Old friends have a quality to their voice that immediately warms your soul upon hearing it. You can go years without speaking to that person and then one day the phone rings, you say hello, and with one word that voice negates the passage of time and unleases a flood of memories. A rare few writers have…
I’ve mentioned Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them before. And today, the book caught my attention because it’s number twenty on the New York Times Hardover Nonfiction bestseller list. In the last year, I’ve had conversations with about ten agents who all claimed that books about…
A little self-promotion here… I’ve got some new work in the October 2006 issue of Stuff magazine. It’s uncredited work, but hey, you gotta start somewhere I reckon. And the guys are great to work with. So if you’re on the lookout for some new gear, or just like the ladies of Lost be sure…
I walked into my local bookstore yesterday and the very first thing I see is a stand-alone display of Mark Z. Danielewski’s work. The display contains both his bestselling House of Leaves and his new novel, Only Revolutions. The sight of this display, in and of itself, was exciting. It’s nice to see a literary writer,…
According to The Guardian, an auction of more than 700 of Agatha Christie’s belongings far exceeded the expectations and raised more than 300,000 pounds. So the lesson is that if you plan on being a famous mystery writer, be sure to have your family hold on to your Charles II tumbler cup and mug, your…