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Oct.13.2010
In interviews I’m often asked about my writing rituals, and I always give a borderline sanctimonious answer about how I think it’s dangerous to get too reliant on routine. That I’m very conscious of making sure I don’t need to depend on said rituals to get the words flowing and that I can write...
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Oct.13.2010
On more than one occasion, I have left the house with my pants on backwards. Or inside out. Ditto tops, skirts, and underwear, which for some reason I find most challenging of all. My socks rarely match, and most days I forget to wear my wedding ring. Though I’m sure we’ve all had that...
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Oct.13.2010
This past weekend I was chatting with a new friend here in London about what kind of people we were in high school. I admitted, with maybe the hint of a blush, that I was always part of the “smart nice girl” crowd, and then I realized that probably would surprise no one. I’ve always been a bit of a...
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Oct.13.2010
Writing of THE MODERN GIRL’S HANDBOOK is now under way, so I thought it might be a good time to talk about process. I know, I know, that word sounds pretentious, but I mean it at the most practical of levels. I’m not talking so much about how I come up with my ideas—which is a question I get...
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Oct.13.2010
Writing of THE MODERN GIRL’S HANDBOOK is now under way, so I thought it might be a good time to talk about process. I know, I know, that word sounds pretentious, but I mean it at the most practical of levels. I’m not talking so much about how I come up with my ideas—which is a question I get...
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Oct.13.2010
Writing of THE MODERN GIRL’S HANDBOOK is now under way, so I thought it might be a good time to talk about process. I know, I know, that word sounds pretentious, but I mean it at the most practical of levels. I’m not talking so much about how I come up with my ideas—which is a question I get...
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Aug.27.2009
Just wanted to let you all know that my second novel, AFTER YOU, is now available in stores!
If you haven't checked it out yet, here's what Jodi Picoult had to say about AFTER YOU:
""Buxbaum writes with honesty and grace about the things we know about our friends and the things we wish...
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Jan.30.2009
So remember when I hit you all up for votes because The Opposite of Love made it onto the short list for Books to Talk About 2009? Well, THANK YOU! Because of your support, I have now made the short-short list of ten books.
But now, I NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN! Voting starts all over for the big prize,...
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Jan.25.2009
I wonder how many of us have a phantom city from our past? You know that place that you run to and run from in equal measure?
Below, a beautiful and haunting passage from Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye:
"I'm not like this in other places, not this bad. I shouldn't have come back here, to...
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Nov.09.2008
So I need your help...
The Opposite of Love has been shortlisted to win The Book to Talk About 2009 as part of World Book Day! Really exciting news, BUT in order to win, I really need YOUR help.
Please take two minutes to click below to register and vote for The Opposite of Love here:or here: http...
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Aug.18.2008
Check out an interview with me tomorrow on www.kcwrite4u.blogspot.com, and enter to win a signed copy of The Opposite of Love.
(And there you have it. I've fulfilled my obligatory self-promotion for today.)
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Jul.29.2008
How have I never read this before? I get the sense that this is one of those pieces that everyone else has stumbled across at some point, and recognized themselves in it, and then shared it with their loved ones, knowing they too would like to look in that mirror, and somehow I was bypassed. So,...
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Jul.08.2008
My friend and former teacher, Seth Greenland, the acclaimed author of THE BONES, has a new novel out today called SHINING CITY. Check out his hilarious, must-see video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0zv1dHSb0c
Fun tidbit: Mark Haskell Smith, the fantastic author of MOIST, DELICIOUS, and...
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Jul.04.2008
Today is my first July 4th as an expat. Instead of celebrating with fireworks and a bbq and a well orchestrated invitation to a friend’s summer house, I’ll be spending the holiday first waiting for the good folks at British Telecom to supply me with a phone line, and then later in a London pub,...
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Jun.27.2008
Can you love a book that you hated reading? I just finished Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, which was by far one of the best novels I’ve read in years. It’s a searing and brilliant and thoughtful portrait of marriage, of our fears of mediocrity, of suburban malaise, of the fleetingness of our...
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About Julie
Julie Buxbaum is the author of THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE. Her debut novel has been sold in eighteen different countries, has been picked for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writer's Program, and is a February 2008 Book Sense Pick. Her second novel, AFTER...
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