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A former aide to Danielle Steel is facing time in federal prison after admitting she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the romance novelist.
A children's author who also volunteered at a local children's library has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony counts of child pornography offenses.
The diplomat-novelist whose work was the basis of the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" is heading home to India for the premier of the movie there.
A Chinese man was convicted Friday of murdering an elderly author and attempting to steal his identity in a trial held partly in secret for reasons of national security.
Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of "Conversations with God," said Tuesday that he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own in a recent blog post.
The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the U.S. presidency was kicked out of Kenya on Tuesday.
Her latest book won't end up on any best-seller lists, but this 95-year-old woman is proud just to say she's been published.
British writer and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley was denied entry to the United States after arriving to promote his memoir of sex, drugs and flamboyant fashion.
Millions of readers who bought James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" were sold something less than the truth. After the best-selling "memoir" was found to be laced with fabrications, buyers around the country sued, saying they had been misled. But in the end, only about 1,700 people asked to be reimbursed, a lawyer said Friday as a judge approved a final settlement with disgruntled readers.
A U.S. think-tank said Tuesday funds have been established in the United States and the Netherlands to help pay protection costs for Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Dutch author who faces death threats as a result of her criticism of radical Islam.
Former Dutch lawmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who spent the last year at a conservative U.S. think tank, is back in a familiar place: at the center of a firestorm in the parliament she quit.
A Harvard University sophomore's debut novel has been permanently withdrawn by the book's publisher and her two-book deal canceled after allegations of literary borrowing piled up against her.
The rise and crashing fall of the Harvard University sophomore accused of plagiarizing passages of her debut novel has made of some of her classmates smile, some sympathize.
Rarely has an author succeeded, then failed, so quickly as Kaavya Viswanathan, the Harvard University sophomore who acknowledged lifting material for her debut novel, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life."
Teenage author Kaavya Viswanathan said Wednesday she was shocked to see so many similarities between her acclaimed first book and two novels by Megan McCafferty and maintained they were unintentional.
Teenage author Kaavya Viswanathan has acknowledged taking material from fellow novelist Megan McCafferty, but says the borrowing was an accident. McCafferty's publisher doesn't believe her.
A Harvard University sophomore with a highly publicized first novel acknowledged Monday that she had borrowed material, accidentally, from another author's work and promised to change her book for future editions.
I introduced Belle to vice girls: It showed her the 'human face' of sex traThis is about the reaction of the father of Dr.Brooke Magnanti, the medical researcher, discovering that she was the Bell du Jour prostitute blogger that everyone wondred about.
Pulitzer-winner Rick Bragg avoids writing about 'top of pile'After a wide-ranging conversation about poverty, college sports, his native Alabama and a dozen other topics, the subject turned to the sacrifices that people make every day, just to get by.
DAY DAWNERS Awake day dawners, you sleepy yawners! A new day dawns, life's chasm yawns! ---------------------------- mindbringer, 7 November 2009
You can find news anywhere. North, East, West and South, news is available just about anywhere, anytime. The real trick is to report what that news means in a way that is relevant to the many.
SONNET IN BEE FLAT There must be a place (but I've yet to find one) beneath the Sol-drawn dawn of autumn skies where cut-throat trout still find the heart to run and the fullness of Summer's life never dies.
EQUINOX FOX Vernon the aqua fox, swim fast 'ere Summer's fall; wade wide-streamed Autumn's lull. Your rust red coat and socks of white will fade at snowfall's call and, hunting just to keep kits full, at moon you'll howl and nip but fail at Winter's icy onslought gale.
SEA KING The sea. The sea... In my reverie, I seek my tea. ------------------------- mindbringer, 16 October 2009
Ten or Eleven Things I Know About WritingThis is a wonderful article with great insights into the craft of writing.
Bill Ayers: "I wrote Dreams From My Father"Then, unprompted he said–I wrote Dreams From My Father. I said, oh, so you admit it. He said–Michelle asked me to. I looked at him. He seemed eager. He's about my height, short. He went on to say–and if you can prove it, we can split the royalties.
Maya Angelou taken to the hospital Esteemed author and poet Dr. Maya Angelou has been hospitalized after she fell ill just hours before collecting an award for her work, according to reports.
BY CYCLES FALL Neaped by a circadian moon, I'd reached for you in spring tide love, you who under sighed lonely loon and rose on drafts yon turtle dove. So, my wide and dark Canadian sky, I who lack June's lunar stare, shall wither here upon this vine.
STALK MUSINGS I ended up a stalk one night. A stalk of beans you see How I did, I do not know Unless of course in dreams. Stalked by beans? Beyond their means. By harps that sing and talk? The best of beans you see Can talk to thee in dreams it seems.
This elegantly written memoir traces [Eteraz's] relationship with the religion of his birth, from his childhood in Pakistan, where he feared beatings at the madrassa, to adulthood in the U.S. . . . Thoughtful and wry, he offers glimpses of a changing Pakistan and a U.S.
My normal search engine these days is Bing. Using Bing I came upon this site (url/link removed by author as possibly viral advertising) in preparation for this article.
The writer's road is paved with pot holes and detours. Unless you're a well-established author, a celebrity, or a politician, where publishing houses beat down your door with offers of huge contracts and advances, most writers are simply doing our best to just keep going.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Tech giants unite against GoogleFrom the BBC article: Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google's attempt to create what could be the world's largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive.
Happy Birthday, H. P. Lovecraft!Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century, who together with Edgar Allan Poe has exerted "an incalculable influence on s …
Hill's bestselling "Book of Negroes" set for filmLawrence Hill's bestseller The Book of Negroes is set to make the leap from page to screen. Toronto filmmakers Clement Virgo and Damon D'Oliveira announced Wednesday that their company, Conquering Lion Pictures, has acquired the film rights to Hill's award-winning novel.
I don't know if I have the exact quote or its author, but, I am going to say that the 18th Century writer and orator, Diderot, is responsible for: "Make me laugh, make me cry, break my heart; only then, regal my eyes."
There was a very nice response to the first Challenge for "Creative NEWSVINE Authors & Artists ~ 'PLEASE JUDGE MY BOOK BY ITS COVER",' - so let's go to a second round. Remember, the ultimate purpose of this "CHALLENGE" is to have NEWSVINE Authors, Graphic Artists and Photograph …
The ultimate purpose of this "CHALLENGE" is to have NEWSVINE Authors, Graphic Artists and Photographers interact by sharing their respective creative abilities. Here's the deal:
Coroner: Heart disease killed author HarrisA coroner's official says heart disease, complicated by high blood pressure and a hardening of the arteries, is what killed author E. Lynn Harris last week.
Catcher in the courthouse? Author fights backAn author being sued by J.D. Salinger for copyright infringement is asking a judge to let his book be published.
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