The Good Life on the Road
Jay McInerney launches his book tour for The Good Life in Philadelphia, PA tonight. He’s scheduled to appear at Free Library of Philadelpia (Central Library) at 7pm. Call 215-567-4341 for more details. He’s also making stops in nine other cities so check out the author events page on Random House’s website. One of the really cool features of this tour…
continue readingBrightly Bespoke
My stylish colleagues over at The Sporting Life will be excited to know that Jay McInerney shares their affinity for bespoke clothing. In this quick and questionnaire with Vanity Fair, McInerney takes about finely tailored clothing, potbellied pigs, and the despair of an absent wine list. By the way, if you’re interested in increasing your sartorial splendor at…
continue readingIn Defense of Outlining
And here’s a tip for how you can improve that execution… It’s very fashionable to say you don’t plot out your stories before writing them. And it’s certainly the epitome of geekdom to even allow the word “outline” to fall from your lips. It seems very few writers will admit to outlining their work, and…
continue readingIt’s All About the Execution
I often hear writers spend an inordinate amount of time talking about their search for the great idea. I do it myself. Often, we get frustrated at rejection letters from The Toilet Paper Review or the fact that managing editor at Headbanging Accordion magazine won’t return our phone calls and we blame it on the…
continue readingYet Another Literary Fraud
I’ve seen various posts about this around the literary web, but I just didn’t have the stomach to get into yet another fraud story. But when Sherman Alexie speaks, I definitely perk up. Alexie, the creator of what is one of my favorite titles of all time with The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in…
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