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I made my feelings about writing books years ago. So I tend to ignore most of the industry news about how-to-write and how-to-get-published books. But in yesterday’s Publishers Marketplace there was a tidbit that gave me a sense of deja vu all over again. Here’s the news item that caught my attention, from Monday, June [...]

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I love sports. And I love books. And I’m fascinated by coaches. So I should love sports books by coaches, right? But I just don’t. Today’s yawner came with the news that New York Jets head football coach Rex Ryan is set to write a “nontraditional autobiography” that will be published by Doubleday next year. [...]

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As most longtime readers of Slushpile.net know, what little time in my life that isn’t absorbed in the pages of books is devoted to guitars. So I’m happy to say that I’ve placed a few articles in Premier Guitar. In the current issue, I’ve got a bit about joining a band when you have to [...]

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The fine folks at The Oxford American are sponsoring an event they’re calling “The Most Southern Weekend on Earth.” I’m sure that might be a debatable claim, but nonetheless, there are some cool literary events scheduled as part of the July 9-10 festivities in Clarksdale, MS. On Saturday, the magazine’s editor Marc Smirnoff will interview [...]

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Bestselling author, former chef, and current television personality Anthony Bourdain gave an interview to The Seattle Times in promotion of his new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. It’s a short but entertaining piece. But the real highlight comes when the interviewer asks about the [...]

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Many aspiring authors cling to their manuscripts, afraid to show them to the world, out of fear that their ideas will be stolen. A post today on GalleyCat directly addresses this fear. There is a perception that “mammoth-sized Hollywood studios that are scowling through their slush piles concocting plans to steal hot ideas from struggling [...]

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In the middle of last week, I was re-organizing some book shelves (or, to be honest, vainly attempting to create some organization) and pulled a number of sports books down. On top of the pile was the 1997 book Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden with [...]

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The New Yorker released it’s list of the best (or most worth-watching or coolest or hippest or whatever criteria) writers under the age of 40. The list is in conjunction with the magazine’s special double-literature issue that will be released this coming Monday. Here’s the rundown of the names (along with ages) courtesty of The [...]

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Esteemed literary journal The Paris Review has launched a daily blog. In the introductory post, editor Lorin Stein writes, “Taking inspiration from the Review’s founding editor, George Plimpton, our mode will be participatory journalism, our beat the arts. We will write about what we love, not as critics, but as participants—as amateurs in the Plimptonian [...]

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Seems that bestselling vampire writer Anne Rice is selling her home (at least one of them, that is) in an effort to downsize. Although most readers probably associate Rice with New Orleans, this news article points out that she is selling a 9,000 square-foot pad in the desert near Palm Springs. Purchase the home, move [...]

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