Author: Scott McKenzie

EWN Panel on Writing Women’s Voices

  Dan, over at the Emerging Writers Network, enlisted the wonderful Lauren Cerand to co-host an illuminating panel discussion on the nature of writing women’s voices in literature. This great discussion features Dan and Lauren talking with Christina Boyka Kluge, Bill Gordon, Michelle Herman, and Ronna Wineberg. One of the most interesting exchanges revolved around the…

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Greenspan Selects Co-Author

According to one report, Alan Greenspan has chosen a co-author for his upcoming memoir. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve signed a reported $8.5 million deal with Penguin Press and has selected Peter Petre to assist with the writing chores. Petre is a senior editor at large for Fortune magazine and co-authored best-sellers with General…

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The OA Picks the Best of the South

  The Spring 2006 issue of the Oxford American examines the Best of the South. Much more than a simple recitation of the same old tired things we hear about all the time, the OA writers turn in odes to some of their favorite things. Food expert John T. Edge (who was featured as a judge on…

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I Hope It’s More Than Twice

The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks is a damn fine novel and he’s a great writer. But sheesh, I really hope he’s gonna speak more than just two more times in his life.

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Dire Predictions from Updike

  John Updike, making the rounds promoting his new novel, Terrorist, raised eyebrows with his passionate warnings at BEA about digital publishing. That much-discussed speech, by the way, is available as a podcast here. In the June/July 2006 issue of Details, Updike sounds yet another ominous note about the potential for young authors to build lengthy…

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