Posted on January 19, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
With all the bloggity-blog lately about rejections, it’s starting to sound like writing is an endeavor where never is heard an encouraging word. Maybe editors should take a tip from this “Dear Customer” letter from VisiBone, a company “dedicated to visualization technology for web designers, online and in print.” I’m not a web designer myself, [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Last night at New Dominion, James Collins was asked who his literary influences were. He mentioned several British authors, including E. M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, and Anthony Trollope, but said with some puzzlement that the author he’s most compared to is…Jane Austen. Lo and behold, this morning’s daily email from Very Short List is about [...]
Filed under: authors, books, charlottesville, reading, virginia | Tagged: Anthony Trollope, Beginner's Greek, E. M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, James Collins, Jane Austen, Very Short List, VSL | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 16, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
New local blog discovery via cvilleblogs.com: Daily Film Recommendation. The title says it all — one recommended film per day. So who is the blogger behind Daily Film Rec? He reveals that he’s in his 20s. He has eclectic tastes. He likes movies! Could be…lots of people. I will be on the lookout for more [...]
Filed under: blogging, charlottesville, movies, virginia, writing | Tagged: C-Ville Weekly, Cville Blogs, Cville Working Moms, Daily Film Recommendation, Family Hack, Fatuous Observations, One Star Watt | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
James Collins, author of Beginner’s Greek, gave a reading at New Dominion Bookshop this evening. He and Carol Troxell, the owner of New Dominion, graciously allowed me to record the presentation for a future podcast. Sean Tubbs of Charlottesville Podcasting Network helped me set up and gave me lots of encouragement. In fact, Sean and [...]
Filed under: authors, books, charlottesville, lectures, reading, virginia | Tagged: author readings, Beginner's Greek, book excerpts, Carol Troxell, Charlottesville Podcasting Network, David Reynaud, James Collins, New Dominion Bookshop, Sean Tubbs | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
The editors talk back at kellyspitzer.com. The executive summary: Editors don’t get any joy out of rejecting stories. They’d personalize the process if they could. A tiny percentage of authors are so exasperating and rude that they turn editors off providing any feedback at all. If your story was close, they’ll say so. If it’s [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
I think I may have mentioned before that I love, love, luuuuuuv libraries. I think of a book I want to read, I look it up in the online catalog, click, click, click, I place the book on hold, *ping* an email arrives in my inbox and the book is there at the library waiting [...]
Filed under: authors, books, charlottesville, libraries, reading, virginia | Tagged: Bill Hayes, Crazy for God, Frank Schaeffer, Her Last Death, J-MRL, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Life Class, Pat Barker, Susanna Sonnenberg, The Anatomist | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
The Readerville site has been revamped with a new front page called Readerville Journal with newsier, fresher content. You don’t have to be a member to view the front. If you want to join in the discussion forums, a monthly contribution is strongly encouraged. Elders might remember a short-lived paper-and-ink magazine called The Readerville Journal, [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Don’t know if you can follow this link, but Netflix has lifted the limits on how many movies you can “watch instantly” from their site. Mr. Glass and I never came close to hitting our previous limit (we’re uber-subscribers) but now we don’t have to worry about it. The streaming videos are a good way [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
If I had ever shared a stage with William Shatner, believe me, that would be the first thing you would know about me. Mark at TEV is very cool about it, relaying his anecdote merely to introduce a new Star Trek-related book. I was a big Star Trek nut in my high school days. Every [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
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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Posted on January 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
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 »
Posted on January 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
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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Posted on January 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
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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Posted on January 11, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Sean Tubbs of Charlottesville Podcasting Network comments: One way for Charlottesville to become more a literary town would be to record as many readings as possible. I would gladly lend out recording equipment to people who wanted to record events at New Dominion, or at other readings. That would give others who can’t attend the [...]
Filed under: authors, books, charlottesville, lectures, podcasts, reading, virginia | Tagged: Beginner's Greek, Charlottesville Podcasting Network, James Collins, New Dominion Bookshop, Sean Tubbs | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 11, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
New podcast at CPN: Coy Barefoot interviews Nancy Damon for a preview of this year’s Festival of the Book. Nancy announces that Homer Hickam (Rocket Boys) and Adriana Trigiani (Big Stone Gap) will be at this year’s festival, but I don’t see them on the schedule yet. I do see that the Buzz Your Book [...]
Filed under: authors, books, charlottesville, podcasts, reading, virginia | Tagged: Adriana Trigiani, Charlottesville Podcasting Network, Coy Barefoot, CPN, Homer Hickam, M. J. Rose, Nancy Damon, Virginia Festival of the Book | 2 Comments »
