November marks National Novel Writing Month—the time of year that encourages aspiring writers everywhere to get cracking on that novel. For many, writing is a deeply personal experience, all consuming and arduous, not to mention solitary. We’ve put together some quotes from authors who know all too well what lies ahead, and we hope that they will help you put pen to paper, particularly in moments of self doubt, and inspire you to greatness. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not …
In a week full of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them news, Entertainment Weekly has just given us a first look at Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander in the new adaptation. The issue will hit newsstands Friday. Check out more details here. Images courtesy of Entertainment Weekly
From our friends at Feed Your Need to Read Authors are people, too. That statement may seem obvious, but when scrolling through book reviews on Amazon or Goodreads, you’ll find some ridiculous statements that range from critical to downright mean. Ouch! Open Road Media asked four of their authors to read aloud bad the reviews of their books and respond. William Hjortsberg, Eric Van Lustbader, Alan Jacobson, and Sarah Zettel couldn’t help but throw a little sass back to their unimpressed readers. So take that, haters!
Just one day after the official logo for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the new play being developed by J.K. Rowling, was released, even bigger news has broke. Rowling previously stated that the two-part play will not be a prequel, and as it turns out: IT’S A SEQUEL. If you need a moment to compose yourself, we completely understand. Courtesy of https://bit.ly/1OWa8U6 Pottermore released this synopsis, stating that the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series: It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry …
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