Jones Podcast Interview Posted
Two hip literature lovers, Logan Rapp and Will Garroutte, conducted a great interview with Stephen Graham Jones for Misnomer. In this podcast, the guys discuss the nature of being a Native American Indian, horror movies and the crucial balance of breasts and blood, comic books, film scripts, and much more. Be sure to give it a…
continue readingWhat Happens to Gambling Writers
Last night’s episode of The Sopranos illustrated what happens when authors get in too deep with bookies. So keep your March Madness shenigans in check or else you’ll end up writing scripts about a Mafia zombie with a meat cleaver for a hand.
continue readingThe Art of the Ghostwriter
The enjoyable Bookninja featured a link to an interesting article on ghostwriting. British bestseller Andrew Crofts explains that ghostwriters “produces the books that these people would write if they only had the time, the inclination and the experience, and it shouldn’t matter a fig to the reader who actually put the words on the page.”…
continue readingInterview: Anya Kamenetz, Author
At a time when young authors earn lavish advances for books about drinking or their wealthy parents, Anya Kamenetz stands apart. Her first work, Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to Be Young is a serious book, seriously argued, about a serious subject. One of the youngest columnists for The Village Voice, Kamenetz rejects…
continue readingThe Dreamlife of Rupert Thomson
James Hines’ fabulous The Dreamlife of Rupert Thomson was posted on the Boston Review‘s website yesterday. It’s a great examination of an amazing writer. Early in the piece, there’s a great quote from Thomson on the nature of fiction and dreams: “Whenever I start a new book I have nightmares. Night after night. For a long…
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