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BBC NEWS | Magazine | JK Rowling, the new Roger Bannister If asked whether I suffer from the condition commonly known as JK Rowling Envy, I can't say no.
Like any other writer who is not JK Rowling, I can't say no because my teeth are so tightly gritted in a smile of good sportsmanship that tiny fragments of enamel are given off into the atmosphere, and if I opened my mouth any further a long howl of anguish would be released, tapering into a convulsive whimper, punctuated with deliriously mumbled statistics. 325 million copies. 65 languages. A thousand million dollars. A million billion roubles. Gazillion fantabulon megayen...
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Omgili - Why Write Erotica? Why write erotica? 1) It's fun. 2) It's interesting. 3) It connects with people, sex is the 2nd strongest human drive behind survival. 4) If you can write erotica you probably have the courage to tackle any other genre or topic under the sun or moon.
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How to Write a Query Letter | Writer's Resource Center Query letters are a much-debated practice in the writing community. The majority of writers swear by them, but others feel they are a waste of time. There are many successful writers who stick to sending completed manuscripts or informal, ultra-brief queries. This practice has especially grown in the age of email, where a less formal writing style has taken root. See Bob Sassone's article The Query Trap if you want to look further into that strategy.
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Don't ask me. I'm just the author. - Tiisme’s blog I'm working on my second novel right now. The first was written for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge held every November to write a novel of new material and at least 50,000 words, starting November 1st and submitting it by 11:59pm on November 30th. I managed 50,133 words in 24 days and, not surprisingly, it was a story of little depth. It was amusing and I was pleased with some of my descriptions and dialogue. It also got that first crappy novel out of the way and taught me the value of outlining, which I'd never done before. I think outlining was the key to finishing the novel, even though I had to veer off-outline several times in order to not contradict myself.
Publish America Ordered to Repay Author | Writer's Resource Center According to an article in The Frederick News-Post, Publish America, the self-proclaimed "nation's number one book publisher" was recently ordered to repay one of its author's for breach of contract. Phillip Dolan, the author of A Handsome Guy, won what he calls a "substantial settlement" through arbitration.
I've heard many complaints about Publish America. There are claims that they misrepresent themselves as a traditional publisher when in actuality they are a vanity press. There are claims that people get locked into onerous long-term contracts. There are claims that Publish America cheats authors out of their rightful royalties.
satire-by-sroka New satire, humor, comedy, sarcasm, weirdness and fun from the creator/writer of Digital Diarrhea, Unpublished Proceedings, the original World Famous Calendars and Short Stories, and the new crazy Berserk Briefs
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blog.myspace.com/timmyg4ever Right now is a veritable Golden Age for the world of literature. If you like reading, being alive right now is the equivalent of liking theater and being alive in Shakespeare-era London, or liking rock and roll and being alive in the 60's, or liking to be mauled by prehistoric predators and being alive in the stone-age. Why are we, right now, at the peak of our literary prowess as a civilization? One name:
J.K. Rowling.
Travel writer's body found on Chinese mountain - Independent Online Edition > Australasia One of Lonely Planet's most experienced travel writers, Clem Lindenmayer, has been found dead on a Chinese mountainside, three months after he was reported missing.
Mr Lindenmayer, 47, had set out to climb Mount Gongga, in a remote area of south-west China, telling his family that he expected to complete a circuit in six days. When they failed to hear from him, his relatives posted messages on travellers' websites. China's official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that villagers had found his body last Thursday.
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Harold Bloom, literary lion, loses his shit on Potter fans…again « raincoaster Some of those New York intellectual types can be rather tightly wound. Here, the OriginalUnoriginal reports as eminence grise Harold Bloom, the king of litcrit heavyweights, Sterling Professor for the Humanities at Yale University, and Berg Professor of English and American Literature at New York University, goes apeshit on some hapless Pottermaniacs.
“It’s crap! It’s fucking crap! It’s double fucking crap!” He ranted at the assembly of overtly nerdy adults and blank-faced children – many wearing faux dark-rimmed glasses and wizard hats – who seemed more perplexed by Bloom’s sub-references than intimidated by his harangue.
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Slate -> The Fray -> Ad Report Card Several years ago I joined eHarmony for 6 months and $150. I never received ONE match. After a few months with no matches, I suspiciously asked the friend who told me about it (who happens to be a devout Christian) if it was a Christian-based site, because I had responded "atheist" to the religion query on eHarmony's questionaire. She didn't know. Now I understand the lack of matches. eHarmony should disclose its Christian roots up front so atheists such as myself won't throw our money away.
Collected Miscellany I am still slogging through the Harry Potter tomes as fast as I can - four down two to go - but I just realized that there is going to be a problem with me trying to read the seventh book as soon as I get it.
Iran’s contemporary literature must be globalized, literati say The fourth gathering of the “Iran’s Contemporary Literature in the Global Perspective” sessions was held on Sunday at the Tehran Art and Cultural Complex.
Abbas Pejman and Fat’hollah Biniaz, who are both writers and critics, delivered lectures during the session in which they elaborated on the status of Persian literature.
Commenting on some countries’ efforts to globalize their literature, Biniaz said, “What countries like Turkey, South Korea, and China did in translating their literary works have helped introduce their literature across the globe. Even a country like China, which has monopolized Iran’s market, is interested in monopolizing Iran’s literary scene as well.
3:AM Magazine » Submissions Submissions are the lifeblood of 3:AM. We don’t pay our writers (theirs is a spiritual reward) but we have an editorial policy designed to encourage and facilitate new writing. Our preference is for fresh, innovative and irreverent writing. With the following caveats…
1. Familiarise yourself with 3:AM and look at what kind of writing we already carry. Can you envisage your article on here?
2. Articles submitted to 3:AM should be unpublished. If you are submitting work which has already appeared in print or online, please let us know beforehand.
3. Complete articles are preferred over story pitches.
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Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print A warm welcome to Read Print, your free online library. Our website offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. To find the book you desire to read, start by looking through the author index. If you need help with something, feel free to drop us a line.
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