The Nine Year Novel
Maud Newton has an interesting post about the novel that has occupied her time for nine years. As with all of Maud’s musings, it’s an insightful post that’s definitely worth reading. At the end, she makes a helluva good point about sticking with your own writing interests. “The inaninity of titles bought by publishers each…
continue readingWriters and Tax Deductions
April 15th is fast approaching and the Tax Man expects his pound of flesh. Or, roughly 30% to 40% of your total body weight might be more accurate. But what does that mean for aspiring authors? Deduction opportunities. In the April 2006 issue of Writers Digest, Sue Fagalde Lick provides useful tax tips for writers. Swing…
continue readingBetter Get That Book in the First Season
Publishers Marketplace reported that controversial football star Terrell Owens signed a book deal for a memoir entitled Ineligible Receiver: The Real Story of My Journey from the Super Bowl to the Sidelines with Simon & Schuster. The book promises to detail the receiver’s two years with the Philadelphia Eagles, including explanations of his deteriorating relationship with Donovan McNabb. The…
continue readingScenes from Homer Found in Ancient Tomb
CNN reported that scenes from The Odyssey and The Iliad were found on a 2,500-year-old sarcophagus discovered in Cyprus. The report stated that “in one large painting, Ulysses and his comrades escape from the blind Cyclops Polyphemos’ cave, hidden under a flock of sheep. Another depicts a battle between Greeks and Trojans from The Iliad.” Archeologists…
continue readingSurely, She Doesn’t Mean Our Slushpile
The wonderfully acerbic and incredibly informative Miss Snark describes three nitwit queries that came over her transom. Certainly, none of our readers would make such a mistake, but these provide a good reminder of what not to do when querying an agent. They’re also pretty damn funny. Claims of being the fist novel to explore…
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