Comments on: Reading, ‘Riting and Rings

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000

Books about sports figures are always interesting. Of course I have my favorite sports and will gravitate toward those, but occasionally I step out of that comfort zone and learn something new.

Good luck and many, many sales so that publishers will start publishing “great” books regardless of “conventional wisdom.”

Fester

By: Patricia McLinn

Patricia McLinn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:19:00 +0000

“I enjoy novels about sports.”

Yeah, Estelle! I love hearing that. My first published book is called HOOPS, takes place during a men’s college basketball season when the coach and the team’s academic adviser clash.

By: Patricia McLinn

Patricia McLinn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:12:46 +0000

Antarctica, Barbara — how cool ()

And ZERO HOUR sounds compelling — any book that can make you feel like you’re there so convincingly. I enjoyed the challenge of trying to do the same with THE GAMES.

By: Patricia McLinn

Patricia McLinn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:09:06 +0000

“If we could only capture that drama in every book, we’d all have monster bestsellers.”

Absolutely, Phoebe. And it strikes me that using the Olympics as a background gives a headstart

By: Estella

Estella — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:30:00 +0000

I enjoy novels about sports.

By: Barbara Keiler

Barbara Keiler — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:40:06 +0000

Coincidentally, I just finished reading a novel set on Antarctica. It’s called ZERO HOUR and it’s by Ninc’s own Benjamin Miller. I read it while basking on a Cape Cod beach, but by the end of the novel I was shivering and checking my extremities for frostbite.

So yes, even novels set in Antarctica get published sometimes. Viva variety!

By: Phoebe Conn

Phoebe Conn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:41:03 +0000

Great blog, Pat! I too love the Olympics for the reasons you described. Where can you find such heroic characters, inspiring goals, and both heartbreak and triumph, all live! If we could only capture that drama in every book, we’d all have monster bestsellers.