Year: 2005

Blog Book Sold

I should probably make a note of this so when this book is published, I can learn what in the hell I’m doing… Publishers Marketplace reported that Jonathan Yang sold a project entitled Rough Guide to Blogging to Andrew Lockett at Rough Guides. Lilly Ghahremani at Full Circle Literary represented the deal.

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RIP John Fowles

British author John Fowles, who wrote masterpieces like The French Lieutenant’s Woman and The Magus, passed away at the age of 79. There have been a number of small articles and obituaries popping up in the media. –The CBC ran this obituary about Fowles. –The Times Online provided this overview of Fowles, including some good…

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Interview: Neil Strauss, Author

The setting sun against the cyclone wire fence casts a glare that momentarily blinds me as I open the envelope. It’s late afternoon, clocks are being punched out, and I hear car radios blare from the road as factory workers and pipe fitters screech out of warehouse parking lots. I see an old Camaro, once…

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Strauss Work Roundup

I’ve mentioned my review of Neil Strauss’ current bestseller, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. The book has spent six weeks on the New York Times list, was optioned for film production, and has been featured in numerous major media outlets. To go along with that book, I thought it would be…

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Formatting Foul-Ups

I just recently noticed that some of our older interviews have fluky formatting in them. I suppose this happened when we changed servers recently. Or maybe it’s been there for months and I just haven’t seen it. Either way, I’ll work on getting those items corrected this week. So if you’re browsing through our past…

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