September 21st, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
When I was 21 and working as a quality assurance representative at a telemarketing agency, I’d recently ended a pretty serious relationship.
Not too long after the relationship ended, my roommate – at my silly, ill-conceived, and misguided recommendation – started dating my ex.
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September 17th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
The new “American Dream” ideal - dangerously infecting our youth culture - seems to also have infected the literary community.
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September 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
The talk show host, afraid to upset the show’s listeners, wanted to change topics from talking (with a book club) about Homefront’s story and characters to talking about publishing and writing, in general, because there was concern the readers of the book, and listeners of the show, would get upset.
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September 4th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Because my memories of Fargo are still vivid (I lived there for seven years), having Mia move around that apartment was easy enough while she was inside. All I had to do was remember my time there the first four months Ian was gone. Dredging up the emotions was absolutely no trouble.
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August 31st, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
I considered it a shame that many collections had themes, a consistent tone, a voice with no inflection. It disappointed me to read collections and know what to expect from one story to the next.
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August 29th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
MAN: I’m an associate editor at Harpo, and we received a copy of Homefront. [HOLY CRAP THEY STILL HAVE IT! I SENT IT OVER A YEAR AGO!] We’re putting together a segment for Oprah’s Book Club about authors who have chosen to self-publish…
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August 25th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Remember Jennifer Mee, the poor girl who had the hiccups for five weeks? She tried everything from downing pickle juice to drinking water from the wrong side of the glass to putting a post-it note on her forehead.
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August 24th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Will I be tricked into telling them which scene in the book is (mostly) true? I’d kept it a secret until recently, when I gave it away to a Stars & Stripes reporter. I don’t know why I told him about that scene. It was something I’d meant to keep to myself, because it wasn’t one of my prouder moments.
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August 19th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Last week, Heather J. at “Age 30+…A Lifetime of Books” (a book review blog, whose review of Homefront can be found here) allowed me space for a guest post introducing Backword Books and inviting her readers to participate in a Homefront giveaway.
Heather’s rules:
Leave a comment with your thoughts on Backword Books’ authors collective - what [...]
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August 10th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
I felt the sweat in places sweat grows. I saw Producer Kacy sweating, too–and she’d even taken off her blazer. I tried not to blow my hair out of my face or wipe my cheeks and eyes and forehead.
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