OK, he's just a college student. But behold, for here is his argument for *why* his freshly dumped ex should edit TEN of his stories: "Through your inadequacy to fulfill me, I have realized my own egotism. I cannot thank you enough," and "I am currently vacationing in New York City, making it damn hard to edit," and a rather assuming ten ( Read more... )

Behold: The Big Lewboski in LOLcatese...

http://thebiglolbowski.blogspot.com/

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The booksite is slowly coming into formation, and due to this and work, I've sadly had little time to blog on here. FWR will offer five-days-a-week book coverage. But this is a personal blog...so, um, here's what I've been up to ( Read more... )

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'The bar keeps going higher,'' says Sara Nelson, editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. ''Well, you were a drug addict, but did you kill anybody? Well, you killed somebody, but did you do it with your bare hands? Well, ( Read more... )

Thanks, Marissa, for the link ( Read more... )

Inspiring and helpful stuff. If you're short on time, just watch #3:

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I love you, Michael Chabon.

I could adduce Kafka's formula: "A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul." I could go down to the cafe at the local mega-bookstore and take some wise words of Abelard or Koestler about the power of literature off a mug. But in the end -- here's my point -- it would still all boil down to ( Read more... )

Great profile in the Washington Post of a writer-couple finishing their books in a one-bedroom apartment. Why does this read like (good) porn to me ( Read more... )