Khachaturian? Gesundheit!
I was going to put up something bluesy, as usual for a Saturday, but I ran into this yesterday and it warmed my cockles. It will make you happy. In … Continue reading
Book recommendations for the lazy among us
Let’s say you just finished reading a book. You enjoyed it. You’re interested in reading another book kind of like it, or maybe at least in the same pigeonhole. … Continue reading
Well, are you?
Thought I’d share a few things over the weekend as they come up. This is one you might want to pin to the wall over your desk. (Via HighExistence.)
Let’s review
Click me! NO TAKERS YET?! Folks, we don’t have Jerry’s Kids anymore (do we?), so here’s a great substitute! If you need a quick and fun read over the holiday … Continue reading
Literary agents = dinosaurs?
Someone asked me the other day who my agent is. For a minute I was befuddled, then remembered — smack! — I don’t have one anymore. Because I don’t need … Continue reading
People are talking: why Miley Cyrus matters
(The Latest: Morgan Freeman reads the OED definition of “twerking”.) Writers, if they want to stay sane, have to realize that they are swimming in the same ocean Miley Cyrus … Continue reading
Memory believes before knowing remembers
In 1977, at just about this time in August, I hopped on a plane to London. (Elvis had just died.) It was going to be the fabled Junior Year Abroad, … Continue reading
Choosing The Right Distributor: Smashwords vs Draft2Digital
Here’s a very detailed and practical comparison of the two main indie distributors.
Video games: the new literature?
When a scholar asks, “Are video games literature?” — you know you’re being drawn into a trap. But in a recent guest post at Interesting Literature, Alistair Brown, of … Continue reading
A great big book list (n = 623)
Not sure how useful a list of 623 books (ranked in some impenetrably complex way) will be, but you might enjoy scrolling through it just to see how many of … Continue reading
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