Murdered Author Story Continues to Unfold…
The investigation into the murder of reclusive author Allen Chappelow continues to get more and more strange. Now, we learn that his body might have “lain beneath a mountain of debris in his ramshackle mansion for weeks before being discovered by police.” It’s a very sad and bizarre tale.
continue readingEWN’s Lee K. Abbott Excitment
I’ve been meaning to mention this wonderful post about Lee K. Abbott over at the Emerging Writers Network. During a time of year when we typically hear about this celebrity tell-all or that detective thriller as being the must-read books for summer, Abbott’s All Things, All at Once: New and Selected Stories provides a quality alternative for the…
continue readingAce Atkins Profiled in Montgomery Newspaper
The Montgomery Advertiser features an interview with Ace Atkins. One of the most intriguing aspects of this interview centes on his decision to leave behind a book deal in order to persue his new novel, White Shadow. Q. How hard was it to turn down the multi-book deal you’d been offered if you continued…
continue readingLongoria Joins Ever-Growing List of Celebrity Authors
The Book Standard is reporting that Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is joining the ever-increasing list of celebrity authors. A number of other outlets also picked up this report. She plans to pen an erotic novel because, “They offered a huge deal and I like the idea of seeing my book on a shelf,” Longoria said.…
continue readingMore Lit Travel News
CNN must have just hired a Literature PhD candidate to bolster their travel coverage. Earlier this week, they featured articles on traveling to Robert E. Howard’s Cross Plains, TX and Ernest Hemingway’s Ketchum, ID. Today, CNN’s fellow travelers turn their attention to Walt Whitman’s Camden, NY. “A tour offered this summer called ‘Walt Whitman & His Invincible City’ celebrates…
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