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Jul.02.2012
So happy to have The Forgetting Tree included on The Millions Most Anticipated list for the second half of 2012. Lots of great books mentioned that will be on my TBR list.
http://www.themillions.com/2012/07/most-anticipated-the-great-second-half-2012-book-preview.html
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Apr.25.2012
Gearing up for the release of The Forgetting Tree this September. The new website is up, and I'm very pleased. My publisher gave me a beautiful cover so it was easy to just echo the feel of that. If you'd like to take a peek, here's the link:
http://www.tatjanasoli.com/
One of the personal...
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Apr.02.2012
To continue my post for bookclubs about what writers read.
I came across a great article written by Stewart O'Nan in the Oct/Nov 1999 issue of the Boston Review (http://bostonreview.net/BR24.5/onan.html) about the work of Richard Yates. In that article, he talks of writers' writers, names or...
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Mar.22.2012
I attend many book clubs to talk about The Lotus Eaters, and I have been asked over and over by members to recommend my favorite books. Those of us who aren't English majors have often skipped what I'll call the contemporary classics in favor of what is newly published. This is a mistake in my...
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Mar.06.2012
So happy to show my new book cover for the second novel, The Forgetting Tree. After the adventure of going through many, many covers on the first book, this one came in the very beginning, and we are all happy with it.
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Feb.28.2012
I was at Amelia Island book festival a few weeks ago and had a wonderful time. I'd never been to that part of Florida before, and it is stunning. Spanish moss on the trees, victorian houses, and empty beaches (at least in February). It is a lovely, intimate festival, and the audiences were very...
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Feb.22.2012
I was not familiar with Ms. Colvin, but reading about her bravery and incredible work, I am again struck how lucky we are to have such individuals who care enough about truth and justice to risk their lives.
"Our mission is to speak the truth to power, We send home that first rough...
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Feb.07.2012
I've been light on the posts this last month but for good reason. I just mailed in final edits for my second novel, The Forgetting Tree. I have the usual mixed feelings of exhaustion (I can't look at any more copyedits!), exhilaration (it's done!), and post-partum (I don't have anything to do today...
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Jan.09.2012
The Sad Life And Miraculous Powers of Santiago
"Two months before the trial date, I sat at the kitchen counter, scratchpad in hand, generating excuses. My grandmother is sick in the hospital. Scratch. My mother is sick—scratch. I’m sick in the hospital—and writing to you from my sick bed....
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Dec.27.2011
I'm spending this week recharging my batteries for the new year. A friend led me to this interview with Tim O'Brien that is just fantastic in so many ways, but at this moment his take on why he writes especially moved me:
Literature makes you feel, if it’s any good, it can make you feel less...
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Dec.19.2011
Exciting news that The Lotus Eaters has been optioned for a movie. The statistics are bleak — only 2% of optioned books make it to the screen so I'm not uncorking the champagne just yet. But fiction writers already know the odds are always against us. All you can hope for is luck...
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Dec.10.2011
Turned in final revisions on Tuesday for my second novel, The Forgetting Tree, which is scheduled for a fall 2012 release. I've been working very hard, as in seven days a week, since the summer on edits, and it is a happy feeling to come to completion. Planning to enjoy the holidays and take a...
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Nov.30.2011
Haven't posted for a while, but many exciting posts to come soon! In the meantime, came across this lovely blog review of Lotus Eaters just today. This far out from publication, it's really gratifying to have people still enjoying the book and writing about it. Here's part of the review, and a link...
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Oct.14.2011
Had a wonderful time this last Wednesday at Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. The crowd was great, the rain held off, and I found out about the ghosts that haunt Thurber House! Seriously, they even did an episode of Ghost Hunters there. No, I will not be spending the night. My events for The...
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Sep.30.2011
I'm pleased to have a story in this fall's issue of Boulevard. Below is the opening, with a link to the magazine's website.
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"...this is—not to mince words—a devastatingly awesome novel. It’s one of those books that I didn’t want to put down—I resented everything else that I needed to do in my life, because I didn’t want to stop reading it.”
—Nancy Pearl, Book Lust
About Tatjana
Tatjana Soli is a novelist and short story writer. Her bestselling debut novel, The Lotus Eaters, winner of the James Tait Black Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and finalist for the LA Times Book Award among other honors. Her stories have appeared...
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