The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh Published in August 2017 by Kensington Books Reviewed by Amanda Moore In The Blinds, Adam Sternbergh tells an intriguing story about the residents of a town called Caesura, Texas. Caesura is an extremely small community of individuals
“Although we might provide an escape from reality through our writing, we are still part of this world . . . I wanted to dig into the question of what role we play as writers as things are happening around us. ” –Chaitali Sen In the interview series Borderless: Conversations on
“Those who continue to read and write well into old age suffer 48% less memory loss, dementia and other mental impairment than those who don’t take part in these activities. ” -Larry Upshaw, Ageless Authors Community membership in the Writers’ League of Texas allows businesses and organizations to support our
“Read! Consider it research for your career.” -Arielle Datz Every year, the Writers’ League of Texas brings a faculty of close to thirty agents, editors, and other industry professionals to Austin for its Agents & Editors Conference. As we look ahead to the 25th Annual A&E Conference, taking place June 29–July
“Share your love of books all the time. Don’t be afraid to sing the praises of the books you adore.” -Jeremy Ellis, General Manager, Interabang Books If you’ve been keeping track of our 2017 events calendar, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been traveling quite a bit this year. One of
“I am a school librarian who loves placing those just-right books into the hands of children.” -Patricia Vermillion A member of the Writers’ League since May, Patricia Vermillion lives in Dallas, Texas. Scribe: In what genre(s) do you write? Patricia Vermillion: I write children’s books. Scribe: What author would you most
“Likeable characters are boring. You’re doing yourself a great disservice if you worry about making your protagonist likeable.” -Jill Chamberlain Jill Chamberlain is a screenplay consultant and founder of The Screenplay Workshop with Jill Chamberlain, which offers private script consultation and group instruction in Austin and via Skype. Her book from the
“I love something Liz Garton Scanlon said during her recent WLT class. When revising her picture books, she thinks not about making them shorter but more potent. I think that’s a good way to approach revisions in any genre.” -Susan Johnston Taylor A member of the Writers’ League since September,
“A rewarding element (mostly) of the memoir genre is that one is transported to the places one is writing about.” -Bernadette Nason A member of the Writers’ League since 1992, Bernadette Nason lives in Austin, TX. Scribe: In what genre(s) do you write? Bernadette Nason: Memoir and YA so far,
The Texas Book Festival is this weekend, and we’re pumped about the weekend’s schedule and the diversity of this year’s offerings. Check out the TBF website for the full list of authors and panels and make sure to check out Lit Crawl Austin on Saturday night for even more fun
