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The Blog of Melissa Pilakowski

The Blog of Melissa Pilakowski

http://melissapilakowski.wordpress.com

A menagerie of narratives about writing, teaching, literature, and rural Nebraska life

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  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 10:36

    Nearly every movie that has been based on the book has to face an almost universal truth: the book is insurmountably better. Notice I said almost. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Perhaps in any given decade or two, a movie will outdo it...

  • Story of a Girl

    Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 10:30

    At thirteen, Deanna Lambert gets caught. With a 17-year-old boy. By her father. For the next thirteen years, she tries making up for her mistake. Now, at 16, Deanna is still trying to live down her past. Although she has never dated anyone else,...

  • Perfect Chemistry

    Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 22:30

    West Side Story with a happy ending: that sums up the premise of Simone Elkeles’ Perfect Chemistry, now out in paperback. Brittany Ellis, the blonde picture-perfect portrait of fine living, collides head-on with Alex Fuentes, tough motorcycle...

  • Medieval & Renaissance Fiction

    Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 09:16 in books, medieval, historical fiction, renaissance, weekly geek

    This week’s prompts at Weekly Geeks all focus on historical fiction, one of my favorite genres. Perhaps my most favorite of historical fiction is Medieval and Renaissance fiction. So many fabulous books are out there from that time, but these...

  • My book update…

    Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 22:55 in writing, novel, feedback, rejection

    More and more people are finding out that I’m working on a book, which is somewhat nervewracking. Writing it is one thing; publishing it is another. Is it really good enough for that? Several of my students have been reading it, but I didn...

  • Dreamhunter

    Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 22:37 in books

    The Place: a mysterious land only few can enter, similar to the concept of Avalon, and there are dreams to be caught and shared with the general population. The dreams may comfort the sick, calm the distraught…or punish the wicked. Thus is t...

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jesseb

5 stars Jesse burgan

you write good articles maam keep it up

Posted: March 3rd, 2009 | More Reviews From jesseb | Report This Comment

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