A Helluva Late Fee
A man in Hancock, MI returns a book to his local library 47 years after the due date.
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Gawker continues to pound on non-paying magazines. Some mind-boggling stories here, although I’m not surprised. Unfortunately, anyone who does any freelance work for any length of time will rack up their own “where is my money?” stories. I don’t know what the answer is. I know a number of people who work at magazines and they…
continue readingNovelists and Hollywood
Randee Dawn provides an interesting report for Reuters on the relationship of novelists and movies. “So it was, and so it almost always is: Authors write books,” Dawn writes. “Screenwriters write screenplays. And while there are strong exceptions to every rule (Herman Wouk, Larry McMurtry), a savvy author tends to know when to step aside and…
continue readingThe Investments of Clive Cussler
Bankrate.com interviewed bestselling author Clive Cussler about his path to writing success, his automobile investments, and his nautical recovery activities. “I wrote evenings and weekends for the first two manuscripts, then got an agent and decided I wanted to do that full time,” Cussler told the website. “So since I could write anywhere, we…
continue readingHidden Delights
Bookninja pointed out a listing of deserving books you might have overlooked this year. It’s an interesting list because it’s not the same old titles mentioned over and over again. There are definitely a number of books that seem interesting on here.
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