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November 2011
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September 2011
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What went wrong with Hemingway? The question was... →
The Slow Crack-Up
Ernest Hemingway, who told so many lies in his books, could never lie to himself
Allan Massie, WSJ 9.24.11
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Author dumps HarperCollins for giving her novels... →
The thought that occurs to me here is that she gained a bigger audience because she had the contract with the publisher but there is also the issue of maintaining your artistic integrity. How much is that worth to you?
“I don’t think we’re going to face Hurricane Sarah in 2012, but my opinion makes...”
– Joe McGinniss, THE ROGUE BLOG - Author of the upcoming book, The Rogue:Searching for the Real Sarah Palin
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August 2011
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the Delicate t Bone: wellofcromulence: FOR THE... →
delicatetbone:
wellofcromulence:
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY, USE ONLY ONE SPACE AFTER A PERIOD.
It’s really hard to break a 20 year typing habit. Really. I spent more time overthinking my spacebar breaks here than i should have. I also find it much easier to read sentences with…
Two-Spacer for LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet →
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AMAZON IS NOT YOUR FRIEND AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS...
I was fortunate enough to catch this gem of video this weekend on a rare day off- click here and fast forward to 1.09.25 for Lisa Dierbeck followed by Dale Peck with a wealth of in-your-face observations on publishing and authorship. One of the things I took from this is the wake up call I’ve been trying to ive myself about publishing and that is the industry we’ve romanticized NO...
IT'S TIME AUTHORS THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES AS ARMIES... →
July 2011
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“Regarding the announced plans of Borders Group to enter into liquidation, ABA...”
– ABA’s Statement in Response to the Borders Group Liquidation
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No, ebooks didn’t ruin Borders’ business. Borders... →
“So, why aren’t books dead yet? It helps that e-books are booming. Kindle...”
– Bill Keller - Let’s Ban Books (Or at Least Stop Writing Them) - NYT Magazine July 17, 2011
MAREE I THINK: Have We Found a Place for Short... →
This is interesting for those among us who are always looking for ways to market short fiction in the supposedly unmarketable world of short fiction. I’ll bee looking in to this myself, hopefully this doesn’t make your right to distribute your own content limited to only publishing with this amazon feature.
mareeithink:
Amazon.com is betting that an uncommon length of reading...
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6 Mind Blowing Ways 'Starship Troopers' Predicted...
See, that’s the thing about Starship Troopers — to this day, lots of people don’t realize it’s a satire. They think it’s just a really shitty action movie that does a bad job of building sympathy for the protagonists. The reason so many people don’t get the satire is because at the time it wasn’t clear what war it was satirizing (“A quagmire in the...
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not...”
– A Man Without a Country | Kurt Vonnegut (via lifeofliterature)
humansvsrobots:
Sometimes love scratches against the needle. Sometimes it skips a beat. Sometimes you can flip to side B, and move on.
May 2011
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JAMES ALTUCHER one of the FREAKONOMICS boys talk... →
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I need to find that dollar wine song
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You’re not West Indian if you don’t know about that goddamn song
Legit heard the song all my life
All. My. Life.
i’ve heard that song so much i don’t even remember the first time i herad it
Yea- I know that song. It’s the reason I don’t tell anyone I’m from the Caribbean, because when I do do they say ‘hey do you know that...
Writers and Readers Must Fight Against Publishing... →
claytoncubitt:
“Because the only way we can get on with our business is if we finally bury publishing’s corpse and rechannel the energy we’ve spent propping it to build something new. Something that serves the needs not of editors, or marketers, or publishers, or shareholders, or the culture industry, but of writers and readers, who together are recto and verso of the literary community, which...
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The Best Thing I've Seen All Week! →
April 2011
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February 2011
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under writing,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #writing, #creativewriting, #writers
January 2011
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37 literary resolutions for 2011 →
December 2010
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November 2010
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Michael Jackson Tried to Buy Marvel Comics and 70... →
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Finally getting to the Crested Butte Writers...
Back in June we, (the board and volunteers of the Crested Butte Writers Conference) hosted our yearly event for visitors from all over the country and are fortunate to have some of the immensely talented agents and writers from New York to LA visit and lecture.
The intimate setting of small groups and the time to spend outside the conference with industry professionals was a very fulfilling...
October 2010
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“You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish...”
– Junot Diaz (via maxasaurus)
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The stereotype of a writer--the middle-aged man... →
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“In this infinite sea of potentials that exist around us, how come we keep...”
– Dr. Joseph Dispenza