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Monthly Archives January 2008

Originality and Freshness

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 30, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

Jonathan Lyons has an interesting post about fresh and original ideas over at his blog. He makes some worthwhile points that all aspiring authors should remember.

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Big League Advances

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 29, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

Bookninja points to an article about Canadian author winning the literary lottery. Perhaps more interesting than this tale of a first-time novelist getting a $1.25 million advance is the rundown of bigtime advanaces at the end of the article.

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Nice Article, Wrong Crucial Fact

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 29, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

Here’s an interesting article on self-publishingby the San Jose Mercury News. Unfortunately, they got the fact about John Grisham and A Time to Kill wrong.

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Write to Done Blog Launched

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 25, 2008 In News 1 No tags 0

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Galleycat pointed out that Leo Babauta recently launched a new blog about writing called Write to Done.

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Banks Profiled

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 24, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

Author Russell Banks is profiled by Reuters.

“I thought I was going to be an artist,

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Harry Hits New York

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 23, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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One of the most anticipated fiction debuts of the year hits New York City tonight as Mark Sarvas reads from his forthcoming novel,

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McGinniss Delivers

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 23, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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Over at Beatrice, I posted a note about Joe McGinniss’ The Delivery Man: A Novel.

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Literary Last Wishes

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 22, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

There’s an interesting discussion about what to do with Vladimir Nabokov’s unpublished novel over at The Guardian. How do you respect someone’s last wishes while also respecting literary history and scholarship?

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Pat Barker Profiled

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 21, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

There was a good profile of British author Pat Barker in The Los Angeles Time yesterday.

“It really is just about the writing,” 

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He May Never Grow Up, But He’ll Make a Killing in Real Estate

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 15, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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Peter Pan’s home is for sale. Or, more specifically, the home of Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie could be yours for slightly more than $13.2 million.

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Cellphones Everywhere

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 14, 2008 In General 6 No tags 0

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I believe I first noticed it while watching the film The Departed. A friend leaned over to me and said,

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Independent Bookstore Successes

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 14, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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Or, at least survivals.

The great Bookninja points to a particular letter to the editor that argues not all independent bookstores are dying.

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A Calendar of Good Lit

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 10, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

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Dan at the Emerging Writers Network is the hardest working man in the lit blogosphere.

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Bond Stamps Released

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 9, 2008 In General 1 No tags 0

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I’m not a collector but it’s pretty cool that the British postal service has released a set of James Bondstamps to celebrate the birthday of author Ian Flemming.

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Eugenides Profile

By Scott McKenzie Posted on January 8, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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Novelist Jeffrey Eugenides is the subect of a nice, long profile in Britain’s Telegraph.

“I remember when I was 16,

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