The investigation into the murder of reclusive author Allen Chappelow continues to get more and more strange. Now, we learn that his body might have “lain beneath a mountain of debris in his ramshackle mansion for weeks before being discovered by police.”
It’s a very sad and bizarre tale.
I’ve been meaning to mention this wonderful post about Lee K. Abbott over at the Emerging Writers Network. During a time of year when we typically hear about this celebrity tell-all or that detective thriller as being the must-read books for summer, Abbott’s All Things, All at Once: New and Selected Stories provides a quality alternative for the literary […]
I read this article early today and was perplexed as to how an editor allowed it to be published. But, I didn’t comment on my confusion since it was admittedly early in the morning and I had not yet partaken in my usual intravenous injection of Mt. Dew yet. But now, after the benefits of a full day of […]
The Montgomery Advertiser features an interview with Ace Atkins. One of the most intriguing aspects of this interview centes on his decision to leave behind a book deal in order to persue his new novel, White Shadow.
Q. How hard was it to turn down the multi-book deal you’d been offered if you continued the Nick […]
The Book Standard is reporting that Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is joining the ever-increasing list of celebrity authors. A number of other outlets also picked up this report. She plans to pen an erotic novel because, “They offered a huge deal and I like the idea of seeing my book on a shelf,” Longoria said.
I’m sure […]
CNN must have just hired a Literature PhD candidate to bolster their travel coverage. Earlier this week, they featured articles on traveling to Robert E. Howard’s Cross Plains, TX and Ernest Hemingway’s Ketchum, ID.
Today, CNN’s fellow travelers turn their attention to Walt Whitman’s Camden, NY. “A tour offered this summer called ‘Walt Whitman & His Invincible City’ celebrates the […]
The movies get it all wrong. You don’t just spew out some Latin, crank up Judas Priest, draw a pentagram on your notebook during study hall, and summon the devil. As serious necromancers know, conjuring a demon is a grim business, full of risk and threat. And it’s far from being an exact science. The denziens of the netherworld […]
I intended to mention earlier in the week that Pat Walsh, former editor at MacAdam/Cage and author of the best damn book on getting published period, is the guest blogger at Powell’s. Walsh’s most recent book is How to Win the World Series of Poker (Or Not) but he put down the playing cards and […]
Ed got the drop on me. I’m busted. He wilted under the harsh spotlights, billy clubs, and genitally-placed electrodes of John Freeman’s Amazon link expose and he ratted us all out. Now, the grifters of the Lit Blog Cartel are all on the run, hiding in the shadows and safe houses of the book world. Trust me, the […]
Steve Yarbrough, author of The Oxygen Man, Mississippi History: Stories, and others returns to Square Books in Oxford, MS today to sign his new novel. The End of California focuses on Pete Barrington, a successful physician who flees California and returns to the small Delta town where he grew up. Whatever the plot, you just […]