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Monthly Archives October 2005

Last Day to Sign Up for NaNoWriMo

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 31, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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On Friday, we featured an interview with National Novel Writing Month founder Chris Baty. Today’s the last day to sign up for the even so I suggest you head over to their website soon.

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What Exactly Qualifies this as News?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 31, 2005 In News, Rants 0 No tags 0

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This is what makes people question the media these days… Last Thursday, The Christian Science Monitor ran an article on the nature of self-publishing.

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Vampire Novel Breaks New Ground

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 31, 2005 In Book Reviews, News 0 No tags 0

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Ron Charles points out in the Washington Post that vampire stories are old, over-done, and generally worn out.

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Interview: Chris Baty, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 28, 2005 In Interviews, Slushpile Exclusive 0 No tags 0

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I recently spoke to an aspiring author who was obsessed with developing his “signature style.” This well-intentioned person knew that to make it in publishing,

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King to Publish Dark Tower Graphic Novel

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 28, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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Publishers Weekly reported that Stephen King has agreed to write a graphic novel as his next installment in the Dark Tower series.

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Herding Feral Cats in Brooklyn

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 28, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

Our patron saint John, whose battles with wild cats in his neighborhood have reached Caddyshack proportions,

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University Presses in Trouble

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 28, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

Bookninja picked up this great article about the precarious circumstances that currently bedevil university presses. And the article asks the toughest question: should a book that can’t manage to sell 500 copies even be published in the first place?

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Great Profile of Cannongate Boss

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 27, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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I keep coming across news and books by UK publisher Cannongate these days. Back in September, I discussed an amazingly artful limited edition of Robert Sabbag’s Snowblind.

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McCormick & Williams Open for Business

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 27, 2005 In Agent Info, News 0 No tags 0

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that Collins McCormick Literary Agency was disbanding. The news at the time was that David McCormick was leaving the firm,

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MacAdam/Cage Website Launched

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 25, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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McAdam/Cage has been one of my favorite publishers for some time now. And the good news out of San Francisco is that they recently re-launched their corporate website.

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Miss Snark Agrees that to Answer is Divine

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 25, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

Longtime readers of Slushpile know that one of my biggest irritations is when editors (fiction or nonfiction), agents, journals, and publishers don’t respond to queries.

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Lestat Joins the Church

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 25, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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Anne Rice, the foremost chronicler of vampires and the children of the night, the lady who wrote softcore S&M books under a psuedonym,

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Unusual Ideas Get Published

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 24, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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It seems to me that there are about three ways to get published these days. First, you just have to write an extraordinary book.

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Banville’s Thoughts on Winning the Booker

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 24, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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The wonderful blog The Elegant Variation has an essay that John Banville wrote about his experience leading up to collecting the Booker.

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Drug Company Sponsors Novel and Hires Jayson Blair to Edit

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 24, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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This is so strange that I have absolutely no idea of its veracity. But it’s a fun story anyway that Bookninja picked up.

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