Dayne Sherman, author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise, is a Louisiana native who evacuated just before Hurricane Katrina hit.
New Case at Crimescene
My cohorts over at Crimescene recently launched a new case if you want to get in on the action.
Literary Knitting
If book deals are any indication, then we should all snatch away Grandma’s knitting needles and take up the hobby ourselves.
Giving a Shout Out for Myself
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.
Bell Rocks Baltimore Book Festival
Earlier this week, I mentioned Matt Bondurant’s great reading at the Baltimore Book Festival. Later that day,
BoD: Revenge
Revenge. No, not the Kiss album and not the Jim Harrison-written screenplay staring Kevin Costner, but Mary Morris’
Interview: Ace Atkins, Author
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,”
Emerging Writers Network Interview
The hardest working man in the lit blog business, Dan Wickett over at The Emerging Writers Network has a new interview posted.
Literary Heavyweights and Geek Books
You might remember John’s call for submissions from geek authors. Now, from the great Maud Newton,
Maybe Folks Just Don’t Like Mothers as Fish
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.
Moving…
I’m moving at this week, so please bear with me if there are fewer posts than usual.
My Lion Can Beat Up Your Stupid Wizard
From Bookninja, I learned about this great article that details the sometimes bitter and contentious relationship between CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
Bondurant Reads at Baltimore Book Festival
I recently mentioned Matt Bondurant’s great story, Telemetry in the new issue of Glimmertrain.
Drugs, Vomit, and No Novacaine on Oprah
This was on all the book blogs last week during our power outage, but if you happened to miss the news,
Hot New Deals
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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