Richard Lange’s Dead Boys
I posted a brief mention of Richard Lange’s Dead Boys: Stories over at Beatrice yesterday. I’ll have more on this enjoyable book in the next couple of days. And we’ll have an interview with Lange appearing soon. For now, check out the Beatrice post and be sure to pick up this great new story collection.
continue readingThe Ineffectiveness of Agents
Bookninja points to an interesting article about just how impossible it is to get a literary agent and how ineffective they are once you do actually procure representation. “The problem is that there are many more writers than the market can bear, and to most publishers writers are about as important as farmers are to Tesco…
continue readingA 10 Year, $30 Million Offensive Genius?
This has nothing to do with books, but I gotta say I’m just loving Notre Dame’s struggles. So far this season, the Fighting Irish are 0-3. They haven’t scored an offensive touchdown yet. They’ve accumulated a grand total of negative 14 rushing yards. They’ve given up 23 quarterback sacks. And they’re ranked dead last out…
continue readingLet’s This Be a Lesson About Whining
[I wrote this up earlier in the week and held off on posting it since there was a part of me that didn’t want to pay any attention to the whole thing. But it’s Friday and I figured what the heck, I’ll jump into the discussion.] I’ll openly admit that I frequently complain about our…
continue readingBack up, Back up, Back up
For the love of God, people, back up your computers! My hard drive crashed the other day. Luckily, I do have at least most of the files backed up to an external drive. So I can restore without too much pain and discomfort. I’ll lose some stuff (like that copy of Faster Pussycat’s greatest hits and those…
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