Award Nominations for Jones
You might remember our great interview with Stephen Graham Jones and also my recent book review of his newest collection, Bleed into Me. Well, seems I’m not alone in my admiration of this collection. I heard from a pretty reliable source that the collection has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner award. I’m trying to get…
continue readingInterview: Andrew Vachss, Author
It’s 93 degrees, with high humidity that chokes like a punch in the throat. I sit in the car, sweating, unable to turn on the ignition, just needing to digest. Part of me wants to call every friend I know and another part of me wants to go mute, to withhold speech for days, just…
continue readingInterview: Billy Sheehan, Musician
The discussion of just getting started writing, don’t wait, don’t talk, just jump in, is a perfect segue into this week’s interview. I thought it might be interesting to talk to artists in other art forms and see how their lives, frustrations, and aspirations parallel those of authors. I’ve always been a guitar lunatic and…
continue readingInterview: Shannon Ravenel, Editor
One day in the fall of 2004, I sent out four communications to different editors. Here’s what happened: –I mailed query letters and writing samples to the editor of a Midwestern university press and an editor at a university press on the west coast. In both cases, I followed the submission guidelines exactly and included…
continue readingCall for Geek Authors
John here. I know this is dangerous, but I need some good authors. I’m now an editor/purchaser for APress and am looking for some good authors who can write about technology with a bit of fun. I am looking for two types of books: hobby/cool books – Robots, rockets, wireless junk, in-car computers… DIY stuff.…
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