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continue readingInterview: Jeff Kleinman, Agent
Jeff Kleinman is an agent that believes in a personal touch. He makes quick decisions on submissions, (always a blessing in the eyes of authors), he is clear in his guidelines, and he is someone that truly follows his heart in publishing. Kleinman isn’t after big bucks or celebrity names necessarily, instead, he just wants…
continue readingMaybe Judith Miller is a Vachss Fan
Andrew Vachss has a short story called Just the Ticket that appears in the collection, Everybody Pays. It’s a scam piece, and the punchline is that a con man gets two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the city for false imprisonment. “I was in jail for almost three months when we came back to court.”…
continue readingIf He Needs a Ghostwriter, or Some Help, Lemme Know
Publishers Lunch reported that Slowhand himself, Eric Clapton, is watching the time click down on the auction for his memoir. The auction is set to end on Wednesday and Clapton has reportedly already turned down an offer of 2.5 million pounds. Agent Ed Victor, who is representing rights for the sale, says, “Eric has known…
continue readingDayne Sherman on Hurricane Katrina
Dayne Sherman, author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise, is a Louisiana native who evacuated just before Hurricane Katrina hit. Knowing how close this man is to the land and the soil, I’m sure it was a difficult choice to leave but he loaded up the car with family and dogs and headed to the…
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