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Monthly Archives February 2009

Countdown to a Book Deal

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 26, 2009 In News 0 No tags 0

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MSNBC has an article about a guy working a job in every state in the nation.

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Why Won’t a Publishing Book Work?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 23, 2009 In General, Rants 3 No tags 0

stack-of-books-resizedRecently, the New York Observer wondered if there is any glamour left in publishing.

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Funny Line

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 19, 2009 In General 0 No tags 0

In a piece about Wallace Stegner’s birthday, Timothy Egan recalls a hilarious interaction between an irritated author and an editor.

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Elect Him or Sign Him to a Pro Sports Team

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 18, 2009 In News 0 No tags 0

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In a move worthy of our country’s best politicians and crisis-management-trained professional athletes, Herman Rosenblat has managed to both apologize and deny fault at the same time.

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What We Can Learn from a Commercial for Cleats

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 17, 2009 In General 1 No tags 0

My old man was a pretty serious high school football player in south Georgia. Ohio, Texas, and Florida are now hotbeds of high school football player.

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What Part of “Against the Law” Do You Not Understand?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 13, 2009 In Rants 3 No tags 0

With New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez’s admission to taking performance enhancing drugs, the whole issue of steroids in baseball has entered mainstream discourse again this week.

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Jones Chicago Appearances

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 11, 2009 In News 0 No tags 0

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Slushpile.net favorite Stephen Graham Jones has three appearances in Chicago lined up in conjunction with the Association of Writing Programs conference.

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Interview: Steven Rinella, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 10, 2009 In Interviews 0 No tags 0

rinella In American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon,, outdoorsman and writer Steven Rinella chronicles his own hunt for a wild buffalo in the Alaskan wilderness.

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Amazon Launches New Kindle

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 9, 2009 In General 1 No tags 0

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Slushpile.net overlord John Biggs was at the press conference today for Amazon’s launch of a new Kindle.

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Wonder How Satch Feels?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 9, 2009 In News 2 No tags 0

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Last night, Coldplay won the Grammy award for their song “Viva La Vida.” This is the very same song that is the center of a lawsuit by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani.

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Super Bowl Books

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 3, 2009 In General 0 No tags 0

So, we’re now accepting bets on how long it will be before deals for Super Bowl related books will be announced.

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Interview: Mark Barrowcliffe, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 2, 2009 In Interviews 0 No tags 0

mark-barrowcliff-claire-lachlan_resizedIn The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons, and Growing Up Strange, Mark Barrowcliffe describes a life most of us can understand.

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Soft Skull’s Banner 2008

By Scott McKenzie Posted on February 2, 2009 In News 0 No tags 0

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Many observers have argued that small presses have the best shot at succeeding in this challening economy.

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