How to share your writing with others
Writing is wonderful, sharing it with other folks is the hard part. If you’re chugging along through NaNoWriMo this month or just working on a novel draft, getting some insights… Read more »
Harry Potter volunteered as a fact-checker for The New Yorker
Daniel Radcliffe has done a lot of strange things for his career. … Read more »
Is Alec Baldwin unhappy with his publisher?
It seems that actor, comedian, and now author Alec Baldwin isn’t completely happy with his editors at HarperCollins. At least that’s what Publishers Lunch reported yesterday, linking to the inaugural… Read more »
The Making of The Making of Donald Trump
Publishing books can be a very slow process. Imagine the labor of researching and writing a book, a few rounds of editing, and up to ten months of production, then pepper in… Read more »
The latest frontline in the war for the Democratic presidential nomination: blurbs
The 2016 presidential campaign has already wandered into some unusual realms—shoes, watches, hats—so perhaps it’s no surprise that even something as generally innocuous as a blurb has become a source… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Would Robert Giroux Publish the 300 Sandwiches book?
Topics discussed: the Giroux Index, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Beatles, the U.S.S.R., being back in the U.S.S.R., being from the U.S.S.R., the time Alex called Mark a communist agent,… Read more »
Editor Drenka Willen wins new international literature prize
These past few years have been good ones for awards honoring international literature: prizes have mutated in and out of sponsorships fairly successfully, gained traction and publicity, honored translations and… Read more »
On editing and being edited
The role, duties, responsibilities, sins, virtues, and other attendant qualities… Read more »