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Monthly Archives September 2005

Dayne Sherman on Hurricane Katrina

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 30, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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Dayne Sherman, author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise, is a Louisiana native who evacuated just before Hurricane Katrina hit.

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New Case at Crimescene

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 30, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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My cohorts over at Crimescene recently launched a new case if you want to get in on the action.

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Literary Knitting

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 30, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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If book deals are any indication, then we should all snatch away Grandma’s knitting needles and take up the hobby ourselves.

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Giving a Shout Out for Myself

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 29, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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This is a little self-serving, but hey, I gotta get the sales. Gots to get paid. So be sure to pick up the October 2005 issue of Sync.

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Bell Rocks Baltimore Book Festival

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 29, 2005 In General 0 No tags 0

Earlier this week, I mentioned Matt Bondurant’s great reading at the Baltimore Book Festival. Later that day,

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BoD: Revenge

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 29, 2005 In Book of the Day 1 No tags 0

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Revenge. No, not the Kiss album and not the Jim Harrison-written screenplay staring Kevin Costner, but Mary Morris’

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Interview: Ace Atkins, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 28, 2005 In Interviews, Slushpile Exclusive 1 No tags 0

(alternate text)Ace Atkins writes stories like he played football: with sweat, determination, and grit. A big believer in hard work and never settling for “good enough,”

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Emerging Writers Network Interview

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 28, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

The hardest working man in the lit blog business, Dan Wickett over at The Emerging Writers Network has a new interview posted.

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Literary Heavyweights and Geek Books

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 28, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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You might remember John’s call for submissions from geek authors. Now, from the great Maud Newton,

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Maybe Folks Just Don’t Like Mothers as Fish

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 27, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

Maybe my hero William Faulkner just ain’t what America wants. Seems like Oprah’s touch is back. Publishers Weekly is reporting that Vintage announced 85,000 copies of James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces since Oprah’s endorsement was announced 4 days ago.

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Moving…

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 27, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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I’m moving at this week, so please bear with me if there are fewer posts than usual.

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My Lion Can Beat Up Your Stupid Wizard

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 27, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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From Bookninja, I learned about this great article that details the sometimes bitter and contentious relationship between CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.

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Bondurant Reads at Baltimore Book Festival

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 26, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

I recently mentioned Matt Bondurant’s great story, Telemetry in the new issue of Glimmertrain.

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Drugs, Vomit, and No Novacaine on Oprah

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 26, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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This was on all the book blogs last week during our power outage, but if you happened to miss the news,

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Hot New Deals

By Scott McKenzie Posted on September 26, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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There were a couple of interesting book deals that caught my eye last week.

–Our pals at MacAdam/Cage locked up Marshall Karp’s The Rabbit Factory which centers around a series of murders targeted toward a California theme park.

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