Yet Another Reason Why So Many People Want to Write
I can handle comic strips about obese, talking cats. I can deal with comics involving beagles who think they’re WWI flying aces. Those aren’t tough stories to swallow. But the complete and total disregard for reality that stains Wednesday’s For Better or For Worse comic strip is sure to rile aspiring authors everywhere. This kind of thing…
continue reading… Until You See the Whites of their Eyes
I had a soccer game with a late kickoff this evening. I’m getting too old for playing soccer at 11pm on a school night. We ended with a tie, and were happy with that result since we faced a pretty strong club. But I’m going to be dying tomorrow because I have a really early,…
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Head over to The Litblog Co-Op for two chances to win a free copy of Stephen Graham Jones’s Demon Theory. There are a few great stories about hair metal and scary movies already posted. See if you can top them! Speaking of which, it seems like Demon Theory has been lurking around some similarly…
continue readingPrice and McCann to Appear
According to the wonderful Lauren Cerand’s Smart Set feature over at Maud Newton’s blog, two of my favorite authors are scheduled to appear in New York this evening. Richard Price and Colum McCann will discuss “the arts and crafts of writing fiction” at the New York Public Library at 7:00pm. This should be a great event so…
continue readingNew Bat Segundo Podcasts Available
After a brief hiatus, Bat Segundo is back and this time he’s bringing along authors Richard Ford and Valerie Trueblood. With Ford, Bat talks about street names, real estate terminology, and self-help books, among many other great topics. With Trueblood, they discuss MFA workshops, two-inch items in newspapers, and family characteristics, among others.
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