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Monthly Archives May 2008

Answer-Thon

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 22, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

Jonathan Lyons of Lyons Literary is hosting an answer-thon at his blog. Lots of good info on pitching multiple projects at once,

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Getting Your Book on the Shelves

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 20, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

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If you’ve self-published a book, used a print-on-demand service, or gotten squat for help from your publishing company’s marketing department,

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Parisian Pen Habit of Mark Sarvas

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 19, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

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I profiled lit blogger extraordinaire and debut novelist Mark Sarvas in the May 2008 issue of Pen World.

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Query Letter Comparisons and Bragging

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 16, 2008 In Writing & Submitting Tips 1 No tags 0

Nathan Bransford has a great blog post about bragging. And the comments yield an interesting discussion as well.

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And You Thought You Had a Lot of Books…

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 15, 2008 In General 2 No tags 0

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The New York Times features a great article by Alberto Manguel about how he selected his home,

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Writers and Favorite Obscure Books

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 14, 2008 In General 1 No tags 0

The Village Voice published an an interesting rundown of authors such as Jennifer Egan and Donna Tartt selecting their favorite obscure books.

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By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 8, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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The Wall Street Journal published an article on the economics of publishing new James Bond books.

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Prince to Release Book

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 6, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

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Numerous sources recently reported that Prince will release a book in the fall. 21 Nights will be published by Atria,

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Literary Trash Talking

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 5, 2008 In General 2 No tags 0

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Cormac McCarthy is overrated.

Or, should I decide to target a more commercial gargantuan like J.K.

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Test

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 1, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

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larry harmon as bozo with eiffel tower

larry harmon as bozo with bannanas

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