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Grace and Poise on a Book Tour

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Meredith Ann Rutter

It’s the rare author who gets sent on cross-country book tours these days. But when your book hits the front page of The New York Times Book Review, well, that’s a different story (or kettle of fish or ball of … Continue reading →

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What’s That Book About?

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Upon completing my read of Jennifer Egan’s book A Visit from the Goon Squad, I begged my husband, “Please, please, please make the next book you read this one. I need to talk with someone about it!” He did as … Continue reading →

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Friends Reunite to Talk Writing, Reading

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Last Sunday brought together eight of us from last summer’s Stonecoast Writers’ Conference / Novel Writing class. (I wrote about the Stonecoast experience in blog entries on July 22 and July 25, 2011.) Sunday’s reunion occurred thanks to the instigation … Continue reading →

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Stonecoast Writers’ Conference, Part 2

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Everyone in our novels workshop commented by week’s end what a terrific group we had. This was my first writers’ conference, but I’ve read enough commentaries by published authors to surmise that this was an unusually focused and compatible set … Continue reading →

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Stonecoast Writers’ Conference, Part 1

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

The reason I’ve been silent this week is that I’m in the delightful throes of a writers’ conference organized by the University of Southern Maine. It’s taking place in a great old building called Stone House on a leg of … Continue reading →

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