Year: 2008

Henkin Guest Blogs at TEV

Joshua Henkin, author of Matrimony, took a turn guest blogging over at The Elegant Variation late last week. In a yeoman’s effort that puts the rest of us bloggers to shame, Henkin churned out 24 posts on a variety of interesting and educational topics. So put off getting back to work a little longer on…

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Feel the Heat

Caught the old 80’s Sylvester Stallone movie Cobra on television the other night. Gotta love that Jean Beauvoir theme song. Nothing goes with a leather outfit and mohawk like blindingly white high tops. I am curious, however, about the guitar he’s playing during the solo. The acoustic is obviously an Ovation, but I’m not sure…

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Publishing Company Imprints

Ever wonder about all those publishing company imprints and what separates one from another? Sarah provides an educational post on the nature of imprints and her specific thoughts on the various institutions under the Macmillan corporate umbrella. [via Ed Rants]

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Novelizations and Tie-Ins

Tod Goldberg writes an an interesting article on TV show and movie novelizations for the LA Times. Me? I’m hoping to write the tie-in that short-lived Emeril Lagasse sitcom.

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How Many Olympic Books?

I’ve been oddly fascinated with the Olympics recently. In past years, I kinda swore off the event because it just seemed like too many human interest stories and not enough sports. Certainly, it requires a tremendous amount of perserverance and hardwork to reach a lofty goal such as participating in the Olympics. But in previously, they…

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