More on Cox’s Big Week
On Thursday, I commented on the amazing week of Ana Marie Cox, former Wonkette editor and author of the recently released Dog Days. On Monday, she quit her day job. On Tuesday, her debut novel was reviewed in the New York Times. On Wednesday, a “mid-six-figured” book deal was announced. On Thursday, she was profiled…
continue readingMore on the Identity of JT Leroy
Like researchers lining the shores of Loch Ness, determined to prove the existence of a sea monster or equally driven to show that it’s all a hoax, more and more people are wading into the JT Leroy question. In Who’s That Boy/Girl?, Laura Barton and The Guardian add in their research to the mix.…
continue readingFilthy Lucre
Aspiring authors frequently devote so much time to pursuing goal of being published. But from a financial standpoint, what does that really mean? The news headlines are full of huge book deals, like the $2.2 million Little, Brown gave to first-time novelist Elizabeth Kostova for The Historian. That kind of advance is often the only…
continue readingThe Fusion of Guitars and Literature
An extremely hip fiction expert turned me on to the amazing fiction of R.M. Berry. I posted a bit about his short story Metempsychosis over at Distortion That Rocks. This guy writes a guitar story that has the technical pyrotechnics of Steve Vai while still retaining the soul of a old D’Angelico archtop so be…
continue readingOpen Letter to Santa
I know, I know… it’s a bit late to be printing letters addressed to Santa Claus. But I was visiting relatives over the holidays and they don’t have internet access. They also don’t know how to change the alarm clocks (I have to make a housecall whenever the time changes) and they don’t trust…
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