New Year’s Eve Reflection
So before you get too far gone with your partying tonight, take a moment to reflect on your writing in 2007. What did you accomplish? What needs to be improved? For me, 2007 was a pretty good year. I published a small piece in one of my favorite literary journals, Tin House. I also had…
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Last week, I posted a link to an AP article that provided some sales figures for recent books. My point in originally linking to that article was to shed some light on the otherwise mysterious question of book sales figures. A publishing insider posted a comment, kindly pointing out that the Associated Press figures were “WAY OFF.”…
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One of the things that troubles aspiring authors is understanding just what amount of books need to be sold to be considered a successful writer. Obviously, we understand that the publishers expectations and the amount of money spent come into play. But there are such massive disparities, even on the bestseller list that it can…
continue readingThe Farther Shore Reviewed
As you know, Matthew Eck’s The Farther Shore is the Winter 2007 Read This! selection. Over at the Litblog Co-Op site there is a post that collects a number of reviews of the book from around the web.
continue readingEck Interviewed at Lit Kicks
I mentioned that many of my colleagues in the Litblog Co-Op were going to post features about Matthew Eck and The Farther Shore this week. Lit Kicks was one of the first to weigh in with a great interview with the author. In the interview, Eck tells Lit Kicks about working in a war zone, about…
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