Linda’s Blog
Saunders wins the prize. Yay! And more publishing news.
George Saunders won the 2013 Story prize for his collection Tenth of December.
Book Mash Up—original ideas?
Did you ever read someone else’s words in a book, and think, aw, man. I wrote something almost like that in my manuscript last month?
Closing out 2013 with some good reads
VISITATION STREET The hype did not hold up
NIGHT ON FIRE Love this character and super thrilled for author’s new success
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS great bookclub pick- never would have selected,
Reading while flying
On November 1, a new FAA regulation went into effect that allows passengers to keep their personal electronic devices on when cabin doors are closed and the plane is under 10,000 feet.
Ahoy Mateys!
Maybe you’ve been keeping up on the whole e-book piracy deal, and this is old news to you- or maybe you have been living under a rock and had no idea there was an ebook price fixing trial going on–
Let’s talk about books. And how you read them.
Mark Coker recently wrote a wonderful piece for The Huffington Post called:
21 Book Publishing Predictions for 2013: Indie Ebook Authors Take Charge
Awesome Writing Advice
From Jeffrey Eugenides
read it here, and read it all, but make sure you
Skip down to the paragraph that starts,