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Diving into “The Swimming Pool”

Posted onApril 23, 2010June 18, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Book review of Holly LeCraw’s debut. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Holly LeCraw, The Swimming Pool

The Rising of a Star?

Posted onMarch 29, 2010June 3, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Have I already succeeded, and just failed to notice? Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, writing

Guest Post: Where Books Meet Boats

Posted onMarch 22, 2010February 9, 2023AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Kim Couranz takes time off from her day job in communications at NOAA to sail with me. This week we’re bringing a new Snipe up to speed, and she took time off from boatwork and reading to write this post. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Snipe

The Literary Guerillas: Authors Tackle Promotion, Together

Posted onFebruary 11, 2010June 3, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

First you write. Then you sell. It’s good to have friends for both. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, fiction, literary guerillas, promotion, Roberta Gately

Book Review: The Murderer’s Daughters

Posted onJanuary 29, 2010June 3, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

I’m quite surprised to find myself recommending the debut of author Randy Susan Meyers. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Randy Susan Meyers, The Murderer's Daughters

The Christmas of Books

Posted onDecember 18, 2009June 3, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Hurry—only three shopping days left to find those final presents for family, friends, and the postman! Read More …

CategoriesBooks, SeasonsTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, Christmas, list

Linking it all Together

Posted onNovember 10, 2009January 8, 2025AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Thanks to journalist Kristina Dorsey (who has never met me), now I have the link between Olympic sailing and writing fiction: Self-motivation. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, SailingTagsarticle, Carol Newman Cronin, New London Day

Of Books and Boats

Posted onSeptember 15, 2009December 10, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Last Friday my two worlds-sailing and books-met here in San Diego. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Sailing, SnipeTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise, San Diego, Snipe Worlds

Closing the Door, Again

Posted onJuly 3, 2009June 2, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

It’s been a busy year since “Oliver’s Surprise” went to press. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise

Second Edition of Oliver’s Surprise… IT’S HERE!

Posted onJune 30, 2009December 4, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

As reviewer Gary Jobson says, there’s nothing like the arrival of your own book: the most concrete representation we writers will ever get that the hard work was worth it. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, Gemma Media, Oliver's Surprise, second edition

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