Read more writer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10624/writer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:31:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70506/danielle-steel-aide-fesses-to-400k-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA long-time assistant has pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 from best-selling romance queen Danielle Steel. Kristy Watts admitted depositing checks for Steel into her own bank account and using the author's credit card points to obtain gifts and airline tickets. Steel, who has written 76 best-selling novels, claims Watts...http://www.newser.com/story/70506/danielle-steel-aide-fesses-to-400k-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 6:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66308/behind-mad-men-arewomen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe misogynists who populate Mad Men's character ranks might make you think otherwise, but seven of the show's nine writers are women—a rarity in Hollywood, where 80% of primetime programs in 2007-08 had no female writers. “A lot of people think women can only do women shows,” one female...http://www.newser.com/story/66308/behind-mad-men-arewomen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 14:21:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62024/nora-roberts-secret-to-success-ass-in-the-chair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNora Roberts is the most popular romance writer in America, but it’s not easy being on the top. “People go, ‘Oh, you work six or eight hours a day, oh my God,’” she tells the New Yorker . “‘Well, yeah, how many hours do you work?’ ‘Well, yeah, but …’...http://www.newser.com/story/62024/nora-roberts-secret-to-success-ass-in-the-chair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 15:02:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58009/freelance-jokesters-pen-late-night-laughs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLate-night hosts don’t get all their gags in-house—scores of wannabe comedy writers bombard the likes of Jay and Dave with their one-liners, the Los Angeles Times reports, then anxiously wait for the show to air "to find out if you got a joke on or not,” says one. The...http://www.newser.com/story/58009/freelance-jokesters-pen-late-night-laughs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 14:05:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56614/cult-writer-jg-ballard-dead-at-78.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish author JG Ballard died this morning "with great sadness" after many years of poor health, his agent said today. The 78-year-old novelist and short story writer was most famous for his semi-autobiographical book Empire of the Sun , later made into a film by Steven Spielberg, and his controversial novel...http://www.newser.com/story/56614/cult-writer-jg-ballard-dead-at-78.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 17:30:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56055/als-patient-chronicled-her-struggle-chose-her-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen writer Catherine Royce became an ALS patient, she shared with NPR her passionate belief that she should be able to meet her decline and eventual death on her own terms. "Every day, I choose not only how I will live, but if I will live," she said 2 1/2...http://www.newser.com/story/56055/als-patient-chronicled-her-struggle-chose-her-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 12:32:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55746/from-romantic-lemons-literary-lemonade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecipes for "Morning After Pumpkin Bread" and "Ineffectual Eggplant Parmigiana" should clue readers in that Giulia Melucci's I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti is no how-to on gaining a man's heart through his stomach, Joyce Wadler writes for the New York Times. Melucci—"a former publishing publicist who is...http://www.newser.com/story/55746/from-romantic-lemons-literary-lemonade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52134/new-yorker-to-run-excerpt-of-wallaces-last-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Foster Wallace fans can get a glimpse of the deceased writer’s unfinished novel tomorrow, when the New Yorker publishes an excerpt from The Pale King , the Washington Post reports. Wallace, who killed himself last fall, had been working on the book for years. The magazine will also run an...http://www.newser.com/story/52134/new-yorker-to-run-excerpt-of-wallaces-last-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Mar 2009 16:43:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48314/aussie-writer-gets-3-years-for-thai-insult.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Australian writer has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for insulting Thailand’s monarchy in one passage of a self-published book, the BBC reports. Tough “lese-majeste” laws shield Thailand’s monarchy from criticism and led to Harry Nicolaides’ arrest as he was leaving the country. He pleaded guilty to the...http://www.newser.com/story/48314/aussie-writer-gets-3-years-for-thai-insult.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 9:01:04 CST