It’s 8:30 AM on a Wednesday and I am listening to Karin Slaughter talk about writing. Slaughter—a Jodie Foster-type, Southern, with short, dusty blonde hair—is the keynote speaker at BEA’s Writers Conference and she is quite chipper at this ungodly hour. She has reason to be—she’s one of the few writers who actually sells books.
You see, [...]
Archive for June 8th, 2009
8 Jun
Greetings from Book Expo America Part II: Publishing is Doomed
8 Jun
Against Insular Arrogance
I was at an Improv show the other day (in fact, it was referred to in the Anchoring Symposium) and the host asked audience members for a word, any word in order to get the guest monologist (a comedian) started on her monologue. One man responded with analrapist, an Arrested Development reference. In context, this [...]
8 Jun
“Brain Dead and Made of Money”
2009 has been quite the banner year for fans of the jam, with the Dead and Phish each touring for the first time in five years (although the issue of whether the Dead are a “jam band” is, admittedly, debatable at best). Even dilettante fans have Dave Matthews Band back.
Phish performed three shows last week [...]
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