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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. We also had a good number of comments from a variety of opinions on the subject. Many people offered well-argued opinions both for and against self-publishing. My own take remains that there is not a single thing…
continue readingReal Estate Buyers Don’t Care About Beat Authors
Jack Kerouac’s former Hyannis, MA home sold for $300,000 after five months on the market. Ida Perry, one of the buyers, said she wasn’t familiar with Kerouac’s work. The house was originally listed at $356,000 and was assessed at $322,000. The author of 1957’s classic On the Road lived in the house in 1966. Kerouac also…
continue readingHarvard Author Agrees to Change Book Passages
Last Thursday, I mentioned the news about Kaavya Viswanathan signing a huge book deal at such a young age. At a time when most kids are saving the rent money for their prom tuxedo, she cashed in on a two book deal. Over the weekend and on Monday, questions began popping up about similarities between…
continue readingClevenger Audio Interview
The guys at Misnomer have struck again. This time, Logan scores a great interview with Craig Clevenger, author of Dermaphoria and The Contortionist’s Handbook. One of the things about this discussion that really got my attention is Clevenger’s loyalty to publisher MacAdam/Cage and to the craft of writing. He mentions he’ll never get rich from writing fiction…
continue readingEudora Welty’s Home
The great Maud Newton points out an article in the Clarion Ledger about Eudora Welty’s home. The an article includes a slideshow of images from the author’s house and garden which will be open to the public for two days, April 29-30.
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