As posted on JournalTimes.com: ROCHESTER — Place, especially the rural pockets of America, plays a big role in the novels of Jane Hamilton. In her latest novel “The Excellent Lombards” the author has turned her gaze toward a subject and a place with she is intimately familiar — life on a family apple orchard in Wisconsin. Published this April, the novel focuses on life at the orchard, and the questions each character faces, as the time comes to determine the future of the family business with regard to the next generation. Raised in the historic and well-heeled … [Read more...]
Tracy Chevalier’s ‘At the Edge of the Orchard’ and Women Game Changer Jane Hamilton’s ‘The Excellent Lombards’
It can’t be great, even for a best-selling author, to find out that a second best-selling author has also written a new novel about a family’s obsession with its apple orchard. Think of the potential for confusion. Or all the weak “how do you like them apples” jokes that might have to be endured at readings. But the latest Tracy Chevalier and Jane Hamilton novels, stylistically distinct, respectively, as plot-heavy historical fiction and leisurely evocative contemporary literature, form a complementary double feature. Paired, they make the case that the beautiful lunacy of trying to earn a … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Aspiring Writers for Encourage a Young Writer Day
This Sunday, April 10, is Encourage a Young Writer Day. Take the day to inspire the writers in your life, or get motivated to start writing. Becoming a writer is easier said than done. Growing up, all I wanted to do was create stories and write. I would have loved to have such great tips from these two great outliers, one who writes for a living and the other who has been a writer, editor, and teacher. As a young writer myself, I have put together 10 tips from Clark Sturges, who was featured in Outliers in Education as an English professor, and bestselling author of A Map of the World and … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Bestselling Author Jane Hamilton is Here!
It's finally here! We are thrilled to announce that Dr. John Shufeldt's exclusive interview with Jane Hamilton, Bestselling author of A Map of the World, and the award winning novel, The Book of Ruth is here! Dr. Shufeldt became a personal fan of Hamilton's after reading A Map of the World, and was honored to score an interview with her about her writing successes, which includes the film adaptation of A Map of the World and the made for TV movie on the The Book of Ruth, and not to mention the inclusion of both books in Oprah's Book Club! We love this quote above from her about the … [Read more...]
Wow! Just interviewed Jane Hamilton
I just had the pleasure of interviewing best selling author Jane Hamilton. for my upcoming book titled "Ingredients of Outliers: Women Game Changers." Ms. Hamilton came to my attention after publishing an Oprah Book Club novel titled, "A Map of the World" which contains one of my favorite quotes; "“I used to think if you fell from grace it was more likely than not the result of one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident. I hadn't learned that it can happen so gradually you don't lose your stomach or hurt yourself in the landing. You don't necessarily sense the motion. I've found … [Read more...]