Aspiring authors frequently email me questions about publishing contracts. They want to know how payments are scheduled, what kind of rights are invovled, how legal is the language (meaning, can they feel comfortable signing a deal without an agent or lawyer), what are the royalties, and if you have to sign over your first born child. So…
Author Steven Blush was firmly entrenched in the hardcore punk music scene. Irrevocably changed by the music of Black Flag, he built a career as a journalist and music expert. He wrote American Hardcore: A Tribal History and served as writer/producer for a documentary film inspired by that book. But then, the bluesy riffs of Tom Keifer and…
My colleagues at The Litblog Co-Op announced the Winter 2007 Read This! selection. Be sure to check out the site for plenty of discussion about the winner, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow, as well as two other worthy nominees!
I’ve been meaning to tell you about this excellent post for a while… Earlier this month, I suggested a few writing resolutions that might help you jumpstart your literary year. But how about some great resolutions for improving your reading habits? Scott Esposito at Conversational Reading provides some excellent tips on how you can “take stock…
Regular readers of this blog are well-acquainted with my soccer obsession. So I was thrilled about the news that David Beckham signed to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy in America’s Major League Soccer. When an athlete signs for $250 million, it’s the kind of event that is guaranteed to generate headlines and conversation. And ticket…