Our featured poet as we celebrate this last week of National Poetry Month is Lynn Emanuel. Today we look briefly at one of her poetry collections: Then, Suddenly--. Or, more accurately, we quote Emanuel talking about the book. In a rare interview, Emanuel said this about Then, Suddenly--: A number of poems address the reader... Continue Reading →
For our April Book of the Month, author Lisa Schroeder answered a whole bunch of crazy interview questions for us. We’ve been sharing her responses throughout the entire month, and today we’re concluding our interview with Lisa's responses to our Flash Questions (See Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3): If you could trade places... Continue Reading →
Want to get a little closer to Adam Lambert? Win a copy of On the Meaning of Adam Lambert by entering our National Poetry Month lyric-writing contest. Entries will be accepted through this Wednesday, April 28. Send your submission to libby.novelnovice@live.com in the body of an email. Get the full details here!
Creative Writing Prompt #26 Wish You Were Here Loss is something that every single one of us has experienced - or will experience - in life. Whether someone is lost because of a death or because they've moved away, whether they've been forcibly taken out of your life or they've left by choice, people leave... Continue Reading →
And so begins the last week of National Poetry Month, which means this post introduces our last featured poet... at least for April! Lynn Emanuel (b. 1949) is unique in our poetry celebration this month in that she is the only living poet that we have featured prominently. T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, and Allen Ginsberg... Continue Reading →
Each week during our April Book of the Month, we're featuring a different book from author Lisa Schroeder. This week, we're focusing on her Middle Grade book It's Raining Cupcakes. Let's start the week by telling you more about the book: Twelve-year-old isabel is dying to get out of Oregon. She spends her free time... Continue Reading →
Each week during our April Book of the Month, we're featuring a different book from author Lisa Schroeder. This week, we're focusing on her Middle Grade book It's Raining Cupcakes. Let's start the week by telling you more about the book: Twelve-year-old isabel is dying to get out of Oregon. She spends her free time... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #25 Sound Your Yawp Earlier today, we introduced you to the barbaric yawp as it's presented in Dead Poets Society. In this life-changing film, Professor Keating makes Todd Anderson stand before his classmates and create a poem as he stares at a picture of Walt Whitman. And with his eyes closed, under... Continue Reading →
We're launching a new segment here at Novel Novice called Buzzworthy Books ... this is where we'll talk about newly released or upcoming releases that are getting lots of good buzz. We may not have checked them out ourselves yet, but there's so much chatter about them, we can't ignore the buzz. For our first... Continue Reading →
We're launching a new segment here at Novel Novice called Buzzworthy Books ... this is where we'll talk about newly released or upcoming releases that are getting lots of good buzz. We may not have checked them out ourselves yet, but there's so much chatter about them, we can't ignore the buzz. For our first... Continue Reading →
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