I Walk the Line, On the Page
PublishersMarketplace (which by the way is basically the same thing as PublishersLunch, just different delivery methods and slightly different content, so forgive me if I refer to them interchangeably) is reporting that one of my heroes is going to be immortalized in anthology form. Bob Batchelor’s Literary Cash: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Johnny…
continue readingCreative Writing Director Interviews
Dan at the wonderful Emerging Writers Network has a great interview with the director/administrators of several creative writing programs. There has obviously been a lot of discussion about the validity of creative writing programs recently and Dan’s interview helps shed some light on running one of these enterprises. Check out the informative interview here.
continue readingWriters’ Blogs and Publishing Attention
All you aspiring authors out there, sharpen up your wit and get your snarky comments ready. And if you want to share some dirt about your boss and his corporate expense account, feel free to throw that in as well. The Book Standard has an interesting article about publishers paying attention to writer blogs. The…
continue readingSpin the Wheel!
Here’s an interesting article from The Book Standard about how books get attention after being published. There’s a good quote in there that we should all probably remind ourselves of from time to time. “When I finally came to peace with my novel-writing obsession was when I came to the conclusion that it is my…
continue readingCormac on Bestseller List
Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men was #8 on The New York Times bestseller list yesterday. Great news for one of our country’s greatest writers.
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