Hi, book lovers. This is Ellen Hildebrand, best-selling author of 30 books, including The Hotel Mantucket and The Perfect Couple.

And this is Tim Arenberg, creator of Tim Talks Books. And you're listening to Books, Beach and Beyond, presented by N Magazine.

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There's nothing Ellen and I love more than talking about books.

And our favorite question to ask each other is, what are you reading? But we'll go even

further here on the show, exploring the craft of writing, the process of book publishing, and

that wonderful connection a reader has with a favorite book. But before we head into our episode,

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And now, on to the show.

Hello, Ellen.

Hi, Tim.

So we've been doing this a while,

and we haven't actually got into really talking about the craft of language.

In Stephen King's on writing, I read it earlier this year,

and he says,

no one ever asks popular novelists about language. So I want to talk to you about not just

the craft of writing a book, but actual the craft of writing a sentence. I mean, it's so funny

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