http://72.47.213.164/index.php en charles@charlesmartinbooks.com Copyright 2009 2009-08-05T14:46:01-05:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/3X-zLQTX1Gw/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/highlands_north_carolina_this_weekend/#When:13:46:01Z Aug. 8th, 3-5 pm.  I’ll be signing, talking, and shaking hands at Cyrano’s.  One of my all-time favorite bookstores.  If you’re in the neighborhood, come see us.  Main Street. Can’t miss it.  Events 2009-08-05T13:46:01-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/highlands_north_carolina_this_weekend/#When:13:46:01Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/iTDuwXe94ls/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/talk_with_me_on_barnes_and_nobles_on_line_bookclub/#When:10:54:00Z My publisher has teamed up with Barnes and Noble to feature “Where the River Ends” in their general fiction discussion for the month of August.  If books are your thing, and you’d like to ’join the discussion‘ I’ll be dropping in every day or so to try and answer questions or add my two cents.  I’m not quite sure how it all works, but I imagine we can figure it out. Book Clubs 2009-08-04T10:54:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/talk_with_me_on_barnes_and_nobles_on_line_bookclub/#When:10:54:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/qTsjd60upao/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_first_14er/#When:16:31:00Z Mountains have always had an allure with me.  “It’s there.  Let’s go climb it.” Christy and I were in Colorado with the boys this summer and I got to climb Mt. Princeton.  My first 14’er. Meaning, it’s peak sits above 14,000’.  A great moment.  Also, pics from my time on the ropes course.  Another good moment.  The Kitchen Sink 2009-07-24T16:31:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_first_14er/#When:16:31:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/grt6w9w_rZc/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/the_truth_about_my_next_book/#When:17:46:00Z Here’s the deal…last year, “Where the River Ends” released sometime in June.  Maybe July.  Can’t remember.  It’s all a blur.  Its second week, River hit the NYT bestseller list.  It landed at #35, stayed there a week, and then some other unkind book knocked it off, but I’m not bitter about it.  A few more counseling sessions and I should be okay. My publisher then sent me on tour—for which I’m thankful.  A great tour.  Something like 20-30 cities, maybe more, as far north as Boston, west as Texas, south as Orlando and east as Italy.  Christy and I returned from Florence towards the end of October. During all of this, I was trying to finish a manuscript.  Not ideal conditions but neither was the gulag when Solzhenitsyn was writing.  I have no room to complain.  I submitted that manuscript the week following Thanksgiving.  Two weeks later, my agent, Chris, called… The Kitchen Sink 2009-07-21T17:46:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/the_truth_about_my_next_book/#When:17:46:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/gevZhccW3VI/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_facebook_page/#When:20:04:00Z This is my personal page Christy told me I needed to do this.  Currently, I have zero friends.  Sort of makes me wonder.  The Kitchen Sink 2009-06-24T20:04:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_facebook_page/#When:20:04:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/sf-AC_hnuNA/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/for_my_spanish_speaking_friends/#When:15:00:00Z Vice Versa publishing bought the Spanish translation rights to Where the River Ends.  They asked me to say a few words in Spanish.  I did and posted the video on my Flickr account.  Please forgive my pitiful Spanish. The Kitchen Sink 2009-05-11T15:00:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/for_my_spanish_speaking_friends/#When:15:00:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/auQmtbpUxoc/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_next_book/#When:23:56:00Z In my latest book, (due out Spring of next year) I’ve crashed a small plane in the mountains of Utah.  A rather remote place called the Uintas.  Leaving two strangers stranded.  More about that later.  Last week, I and two friends flew out there for some ‘research.’ Take a look. Book Research 2009-04-22T23:56:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_next_book/#When:23:56:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/zXqp_qU-cxE/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/a_fish_story/#When:19:41:00Z We went fishing over Spring Break.  Our middle son, John T., caught a shovel nose shark.  Reeled it in himself.  Nice, huh? The Kitchen Sink 2009-04-09T19:41:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/a_fish_story/#When:19:41:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/aZ_MvpaIzec/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/thoughts_for_writers/#When:12:53:00Z A friend sent this to me.  Too good not to post.  Enjoy. Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. The Kitchen Sink 2009-02-19T12:53:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/thoughts_for_writers/#When:12:53:00Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Charles-Martin/~3/kf8UpImyvaI/ http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_latest_trip_the_black_mountains/#When:16:56:00Z Here are some pics from my latest trip to the Black Mountains.  The Kitchen Sink 2009-01-12T16:56:00-05:00 http://charlesmartinbooks.com/blog/my_latest_trip_the_black_mountains/#When:16:56:00Z