Is it all about the money?

November 23, 2009

“The line that once sharply separated traditional publishing (“We pay you”) and vanity publishing (“You pay us”) has all but dissolved in this corrosive environment of fabulous riches.” — Richard Curtis via E-Reads

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Harlequin Horizon Kerfuffle

November 23, 2009

For your reference, links to key posts on this issue:
“Why has the launch of Harlequin Horizons provoked such a gigantic firestorm of indignation” when similar ventures haven’t?” asks Victoria Strauss via Writer Beware Blogs!
“Author Solutions has teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. The imprint will recruit [...]

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Grammar Nerd Corrective Label Pack

November 23, 2009

via   [Temple of Commerce]

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Publishing Terms

November 22, 2009

“AUTHOR: A large class of individuals (approximately three times as numerous as readers) serving a promotional function in book marketing or providing [...]

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Zadie Smith on the rise of the essay

November 22, 2009

“Within the confines of an essay or – even better! – an aphorism, you can be the writer you dream of being. No word out of place, no tell-tale weak spots (dialogue, the convincing representation of other people, plot), no absences, no lack.” via The Guardian

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Vanity Book Awards

November 18, 2009

Laura Miller writes: “There’s simply more money in selling services to would-be writers than there is in selling actual books to readers, since the former are rapidly coming to outnumber the latter. And that, certainly, is nothing to celebrate.”  [Salon]

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Procrastination is posting in your blog.

November 16, 2009
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MAD’s Monday Muse: Artist & Writer Crawl

November 16, 2009

I’ve  learned that it’s not the noise around me that can stop me from writing — it’s the chatter and busyness in my own mind. Writing in public places helps me get past that. [via MAD's Monday Muse: Artist & Writer's Crawl]

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Brian Turner Interviewed

November 15, 2009

Former Kerouac Writer-in-Residence and poet Brian Turner is interviewed on Here and Now about his poetry and the Amy Lowell Scholarship for American Poets Traveling Abroad and much, much more.
Keep up with Brian on the New York Times Home Fires blog, too.

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“I do hope you’re not –

November 14, 2009

disheartened by this rejection.“

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Cormac McCarthy

November 13, 2009

“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don’t have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It’s not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn’t have done it that way. Things I’ve written about are no longer of any [...]

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Winter With the Writers

November 13, 2009

Master classes, readings, free and open to the public. Best reason to buy a 2010 calendar.  [Read more about Winter With the Writers | Rollins College]

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