News & Blog by Lisa Unger
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I love book groups. What could be better than a gathering of smart, funny, engaged woman (well, it usually is all woman, and maybe a husband or two) talking about books? Generally, wine and snacks are involved. And I’m usually in my pajamas. It’s true -- a couple of times a month, sometimes every week, I join in book group discussions of my novels around the country. One evening it might be...
There’s a village in my computer -- friends, fans, readers, and colleagues. It’s a populous, sometimes chaotic little burg always bustling with news, gossip, opinions and potential excitement. It’s very attractive to the writer, the quiet, semi-recluse who is often alone in her own head. When the words dry up and the blank page seems a mile long, this other world is a click away. In a heartbeat,...
A few months ago, I received a piece of fan mail from another author, which is always a thrill. She wrote to tell me that on finishing her own novel, she read mine, and that the reading of my novel helped her to recharge her writer batteries. I was deeply moved by this because I knew exactly what she meant. As a working, published writer, I write almost every day. Part of me needs to do this;...
The inspiration for my novels might come from anywhere – a painting or a photograph, a line of poetry, a news story, or a piece of junk mail. And if that germ connects with something going on in my subconscious, I start hearing voices. No matter what the initial spark, each of my novels has started with a voice in my head. When I begin to write, I have no idea how the story is going to end, who...
