The great Bookninja collects a trio of articles about signing books. Getting books signed is a strange phenomenon. As an aspiring author, I think writers should be willing to sign damn near anything. Selling books is a tough gig and if someone wants me to sign a copy of Cat Fancy from 1982, then I’ll do [...]
Archive | April, 2008
Ian Flemming Letters Auctioned
Posted on 11 April 2008.
Here’s a cool article about some letters from Ian Flemming to his secretary (described as his Miss Moneypenny) Jean Frampton. The letters brought more than 14 thousand pounds and since it’s Friday and I’m exhausted, I’m not going to check the currency converter to see what that figure is in American dollars. This are cool relics for [...]
Atkins to Sign New Novel
Posted on 10 April 2008.
The life of Ace Atkins would make for an interesting book in-and-of-itself. He played football for Auburn and then worked the crime beat for The Tampa Tribune. During his time at the paper, he was nominated for a Pulitzer prize for the work he did on a series of articles about a long-forgotten murder of a [...]
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Jacobs to Get Healthy
Posted on 09 April 2008.
Publishers Marketplace had the news that bestselling author A.J. Jacobs has signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster for two new works. First up is The Healthiest Human Being in the World, where Jacobs visit doctors, nutritionists, DNA folks, and every kind of other health professional whil also “dissecting the meaning of the word ‘healthiest.’” I spoke [...]
A Couple of Good Reads
Posted on 09 April 2008.
During my days of sorting through cardboard and wrapping paper, I did manage to come across a couple of interesting articles. First, Jeff Coplon writes a massive, sprawling eulogy for the New York Knicks in New York Magazine. Entitled Absolutely, Positively the Worst Team in the History of Professional Sports, Coplon methodically recounts the ridiculous [...]
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Boxes, Boxes, and More Boxes
Posted on 09 April 2008.
Sorry for the slowdown of posting recently. Over the last week, I uprooted the Slushpile library and moved. So now I’m digging out from all the boxes, desperately trying to figure out which shelf should house my old issues of Gordon Lish’s The Quarterly while also scrounging around for a plate and some dining utensils. [...]
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The Role of Luck
Posted on 03 April 2008.
J.A. Konrath wrote an interesting post on the role luck plays in terms of the money you get for writing. He also provided some helpful instructions for how you can swing things in your favor financially. “There is no arbitrary power controlling fairness in the universe, making sure everyone gets their due,” Konrath writes. “There [...]
Bondurant Novel to Hit the Big Screen
Posted on 03 April 2008.
You may recall my interview with author Matt Bondurant in July of 2005. Making the rounds in support of his debut novel, The Third Translation, Bondurant discussed wearing colonial garb at Mt. Vernon, the process of getting an agent, and having a novel compared to The Da Vinci Code. It should also be noted that Bondurant’s [...]
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