Happy Birthday Square Books
One of the leading independents in the country, Square Books, celebrates its 26th year of bookselling. There are discounts on books today so call the store or stop by the square. Looking at all the author photographs on the wall is worth the trip to the store alone. One of my favorites is a photo…
continue readingCelebrities as Novelists
The fine folks over at Bookninja are brewing up some Liquid Drano tea in response to this story. And while I might, under normal conditions, share their frustrations, right now I’m riding high on endorphins from working out and protein shakes. And since, in a mere three weeks, I’m going to transform myself from dumpy-and-pudgy…
continue readingAnother Sad Loss for the Blues
CNN reported another sad loss for the blues. Clarence Gatemouth Brown passed away at the age of 81. He fled Slidell, Louisiana, in advance of Hurricane Katrina and was safely enconced in his hometown of Orange, Texas. However, the bluesman who had suffered from lung cancer and heart disease still might be a casualty of…
continue readingThe Aquisition Process
Agent 007 runs a blog where she describes her transformation from a book editor to agent and she reveals some interesting inside information about the publishing industry. In a post from last week, she describes what it is like to acquire a book as an agent versus what it is like to acquire a book…
continue readingNYT Look at Pub Literature
Speaking of literature, booze, and bars, Jonathan Miles has an interesting article in The New York Times about pub literature. He writes: In many American towns and cities, zoning ordinances decree that churches and bars be buffered from one another by upward of a thousand feet. Among some drinkers, this is known as the ”non-compete…
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