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Apr.03.2013
The following is an excerpt, a single essay, from my new book of creative nonfiction The Long, Steep Path: Everyday Inspiration From the Author of Pay It Forward. Photos related to this essay can be found at: http://www.catherineryanhyde.com/the-long-steep-path/valencia-peak/
I’ve lived in...
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Sep.13.2012
I have some news to share, and I hope I can open a conversation with it. And I hope other authors—and readers—will comment. Please do tell me what you think.
I’m completely stepping out of the blurb game. That is, I’m no longer going to write endorsements of other authors’ books. This is not...
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Jul.10.2012
A few words about my newest release, the nonfiction help book for writers How to be a Writer in the E-Age...and Keep Your E-Sanity!, which I co-authored with friend, fiction author and publishing industry bloggerAnne R. Allen.
I've noticed it's important to be clear about a book such as this...
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Jul.10.2012
I may never get to say this again. So let me say it now, while I can.
I have two new books out this week. Well...I announced the arrival of Don't Let Me Go last week. So I might be stretching a point just slightly. But today is its official launch date. So it feels a lot like two books in the same...
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Jul.10.2012
For anyone who reads my blog regularly, you’ll know that Anne and I are buds, and have been for quite some time.
For those of you who begin to read this interview of her blogging skills and think, “No fair. She’s every bit as much an author as a blogger,” have I got a post for you! Anne is the...
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Jul.10.2012
It's here, US readers, and I'm really excited. This is the novel that's been out in the UK since last Fall. It's here in a US edition, with a great new cover (in my humble opinion) and it's available in Kindle ebook andpaperback format. The paperback link goes direct to CreateSpace...
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May.16.2012
My first experience with Brent was a simple one. He sent me an email, asking if he could review my forthcoming (at the time) Young Adult novel Jumpstart the World for his blog, The Naughty Book Kitties. I contacted my Knopf publicist, had a copy mailed to him, and that was that.
Except...
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May.16.2012
My fourth reader slideshow is done, and this time it's all Pay it Forward, all the time. Many thanks to those who sent in photos of themselves with the book.
If you watch this slideshow and think it looks like fun to be part of it, I'll probably do another at some point. So do feel free to...
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May.16.2012
Two incredible bloggers (and by that I mean they have great blogs and are great people, both), Adam of Roof Beam Readerand Lauren of Shooting Stars Mag, are holding a giveaway and a blog hop for bloggers.
According to the announcements on Adam's and Lauren's blog, these...
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May.11.2012
Photo by Marco van Hylckama VliegAmazing how much I think of Pam—creator of the popularBookalicious blog—as a friend, considering we’ve never met face to face. But we’re only three hours apart by car, so I expect this will happen eventually. Meanwhile, when I needed more exposure for my books, and...
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Apr.22.2012
Here we go again. I'm guessing this will not be getting tedious for my readers, as, if I'm going to keep repeating myself, the repetition should be something along the lines of, "I've got more free stuff for you."
The US ebook of my novel SECOND HAND HEART is on a 5-day free...
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Mar.05.2012
Cheryl is one of the authors I might not know if it weren’t for the literary corner of the Twitterverse. As it is, I feel as though we’re old friends, trading books and dog pictures and keeping up on each other’s career. And there’s always the retweet, that simple click of a button that...
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Feb.28.2012
Brian Farrey is one of my “Tweeps” (translation: Twitter pals). He’s also one of the four people who participated in (and, irritatingly, won) The Bet. Yet, bizarrely, these are not his main claims to fame. Some actually find it more important that he is the debut author of the terrific YA...
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Feb.28.2012
Suffice it to say that Anne and I go way back.
No, I take it back. That’s hardly saying enough.
Anne and I live about 40 minutes apart on the Central Coast of California. I recently figured out that we’ve been fast friends for at least 14 years. Because that’s how long I’ve had my only tattoo, a...
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Feb.10.2012
I’m really not a book reviewer. I’ve never pursued reviewing, probably because I’m not comfortable being critical with another author’s work. I’ve only ever been asked to do one review, once—by Ron Charles of the Washington Post. I have no idea why he asked me. He stated as his reason remembering...
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About Catherine
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of 18 published and forthcoming books including the newest releases Don't Let Me Go, Jumpstart the World, Second Hand Heart and When I Found You. Other novels in print are Becoming Chloe, Love in the...
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Causes Catherine Hyde Supports
The Pay It Forward Foundation, Marriage Equality (See Human Rights Campaign), the 350 movement to help ease global climate change, LandWatch San Luis Obispo...