasn't what worked for me. :)

Thanks....I had a more expensive than that I think....they are cheaper now with the competition etc...there's also the maintenance, updating and all that...just not sure I want to get back to much of that at his point...rather spend the time writing, reading, etc... :)

What A. E. Lowan said. Many of the 'How to Write' books either get this wrong or don't fully explain it. Both are required, but beyond that I've come to believe is Authorial Voice, Narrative Voice...is really what is going to carry your writing. You have to invite/suck the reader in with a...

I feel like I've been in a daze or stasis or the liminal netherlands for a good four years++ but this month I've resolved to get the hell back with it...and have been going through my draft and completed work and organizing, submitting as well as just getting my head back in the right place...

I wish I could find it. :)

Just Finished "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro. 4.5 stars. A bit different look at AI and told in first person from the AF (artificial friend) perspective. Excellent Work. In Klara and the Sun, Artificial Intelligence Meets Real Sacrifice

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear

I've 'discovered' Haruki Murakami ... wow! (a few short stories previously) .. Wind Up Bird and Kafka on the Shore.... Wow!

N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Earth trilogy.

Just read Steinbeck's East of Eden for the first time (after avoiding it forever) ... it was Wonderful! He is such an Amazing Writer. The ending was perfect and included a small fitting surprise at the finale.