Rare Book Store Closing
The New York Times has an interesting article on the closing of the Heritage Book Shop in Los Angeles. Luckily, my favorite Hollywood rare bookshop, Mystery Pier Books, remains.
continue readingPaddle Down the Dark River
> I have a free copy of John Twelve Hawk’s new novel, The Dark River: Book Two of the Fourth Realm, for anyone who wants it. This book is a follow-up to Twelve Hawk’s bestselling The Traveler. Publishers Weekly said that “a love story featuring Gabriel’s beautiful, deadly but conflicted Harlequin bodyguard, Maya, adds human…
continue readingAre You Interesting?
It’s an oft-repeated legend. And who knows if it’s even true? But it’s a good one. As Rick Bass recounts in his introduction to 1993 University Press of Mississippi combined volume Boomerang and Never Die, a student asked Barry Hannah how to make her stories more interesting. Bass writes, “Barry, I am told, looked long and…
continue readingIf I Won the Lottery…
This how I would spend it: Prince Vlad the Impaler’s castle is for sale. Although, in all honesty, the report says that Vlad, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, only spent a single evening at the castle in the 1400s, it’s still pretty damn cool.
continue readingPolitely Stop Freeloaders
In the August 2007 issue of Writer’s Digest, Jenna Glatzer writes an interesting article entitled “No More Free Books.” In this piece, Glatzer tackles the sticky issue of curious readers who don’t think they need to shell out any cash. “People who haven’t published books may not realize that authors don’t have an endless supply…
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