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Writing Tip: Join a local critique or writers’ group. You, the author, cannot be covered in a thin skin if you expect to reach your goal of creating the very best book for publication. You must accept the criticism of others! Every word should be challenged and kept in your book only if it advances […]
I am in a “FICTIVE DREAM.” Sitting at your computer with a cup of coffee ready to write that first draft of your next novel…Authors need a regular routine when they sit at the computer and prepare to write! When you are in the creative mood, you must follow a set of actions that will […]
A Brownstone In Brooklyn reviewed in Alumnus Magazine. Julius Thompson’s novel, A Brownstone In Brownstone, was featured in The City College of New York’s Spring Alumnus Magazine along with the works of Walter Mosley, Gerald Eskanazi, David Kushner, Gerald Chatanow and Bernard Schwartz and other CCNY graduates. Julius Thompson is a PROUD 1969 graduate of […]
What would it feel like to operate your very own Independent Bookstore? Doug Robinson knows the feeling and tells Julius Thompson in an Interview! JT : Describe your life as an independent bookstore? DR: After selling a small chain of college bookstores to a much larger company and working with them for 2 ½ years I took […]
Legendary author Terry Kay and I have crossed paths, many times, in our literary journeys over the last twenty plus years. As an upcoming author I traveled many times to Athens, Georgia for book events and finally I had the opportunity to meet the celebrated Georgia author. It was at a book […]
life changing visit to a former rice plantation slave cabin! On Saturday, June 19, 2021, if President Biden signs the Bill, we as a country will celebrate Juneteenth as a National Holiday. Juneteenth, is the celebration of the freeing of the slaves. For Years commentators told stories about the meaning of this day and images, […]
Another casualty in the decline of the paperback and hard cover book formats! When the unexpected announcement blared across the national news outlets that the bookstore chain Borders was seeking liquidation and closed all its stores a few years ago, the moan among authors was deafening. The company closed 399 stores which meant that over […]
It’s Monday and time for another installment of Julius Thompson‘s Monday Memories from the award winning journalist, novelist and coach. When I was a sportswriter for the Philadelphia Bulletin during the seventies, I spent time exploring and learning the different Philly neighborhoods. Basketball was played in every playground, recreation center, church gym, and anywhere you […]
Sitting at your computer with a cup of coffee ready to write that first draft of your next novel… Authors need a regular routine when they sit at the computer and prepare to write! When you’re in the creative mood, you must follow a set of actions aht will lead to the production of dynamic […]
Killer Kudzu is schedule for publication in January 2022 Raymond Camp staggered out of the juke joint totally drunk around eleven Saturday night. He was headed home down Hog Mountain Road, just outside the small town of Randolph. It was a late July night, and the moon seemed brighter and fuller than normal. He only […]
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