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 I Heart You, You Haunt Me. Let's start the week by telling you more about the book: Girl meets boy. Girl loses boy. Girl gets boy back... ...sort of. Ava can't see... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #18 In the Box with Joseph Cornell Joseph Cornell made boxes. Poetry in boxes, if you ask me. Cornell is known as a pioneer of an artistic genre that some call assemblage. To avoid an art history lesson here, the short version is that Cornell created three-dimensional, boxed compositions using objects from... Continue Reading →
Have you entered our songwriting contest? Don't miss this opportunity to win your own free copy of On the Meaning of Adam Lambert! If you'd like to hear more about the inspiration behind this book, tune in to this blogtalkradio interview with authors June and Kath (show title: Finding Your Muse... for Pure Inspiration). Get... Continue Reading →
We're exposed to poetry more than we think in our lives. It's not all beatnicks and and drum beats and poetry readings in obscure little coffeehouses. Poetry is everywhere. Poetry is in every song lyric you listen to on the radio. Poetry is in the rhythm of the rain you hear pounding on your roof... Continue Reading →
Ooooooh, it looks like the Easter books are finally out and a number of newcomers are in on this week's New York Times best sellers list. New this week are: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan Movers and Fakers by Lisi Harrison If I Stay by Gayle Forman Letters to God by Patrick Doughtie and... Continue Reading →
Many of us prefer old-school paper and ink, but we here at Novel Novice think reading books in any form is a great thing. E-readers are gaining momentum and tech site technologytosoftware.com has compiled a list of the best sites to download FREE e-books. One glaring oversight, however is Project Gutenberg. Just sayin'. OK, here's the list: 1. Scribd... Continue Reading →
We are excited to announce the winner of our contest to win an advanced, hardback copy of Burned: A House of Night Novel by P.C. & Kristin Cast. There were some really great entries and it was a tough decision -- so tough, in fact, that I chose a second-place winner ... though the second-place... Continue Reading →
We are excited to announce the winner of our contest to win an advanced, hardback copy of Burned: A House of Night Novel by P.C. & Kristin Cast. There were some really great entries and it was a tough decision -- so tough, in fact, that I chose a second-place winner ... though the second-place... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #17 Collage One of the most important elements of my poetry writing comes from the collages I create. I cut out images from magazines and newspapers, collect postcards of particularly interesting works of art from museum gift shops, gather brochures and unusual photos. If it looks cool and strikes a chord with... Continue Reading →
Today for National Poetry Month, I nerded out (yes, I just made "nerd" into a verb) and created a whole batch of desktop wallpapers based on some of my favorite quotes from one of the world's most famous poets: William Shakespeare! Most are based on lines from his plays, but there's also one for Sonnet... Continue Reading →
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