Daniel Fischer has a secret. He knows he's a character in a book that's being written. He's the only one who knows, the only one who's aware of the author's presence -- but what good does it do Daniel? He's just a minor character. The author seems much more interested in other people's lives. Now Daniel is determined to win a bigger part, and he'll do whatever it takes to get the author's attention and make this story his own.
Suspenseful, subversive, and hilarious, BEING WRITTEN is an audaciously inventive literary turn that gleefully calls into question who we trust, what we believe, and how the stories of our lives are created.
ADVANCE PRAISE:
"Conescu's light, swift, and nicely structured dark comedy puts to the test a character's ability to outwrite his own author. In the end, the author wins." -- Publishers Weekly
"Being Written is a first novel of great charm, imagination, and wit. Conescu is a dextrous storyteller with a gift for wicked twists and a dazzlingly urbane sense of both drama and humor." -- Zachary Lazar, author of Sway
"The hero of Being Written hears the author's pencil scratching away and starts performing drastic acts to win more page-time from the book's other characters....I suppose you could argue the hero is simply nuts, but I'd rather argue that William Conescu is simply a genius!" -- Wilton Barnhardt, author of Emma Who Saved My Life
Last night I returned to North Carolina from a much-needed long weekend, and I’m back at my desk this morning.
I will, however, be out of the office again today for anywhere from thirty minutes to a few hours, as I hope all of you will be today, too - unless you voted early.
No matter who you [...]
Don’t forget that the 2008 Induction Ceremony for the NC Literary Hall of Fame will be this Sunday, October 19, at 2 p.m., at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in Southern Pines. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
James Applewhite, William S. Powell, and Lee Smith are this year’s inductees. [...]
I’ve found, or been sent, so many good links and other tidbits of interest to writers, I hardly know where to start.
Let’s begin with an interview with Ron Rash, the keynote speaker at the 2008 Fall Conference and author of the new novel Serena, from today’s Shelf Awareness:
Book Brahmins: Ron Rash
Ron Rash is the author [...]
Hat's Off!
... to Marianna Crane. Her essay, " Cases: His Service Ended, but the Battles Raged On " was published in the Science section of the New York Times July 15th.
