Woodrell Profiled in The Independent
This is a few days old but I don’t know how I previously missed it since Daniel Woodrell is one of my favorites. But, some lucky reporter from The Independent got to travel to the Ozarks to interview Woodrell. Man, I can still remember the exact moment that I saw Give Us a Kiss in the…
continue readingFinal Larry Brown Novel Optioned
I was too ill to go into work today, but here’s a bit of news that has absolutely, totally, completely brightened my day. The Book Standard is reporting that the late Larry Brown’s final novel, The Rabbit Factory, has been optioned by Lionsgate. And if the thought of a Larry Brown movie wasn’t exciting enough, the…
continue readingDon’t Count Your Ghostwriting Chickens…
…before they hatch. Last week, I mentioned a report that Eva Longoria signed a deal to write an “erotic novel.” However, much to the chagrin of would-be ghostwriters, US Weekly stepped in to set the record straight. The magazine quotes a Longoria rep as saying “There is no book deal and there never has been.”…
continue readingRipped From the Headlines
I guess if it works for all those CSI shows, then maybe writers should try it… The always useful Publishers Marketplace reported that Jamie Michaels sold a book entitled Kiss My Book to Delacorte recently. It’s the “story of a teen writing sensation who gets caught plagiarizing her debut novel, but finds redemption and romance when…
continue readingWall to Wall Soccer
I was a striker for the very first youth soccer team ever in my little rural Kentucky town. Although clearly, I wasn’t very good since we didn’t score a single goal until the final game of the season. The next year, I played on the very first soccer team fielded by my high school. I…
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