Back to School
As we progress through August, and the little ones trudge back to school with their pencil boxes and trapper-keepers, this is also an important time for writers. First of all, most literary journals will begin accepting submissions again after their summer breaks. I try to have a barrage of stories ready to mail out…
continue readingeBay Book Deals
One of these days, I’m going to ask around and see if one of these book deals offered on eBay has ever actually sold. Right now, there are seven book/movie deals for sale on the auction site. They range from the film and residual rights for a series of 1950’s pulp novels auction with the bidding…
continue readingLaid Low
It’s been a slow week around here as far as Slushpile.net goes. On Tuesday evening, what I thought was going to be just a common everyday flu bug ended up sending me to the emergency room. Wednesday and Thursday consisted of just brief periods of alertness as I slept off the elephant-tranquilizer effects of…
continue readingWhile We’re Talking About Babies…
While we’re on the subject of newborns, I’ve been amazed at the amount of media coverage given to the fact that we haven’t seen any photos of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ new baby. The Sacramento Bee featured a roundup of what the various gossip sites are saying about the unseen child. CBS News,…
continue readingNow This is Keeping It in the Family
Back in March, I mentioned that football wide receiver Terrell Owens had signed a book deal. At the time, I stressed to his editors the importance of getting the book the first year and gave some tongue-in-cheek warnings of what would happen if they didn’t. Evidently, they didn’t need my warnings since T.O. is now…
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