# book writing (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book writing. Page: Feed: --- ## [The ELYSIUM campaign launches today!](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/the-elysium-campaign-launches-today) _2026-08-04 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Black Archangels. Enemies to lovers. FMC is here for a good time, not a long time. They don't know if they want to kill each other or smash... ## [Help Decide on Character Art for N.E. Davenport's "Elysium"- A Dystopian Romance Novel](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/help-decide-on-character-art-for) _2026-07-25 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Early backer perks for the crowdfunding campaign!! ## [I've got BIG news!!!](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/ive-got-big-news) _2026-07-17 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Save a horse, ride an archangel. ## [Celebrating Publication of “Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropecene” and Remembering Dr. Paul Epstein’s “Changing Planet, Changing Health”](https://philipsturner.com/celebrating-publication-of-body-weather-notes-on-chronic-illness-in-the-anthropecene/) _2026-05-02 · Philip Turner · The Great Gray Bridge_ In 2024, I was invited to serve as a juror on a three-judge panel that evaluated 99 entries for the Works-in-Progress Awards of the J. Anthony Lukas Prizes, sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. After months of reading the book proposals and sample chapters, and many Zoom discussions among the three panelists, we announced a shortlist of… ## [Desmond Morris, Bestselling Author on Primate Behavior, RIP](https://philipsturner.com/desmond-morris-bestselling-author-on-primate-behavior-rip/) _2026-04-21 · Philip Turner · The Great Gray Bridge_ In turning to the NY Times' Obituary section today, I see that a bestselling author for many decades, Desmond Morris, has died, age 98. Douglas Martin has written an excellent obituary headlined, "Desmond Morris, 98, Dies; Explored Humans’ Animal Instincts in ‘The Naked Ape,’" linked to here (no paywall). My wife Kyle Gallup and I had the good fortune to meet Mr. Morris in Oxford, England, in… ## [Some Thoughts for Passover—”What Price Freedom?”](https://philipsturner.com/some-thoughts-for-passover-what-price-freedom/) _2026-04-02 · Philip Turner · The Great Gray Bridge_ I'm sharing an essay I wrote in 1995 for the weekly newsletter of B'Nai Jeshurun, a synagogue congregation where I was then active, titled "What Price Freedom?" In it I sought to understand and explain why in the Passover narrative God continually hardens Pharaoh's heart, and why the plagues then descend on the Egyptians, right up to the tenth plague when their firstborn children die. To summarize… ## [Two Poems, “Creature Comforts” and “Love’s Mantle”](https://philipsturner.com/two-poems-creature-comforts-and-loves-mantle/) _2026-04-01 · Philip Turner · The Great Gray Bridge_ I'm delighted that under the rubric "Two Poems to End the Winter, The Seaboard Review of Books has published two poems today , one of mine, "Creature Comforts," and another, "Love's Mantle," by my friend and agency client Alexis Greene. "Creature Comforts" explores nature, the animal kingdom, the wild, and our place in the world vis-a-vis animals. It's composed in rhyming verse, and was written as… ## [Talking about Jim Harrison, w/Colum McCann and Todd Goddard](https://philipsturner.com/talking-about-jim-harrison-w-colum-mccann-and-todd-goddard/) _2026-03-12 · Philip Turner · The Great Gray Bridge_ An exciting event coming on April 20, for friends interested in Devouring Time , the recently published biography of Jim Harrison. Novelist Colum McCann , author of Let the Great World Spin —who knew Harrison well, and was one of 100 interviewees biographer Todd Goddard talked to for the book—will be in conversation with Todd, who is a client of Philip Turner Book Productions, at the NYPL… ## [OUR VICIOUS OATHS TOUR, PREORDER CAMPAIGN, AND FALL EVENTS](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/our-vicious-oaths-tour-preorder-campaign) _2025-09-03 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ It's September so I'm calling it fall officially. WHICH MEANS IT IS OUR VICIOUS OATHS RELEASE SEASON!!! ## [Hot Girl Summer!!](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/hot-girl-summer) _2025-07-10 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ It's been awhile. But one of my goals this summer is to get into the routine of sending out a pretty regular newsletter. Now, let's get into this. Okay, so boom... ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yWSs8btNbDEi) _2025-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [Book: History of Information Graphics](https://sandrarendgen.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/new-book-the-history-of-information-graphics-june-2019/) _2025-03-26 · Sandra Rendgen · (untitled)_ This book is my personal crown juwel: Infographics are abundant today, but few people know they have been around for centuries. They have always worked as a tool for understanding. And they have been used to explain every possible topic from cosmos to religion, from diseases to market prices. In this beautiful book, I have assembled an enormous collection from the past 800 years. Available from… ## [Minard’s mastery and the lasting impact of the Napoleon campaign map](https://sandrarendgen.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/minards-mastery-and-the-lasting-impact-of-the-napoleon-campaign-map/) _2025-03-25 · Sandra Rendgen · (untitled)_ The ”Napoleon Map“ by the French engineer Charles-Joseph Minard is one of the most cited works of data visualization. Unfortunately, it is still highly relevant ## [Don't break your reader's trance!](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/placing-illustration-in-cover) _2025-03-24 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Place an illustration such as a map on the end leaves or back face of your book's cover ## [Begin Your Day with Purpose](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/begin-your-day-with-purpose) _2025-03-20 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Grab the morning before it grabs you ## [Under the magnifying glass](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/under-the-magnifying-glass) _2025-03-18 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Through the Lens of Loss ## [Behind the scenes: Steam Encounters at Montreal](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/behind-scenes-encounters-montreal) _2025-03-08 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ How I Crafted This Masterpiece ## [Ian Wilson's Book-writing course: Module 6](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/ian-wilsons-book-writing-course-module-6) _2025-03-02 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Case study in a book cover design ## [Ian Wilson's Book-writing course: Module 5](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/ian-wilsons-book-writing-course-module-5) _2025-02-25 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ The creative nonfiction (narrative nonfiction) genre ## [Ian Wilson's Book-writing course: Module 4](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/ian-wilsons-book-writing-course-module-4) _2025-01-29 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Day-to-day, week-to-week, year-to-year productivity ## [Ian Wilson's Book-writing course: Module 3](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/ian-wilsons-book-writing-course-module-3) _2025-01-25 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Long Tail Marketing ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/evNOKorGHuc9) _2025-01-25 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Ian Wilson's Book-writing course: Module 2](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/ian-wilsons-book-writing-course-module-2) _2025-01-18 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Three readers on whom to concentrate ## [Trumpeter swans at Washago, Ontario](https://narrativenonfiction.substack.com/p/trumpeter-swans-at-washago-ontario) _2025-01-14 · Ian Wilson · Creative Nonfiction_ Impressions of cold winter afternoons woven into a novel ## [Book: The Minard System](https://sandrarendgen.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/new-book-the-minard-system-fall-2018/) _2024-09-26 · Sandra Rendgen · (untitled)_ This was a thrilling discovery tour: “Napoleon’s Russian Campaign” (1869) is one of the most famous infographics ever. The man who created it was Charles-Joseph Minard (1781-1870), a little known French civil engineer who immersed himself into the new art of data visualisation when he was already 70 years old. He created a wonderful series of data maps, which was largely unknown to the public… ## [The Villa: Part 2 and 3](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/the-villa-a5a) _2024-08-23 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Part 2 and Part 3. Bonus Ikenna + Reed spicy chapter that takes place after "The Blood Gift." ## [The Villa: Part 1](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/the-villa) _2024-08-23 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Part 1 of 3. Bonus Ikenna + Reed spicy chapter that takes place after "The Blood Gift." It's from Reed's POV. ## [The Lit Corner](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/firstnewsletter) _2024-08-23 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Nia's newsletter! Books, Writing, Publishing, Life, and Shenanigans. ## [A sneak peek of a bonus Ikenna + Reed spicy scene.](https://niadavenport.substack.com/p/a-sneak-peek-of-a-bonus-ikenna-reed) _2024-08-22 · Nia "N.E." Davenport · THE LIT CORNER: Nia's Substack_ Have you subscribed to THE LIT CORNER yet? If not, trust me, you should.