Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
[Originally posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005] I could care less about skydiving, bungee jumping, or any of those other extreme adventures. But the one thing I want to do before I die is get in a cage and see a great white shark up close. I???m fascinated by the creatures so I???ll be rushing…
continue readingAuthor to Write Poker Column
[Originally posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005] Seems that The New York Times is getting into the poker craze. Editor & Publishers is reporting that James McManus has been signed to write a weekly column about the game. The report states ???The newspaper promises the column will ???cover the world of poker including its lore,…
continue readingMy Man Billy Bob Starring with Brad
[Originally posted Friday, June 17, 2005] The Washington Post picked up a Reuters report that Billy Bob Thornton and Brad Pitt have signed on to perform in the flim version of Peace Like a River. The 2001 novel, written by Leif Enger, was a favorite of independent booksellers everywhere. Jim Harrison, Rick Bass, and Frank…
continue readingMacAdam/Cage Departures
[Originally posted on Thursday, June 16, 2005] As you know, MacAdam/Cage is one of Slushpile???s favorite publishers. So it???s a big deal to us that Publishers Weekly is reporting this afternoon that MC is losing two editors. Anika Streitfeld, the respected fiction editor at MacAdam/Cage who edited The Time Traveler???s Wife is moving to Random…
continue readingLish to Return
[Originally posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005] Publisher???s Weekly is reporting that seminal literary figure Gordon Lish is talking to publishers about a return to the editor???s desk. The article states ???Lish, who for much of the ???90???s was teaching at places like Columbia, has of late been fielding manuscripts from new and unknown literary…
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