Too many thank yous …
I’m usually in a cranky mood when I’m querying agents, and when that coincides with the collapse of our civilization, like these days, you can imagine the mood I’m in … Continue reading →
Hurricaned
Here’s a shoutout to friend-of-the-blog, John Howell, whose home in Port Aransas, Texas, has been getting pummeled by Hurricane Harvey for the past 24 hours. John and family have made … Continue reading →
Sure gonna miss W. P. Kinsella
Woke up this morning to learn that one of my literary heroes has died. W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe, most famously, but a consistent and always entertaining writer … Continue reading →
More What The Hell gift ideas
You know you have to have an Edgar Allen Poe lunchbox. I offer this as a prompt to find a way to get someone to give you an Edgar Allen … Continue reading →
The flamethrowers: feminism and literature
“Countless decisions I’ve made about what to write and how to write it have been in acquiescence to the opinions of the white male literati.” — Claire Vaye Watkins Have … Continue reading →
Bulletin bulletin bulletin
Just an alert to regular readers here that I’m preparing one of my sporadic newsletters for delivery later this week. If you aren’t already a subscriber — and I know … Continue reading →
With a little help from our “friends”: Amazon is deleting some reviews
Here we go again — Amazon getting all Stasi on us. This just came into my radar range yesterday, when a Goodreads author posted a petition (below) complaining that Amazon … Continue reading →
Never give a Finch
I won’t be reading Harper Lee’s, Go Set A Watchman. Why? Because “Atticus Finch” is gone. Atticus Finch, sans quotation marks, survives in the new novel as a KKK-sampling elderly … Continue reading →
Co-writing a novel: two’s a crowd
A couple of dudes wrote a novel together and think you should too! Gavin Kovite & Christopher Robinson are the author of War of the Encyclopaedists (Scribner). It’s a collaborative … Continue reading →
Cover reveal: Harper Lee’s new novel
Have you seen it yet? The cover to Harper Lee’s new novel, Go Set A Watchman? Well, there it is if you haven’t ☝︎. I kind of like it, as … Continue reading →