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Kelly Spitzer is hosting a discussion of rejection slips, critiques, general loves/hates of the publishing process. It’s so cool to see how these discussions are opening up the process for everyone, allowing authors to peek out of their isolation and editors to drop the editorial mask a bit. First round goes to the authors; the [...]
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Calling all stalkers! Ha ha, just kidding. Seriously, you can use Booktour.com to find where YOUR favorite authors are appearing on tour. Or, you can enter your zipcode and find out who is appearing in your area in the near future. You can even request an author appearance should you be so bold. For example, [...]
Filed under: authors, books, charlottesville, lectures, reading, technology, virginia | Tagged: author appearances, book tours, Booktour.com, Lisa Solod Warren, New Dominion Bookshop | 4 Comments »
A little something to tide us over until The Silver Swan crosses the Atlantic: The New York Times Magazine just started a new serial, The Lemur by Benjamin Black, otherwise known as John Banville. (Via The Elegant Variation)
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I was tickled to death (literally! –I speak to you from the grave) to get a comment from Homer “October Sky” Hickam here at Cville Words. I clicked over to his site to learn more about his new novel, Red Helmet, and was very impressed — here is an author’s site indeed. All of his [...]
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