When is the AL governor scandal book coming out?
Now that former Alabama governor Robert Bentley has, finally, gone the hell away, I wonder how long it will be before we see book deals arise out of the scandal. This informative article, entitled “How could Robert Bentley fall so hard? Now we know” by John Archibald provide several options. Sure, it could be the…
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We need to talk about Alec, but can’t
The discussion about actor Alec Baldwin’s recently published memoir Nevertheless perfectly encapsulates why reasonable conversation is impossible in this culture at the moment. First, of interest to us as writers… Focus now, focus. Baldwin took to Facebook to complain about typos in his memoir and smear the publisher for not editing enough. Typos are, indeed,…
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Mullally & Offerman get rights to Saunders novel
In 1995, I was working at a bookstore and a new short story writer came for a signing. Everyone was incredibly excited for the visit and raved about the story collection. The guy had been a technical writer, if I remember correctly, and he told me about writing his short stories at work, sneaking a…
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New book deal sums up why I don’t read parenting stuff
Either I’m a horrible parent or parenting writing is too predictable. I recently wrote about how I don’t read any parenting blogs. I also don’t read any parenting books either. It’s not that I’m uninterested in the subject, I just find that they are limited to either Frantic-Exhausted Parent Voice or they are Wonder Years…
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Slushpile Reads: Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation
Strapline: A charming little book about the best computers in the world, the Atari 400 and 800. Why We Love It: Atari has been given short shrift in the history of computing but their early home computers were some of the best around and they were emminently fun and usable. I personally learned to code…
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