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Monthly Archives April 2006

Kotzwinkle’s Premonitions

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 28, 2006 In General 0 No tags 0

The Bear Went Over the Mountain : A Novel (Owl Book)

The recent literary scandals sent me scurrying to the Slushpile.net library. Fraudulent identities and plagiarized words…

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Harvard Author’s Novel Pulled

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 28, 2006 In News 4 No tags 0

Little, Brown, and Co. announced Thursday evening that it will withdraw Kaavya Viswanathan’s disputed novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed,

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The Sad Side Effects of Literary Scandal

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 27, 2006 In Rants 9 No tags 0

Writer X, like all of us aspiring authors, reads the words of encouragement all the time. He sees interviews with editors and agents where they proudly proclaim that if you just keep writing,

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Tea Time

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 27, 2006 In News 0 No tags 0

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Jonathan Harper interviews Michelle Tea for the Falls Church News-Press.

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How to Win a Famous Card Game

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 27, 2006 In General 1 No tags 0

How to Win the World Series of Poker (or Not) : An All-American Tale

I’m almost scared to post this, because if you even think the word “poker” while typing on a website,

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Thanks for the Discussion

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 26, 2006 In General 1 No tags 0

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Last week’s post about Why People Hate Self-Published Authors generated more email than any other item on Slushpile.net.

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Real Estate Buyers Don’t Care About Beat Authors

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 26, 2006 In News 0 No tags 0

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Jack Kerouac’s former Hyannis, MA home sold for $300,000 after five months on the market.

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Harvard Author Agrees to Change Book Passages

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 25, 2006 In News 0 No tags 0

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Last Thursday, I mentioned the news about Kaavya Viswanathan signing a huge book deal at such a young age.

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Clevenger Audio Interview

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 25, 2006 In News 0 No tags 0

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The guys at Misnomer have struck again. This time, Logan scores a great interview with Craig Clevenger,

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Eudora Welty’s Home

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 24, 2006 In News 1 No tags 0

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The great Maud Newton points out an article in the Clarion Ledger about Eudora Welty’s home.

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Books, Fo Shizzle

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 24, 2006 In News 0 No tags 0

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The Book Standard reported that Snoop Dogg’s first novel, Love Don’t Live Here No More is due out in October.

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Chelsea Handler’s New Show Premieres

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 21, 2006 In News 0 No tags 0

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Comedian Chelsea Handler is the author of My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands,

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Why People Hate Self-Published Authors

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 21, 2006March 15, 2014 In General, Rants 1 No tags 0

I’ve?receieved a number of emails lately?inquiring about?the validity of self-publishing. It’s a?well-worn topic and my personal perspective?isn’t much different than?everyone else’s.?In the right conditions,

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Ummmmm…

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 20, 2006 In General 0 No tags 0

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So the James Frey-inspired episode South Park premiered last night. And I was a bit underwhelmed.

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When I was Seventeen, I was Bagging Groceries

By Scott McKenzie Posted on April 20, 2006 In General 0 No tags 0

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Man, when I was seventeen, I bagged groceries and worked at a video store. We weren’t quite as bad as the employees in Clerks but we did haze new staff members by making them watch I Spit On Your Grave at least five times.

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