The Trials of Freelancing
The “gang” at MobyLives has been on vacation for August, but there is a GREAT “column” this week called The Freelancer: Going to work in your pajamas is great … except when it’s not … written by Chris Rodell. He discusses BOTH THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE aspects to being a freelance writer and the…
continue readingBook of Revelation to be Filmed
Through “MaudNewton”, I learned this FANTASTIC news: Rupert Thomson’s incredible novel, The Book of Revelation is being “adapted” for film. In an “article” about ballet luminary Meryl Tankard, a news outlet reports the exciting news that “Tankard looks rested and calm despite a frantic schedule of projects, including choreographing the dance sequences for Ana Kokkinos’s…
continue readingA Couple of Cool Blogs
You know, maybe I was too hard on Mr. Koch and his formatting intensive book The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop in my post earlier today. I mean, after all, who am I? He ran a prestigious program for decades, he’s published two novels and at least three nonfiction books. Meanwhile, I’m a nobody sitting here…
continue readingPublishAmerica Faces Lawsuit
Publishers Weekly reported on Tuesday that controversial company PublishAmerica is facing a new lawsuit. As reporter Steven Zeitchik wrote, “though this time it has upset someone with a lot more clout–and lawyers–than unknown authors.” The Maryland-based publisher launched a new business division in the United Kingdom called PublishBritannica which incurred the wrath of Encyclopaedia Britannica.…
continue readingOld School Water Torture… Just… Make… It… Stop
I really wanted to like this book. The author has great credentials, the subject matter is of particular interest to writers, and the reference materials are impeccable. But reading this thing was like the old spy movies where our hero is subjected to the drip… drip… drip… drip… drip… drip… drip… drip… drip… drip… drip……
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