jason boog reports Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Nov 14 2008 05:38:59
jason boog formerly of the excellent thepublish ingspot.co m recently joined mediabistros bookfocused galleycat blog as an editor. hes been posting great stuff on the site bringing a nice mix of words and video to the reporting mix. in the above video he interviews melissa febos a writer who curates along rebecca keith the mixer reading series at cake shop ....... [Show More]
we have bookshelves throughout our house. and there are books on tabletops on the corner of the couch and beside the cereal boxes. but our favorite books typically end up in the living room on the shelves on either side of the fireplace.
on my side the shelf on the left are severely dogeared paperback editions of african american literature steel mill poetry and various boo...... [Show More]
felicia sullivan the senior online marketing manager at harpercollins is leaving todayjoining the civilian world to work on a film adaptation of her memoir the sky isnt visible from here.
sullivan once confessed to writing her memoir on the clock at another dayjob but she wont have to juggle anymore. in her exit interview with galleycat the founder of small spiral n...... [Show More]
taking a rest Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Sep 11 2008 14:23:52
the publishing spot is taking an indefinite vacation. while i wont be posting here for awhile i just started blogging for the good folks at galleycat . and as always my personal site is loaded with content. stop by both places and say hello its been three years of nonstop content and i just want to say thank you to everyone who kept this little writing community going. until...... [Show More]
out of the millions of book blogs and writinghelp websites you have to dig pretty deep to find practical advice. luckily joshua henkin author of matrimony is once again guest blogging on mark sarvass site . tune in every day for his straightahead thoughts im always reminding my students to vary their cadences that too much repetition is numbing. theyll give me ...... [Show More]
what music do you listen to when you write like i said yesterday im guestblogging over at the music site gimme tinnitus and id love to include some of your favorite songs. drop me a line about your favorite writing music. in the meantime check out these music themed writing goodies up top i included a web video i made of peacocks penny arcade a rock band staffed b...... [Show More]
thats a video of thriller novelist jason pinter reading from his new book the stolen . pinter has three suspenseful novels under his belt following the hardboiled adventures his fictional journalist henry parker. today for the conclusion of his exclusive visit to the publishing spot he explains how to write crackling dialogueone of the toughest tasks facing any thriller write...... [Show More]
elizabeth bear keeps busy .
an incomplete biased guide to this great pissbeer nation .
roger eberts review of man on wire .
brooklyn to hollywood thats some subway ride .
thepublish ingspot.co m interviews the gargoyle author andrew davidson .
joshspear.com on something bad is going to happen here .
literacy debate online r u really reading ...... [Show More]
in fourth grade my class took a train ride to new york city. we were going to see the statue of liberty but my goal was to get lost from the group. you did this too right trying to lose the group and then see if you can find them again
i was sitting on the train with the girls who planned to get lost with me. mrs. bryson who always sat close to me was waiting to stop the fun. the mom...... [Show More]
some interesting things have happened since the last know more media review . lets take a look at whats been buzzing around the network. webmetricsguru has written a several insightful articles about google recently one discussing the end of googles age of innocence and another examining reputation
as it relates to googles recent implementation of trust r...... [Show More]
this week on blog chalk talk well talk about how to use your existing blog content to save some time and get more traffic. todays expert blogging tip is comes from easton ellsworth know more media edior and author of businessblogwire. using previous content to generate more traffic to your blog and save yourself some time really is not all that hard to do. heres how to do it...... [Show More]
i first heard about blogs last summer after the word boo kslut822 1 caused me to break out in a foul rash . i have sensitive skin. i have sensitive ears. the doctors prescribed the toughest emollient but it wasnt enough. so i was forced to start stabbing myself with a plastic fork. it was a surprise to me when i couldnt draw blood. after all the words had hurt me. ...... [Show More]
tonight ep in brooklyn 7 p.m. at the barnes noble on court street. more info here . a new crop of ep interviews a who walk in brooklyn about narrative constraints in personal days i was going to say yes but then i thought what is freedom a the publishing spot in five bite size pieces a mediabistro subscriptio...... [Show More]
violet blues article on chuck palahniuk and his new book snuff .
the web time forgot .
madlib political ads .
author donald ray pollock on the pros and cons of the mfa experience .
this very nice writeup on 52 projects at five non blondes 5 cities. 5 designers. 1 goal....... [Show More]
roundup Post Source: www.edrants.com Posted: Jun 18 2008 05:09:54
in college i had a friend named kurt. a lot of people know someone like kurt in college. in fact an old college buddy named kurt is always a good excuse to avoid talking about a book . so lets talk about kurt. because i love kurt more than this book. and my therapist insists that talking about kurt instead of a book is fair game. particularly because it prevents me from another nigh...... [Show More]
today i was digging for some info on advertising magazines and came across the following section
so lets say hypothetically you followed journalist christopher hitchens advice and quit your dayjob. now what most freelancers dont like to talk about it but you can write for moneyfor advertising corporate copy or advertisin gmagazine s that have inf...... [Show More]
sarah hall Post Source: www.edrants.com Posted: Jun 16 2008 17:57:41
my lengthy essay on sarah hall appears in todays bn review . if you havent yet read halls daughters of the north known as the carhullan army in the uk youre missing out on a fantastic dystopian novel that won the 2007 james tiptree jr. award . for more sarah hall you can also listen to this nearly 70 minute conversation at the bat segundo ...... [Show More]
jason boog at the publishing spot showcases writer delaune michel in the video above in which she discusses how reading her writing out loud impacts her voice as a writer. michels second novel the safety of secrets just came out at the end of may. you can read more about the new book as well as her insights about the craft of writing in her five easy questions feature at thepub...... [Show More]
im so insanely happy and i kept wishing you couldve been there but you know here we are in vegas and zane was on this crazy nonstop winning roll and there was the chapel and it was like i looked at zane and said so what are we waiting for and then there we were at the altar and read that outloud a couple times. it sounds like real life cellph...... [Show More]
zane. whenever i hear the name of patricias boyfriend of six months i imagine some woman in a lonely rural town stuck with dusty old videos of shane and zorro to get her through her pregnancy then in the delirium of her labor naming her child zane in deference to them. in reality he was probably named jim. thats a witty moment from delaun ...... [Show More]
i saved the sneakiest writing advice for last for our writing with a dayjob week. when all else fails just write your book at work... just to recap over the last week ive brought you advice from working writers about dayjobs including how to love your dayjob and brian francis slattery s dayjob juggling and 50yearold dayjob advice and dayjob therapy . today i39...... [Show More]
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