New Bat Segundo Podcasts Available
After a brief hiatus, Bat Segundo is back and this time he’s bringing along authors Richard Ford and Valerie Trueblood. With Ford, Bat talks about street names, real estate terminology, and self-help books, among many other great topics. With Trueblood, they discuss MFA workshops, two-inch items in newspapers, and family characteristics, among others.
continue readingLots of LBC Goings On
Be sure to swing by The Litblog Co-Op and check out all the goings on involving the Read This! selections. I was swamped last week and didn’t get to tell you about it, but there was plenty of great discussion about Valerie Trueblood’s impressive Seven Loves. And this week, the group turns its attention towards…
continue readingA Real, Live, Bigtime Publishing Contract
Aspiring authors frequently email me questions about publishing contracts. They want to know how payments are scheduled, what kind of rights are invovled, how legal is the language (meaning, can they feel comfortable signing a deal without an agent or lawyer), what are the royalties, and if you have to sign over your first born child. So…
continue readingLBC Read This! Announced
My colleagues at The Litblog Co-Op announced the Winter 2007 Read This! selection. Be sure to check out the site for plenty of discussion about the winner, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow, as well as two other worthy nominees!
continue readingThe Business Impact of Beckham
Regular readers of this blog are well-acquainted with my soccer obsession. So I was thrilled about the news that David Beckham signed to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy in America’s Major League Soccer. When an athlete signs for $250 million, it’s the kind of event that is guaranteed to generate headlines and conversation. And ticket…
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