'Nanny Diaries' Authors Struggle to Repeat Success
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The follow-up to "The Nanny Diaries,"  the runaway 2002 bestseller about a New York nanny and her  unreasonable employers, was always going to be a challenge for  the two former nannies who co-wrote it.
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Readers sound off about spying on nannies, and weigh in on online music services. Plus: Links to our most commented upon blog posts.
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Until now, Claire Messud has been a critically praised writer who does not sell many books, but she seems poised for success with her fourth novel, ÂThe EmperorÂs Children.Â
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Jennifer Weiner, author of the best-selling novels "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes," likes to spend three to four hours a day working on fiction. When she's done, time and family permitting, she updates her online journal.
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There are authors willing to tell you how to date, break up, eat, diet and get rich. But how many of them have anything genuinely helpful to say?
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A small group of authors (including a Nobel Prize winner and a couple of perennial best-seller writers) dare to hit the shelves this month.
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"Oystercatchers" (W. W. Norton &amp; Company. 306 pages. $23.95 hardcover), by Susan Fletcher: In a follow-up to the award-winning "Eve Green," author Susan Fletcher creates a character who is not always likable and so introverted that it takes the reader time &#151; and many pages &#151; to get to know her.
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Under-age children, especially girls, are still in high demand to be maids and nannies.
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James Frey is writing a new book, and this time he's calling it fiction. The author of the notorious "A Million Little Pieces," the addiction memoir he acknowledged largely fabricating, will have a novel published in summer 2008 by HarperCollins.
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THE curse of Nannygate has returned to haunt Washington after Bernard Kerik, President George W Bushâs nominee as secretary of homeland security, was forced to withdraw yesterday.
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About nine out of ten mothers find it difficult to get a job with enough flexibility, a survey suggests.
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1. "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares
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Even Jane Austen would have trouble finding a publisher today, a struggling author revealed on Thursday.
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It's the kind of story you could write a book about: A 35-year-old single mother of three is fired from her state job after refusing to go along with a scheme to pardon criminals who bribe aides to the governor.
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A comment on the nanny who asked to leave the child in the car alone - that wasn't an example of good communication in action, it was a huge red flag ( "Following the 3 C's can help the mom-nanny relationship flourish," Sept. 9).
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Although excerpts from high-profile books routinely appear in national magazines, some publishers have been having second thoughts about the strategy.
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Letâs not lose the plot. In defense of âbadâ words in childrenâs books.