300 Million Served and Growing
J.K Rowling passed another mind-boggling milestone as it was announced that sales of her Harry Potter novels surpassed the 300 million mark worldwide. According to a BBC report, the series has been translated into 63 languages and that more than a third of the sales were based here in the US.
continue readingA Couple of Great Readings Today
There are two amazing readings scheduled for today so everyone in the Oxford, MS area and in San Francisco should mark their literary calendars. First, Robert Hicks is appearing at Square Books in Oxford to sign his debut novel The Window of the South. Yesterday, we featured some of agent Jeff Kleinman’s opinions about the…
continue readingNew Website – TheSportingLife.net
Food, wine, cars, sports, good stuff… that’s what the TheSportingLife.net is all about. The sporting life is an old euphemism for the good life and that’s what we’ve got to offer. Visit often for wine reviews, cigar talk, and other “guy stuff.” Visit here.
continue readingInterview: Jeff Kleinman, Agent
Jeff Kleinman is an agent that believes in a personal touch. He makes quick decisions on submissions, (always a blessing in the eyes of authors), he is clear in his guidelines, and he is someone that truly follows his heart in publishing. Kleinman isn’t after big bucks or celebrity names necessarily, instead, he just wants…
continue readingMaybe Judith Miller is a Vachss Fan
Andrew Vachss has a short story called Just the Ticket that appears in the collection, Everybody Pays. It’s a scam piece, and the punchline is that a con man gets two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the city for false imprisonment. “I was in jail for almost three months when we came back to court.”…
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