Pearson to Appear at Square Books
One of my favorite writers, someone who understands that being a Southern writer means more than just dropping the “g” off characters’ dialogue, T.R. Pearson is scheduled to appear at Square Books today. He’ll be signing his new book of nonfiction, Seaworthy, in the Oxford, MS store at 5pm with a reading at 5:30pm. The…
continue readingMiss Snark Clears Up Unsolicited Submissions
I, along with a lot of other people, thought that when an editor or agent indicates that they do not accept unsolicited submissions, that meant you should bugger off. Some agents have enough clients and don’t want to take on any new work. They fear their attention-level will be diminished if they’re spread too thin.…
continue readingNot Quite The Historical Moment I Had In Mind
When I told everyone to cue up their VCRs for Zinedine Zidane’s final appearance on a soccer field, I had no idea his swan song would turn out the way it did. We’ll never know what Italian defender Marco Materazzi said to elicit such a vicious reaction out of the Zidane, but it was a…
continue readingGoebel Interviewed on Misnomer
Joey Goebel, author of The Anomalies and Torture The Artist, recently spoke to Will over at Misnomer Radio. The Anomalies was a Book Sense 76 title selected by the nation’s independent booksellers and was also nominated for the Kentucky Literary Award. Torture the Artist was a finalist for the 2004 Kentucky Literary Award. This rollicking interview covered…
continue readingNew James Rollins Book Released
You might remember the interview I did last summer with author James Rollins. At the time, we talked about his novel Map of Bones. I’m not usually a fan of adventure stories, but this one was fantastic. Epic in scale and inventive in plot, I closed that book and said to a friend, “this guy…
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