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    The eReaders Cometh

    JANUARY 3, 2011 3:42PM

    By Eric Stoveken


    Topics: writing, publishing, ebooks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 11535 Views
    • 70 Comments
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    "Would You Believe Me Anyway?" James Frey's Second Act

    FEBRUARY 26, 2010 9:51AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: james frey, publishing, psuedonym, pittacus lore, fiction, memoir, oprah winfrey, a million little pieces, john twelve hawks

    • 10 Ratings
    • 10638 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Pale Kings: Thomas Pynchon On David Foster Wallace

    APRIL 5, 2011 9:01AM

    By Robert Brenner


    Topics: the crying of lot 49, brief interviews with hideous men, v., infinite jest, gravity's rainbow, the pale king, david foster wallace, thomas pynchon, books, publishing, the broom of the system, axl rose, chinese democracy, against the day, mason & dixon, everything and more, a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again, jonathan franzen, oprah, the corrections, inherent vice, consider the lobster, oblivion, nixon, watergate, vietnam, reagan, thatcher, john mccain

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 9116 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    An Interview with James Dean Biographer Val Holley

    MAY 31, 2010 11:01PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: news, books, publishing, author, writing, biography, lgbt, 25th street confidential, ogden utah, mike connolly and the manly art of hollywood gossip, mike connolly, gay hollywood, r.i.p. dennis hopper, marilyn monroe 84th birthday, actors studio, giant, rebel without a cause, east of eden, james dean sexuality, james dean: the biography, james dean, val holley

    • 39 Ratings
    • 5552 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Dear Ann Nichols, Thank you for your recent submission....

    MAY 23, 2011 9:09AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: rejection, writing, garrets, quill pens, ravens, publishing, not publishing

    • 1 Ratings
    • 5206 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Much Anticipated Book My Dad Is My Hero is Here!

    APRIL 2, 2009 7:20PM

    By Lawrence D. Elliott


    Topics: riverside, orange, los angeles, san gabriel valley, inland empire, real estate, realtor, best selling, author, southern california, california, ontario, san bernardino, susan reynolds, adams media, chicken soup for the soul, books, south, segregation, louisiana, descrimination, racial, prejudice, grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers, fathers, writing and editing, publishing, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 5009 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Straight Pride at my son's High School

    NOVEMBER 15, 2010 10:12AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: gay/lesbian, publishers, novels, novelist, writers, books, literary, publishing, writing, free speech, high school, gay, straight pride

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 4754 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    10 Observations from Perusing 1950s Issues of Playboy

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 2:24PM

    By Kathy Peacock


    Topics: humor, 1950s, magazines, publishing, playboy, hugh hefner

    • 35 Ratings
    • 4437 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Why Can't You Just Get Published?

    DECEMBER 12, 2008 11:31AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: talent, timing, luck, advice, rejection, publishing, writers, writing, open salon, editors

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 4410 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    One Magazine's S.O.S. Plea to Readers

    MAY 15, 2009 5:13PM

    By Somyr Perry


    Topics: readers get a chance to show their love, sos to readers, hard economic times for publishing, publishing, paste, magazines

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 4309 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    A Big, Fat "F" for Publishing

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 1:17PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: publishing, our virginia: past and present, joy masoff, sons of confederate veterans, black confederates

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4202 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Sony seems to have out-designed the Kindle

    AUGUST 26, 2009 1:06AM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: ebooks, kindle, sony, daily edition, books, publishing

    • 13 Ratings
    • 4198 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Freedom to Hear

    MAY 21, 2009 11:49AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: rights of felons, speech, politics, rights, constitution, freedom to hear, right to hear, freedom to listen, right to listen, free speech, freedom of speech, spam, censor, censorship, telemarketing, protest, civil disobedience, democracy, democratic society, information exchange, golden rule, publishing, obama, notre dame, infringed, murderer, right to publish, publication rights, right to write, right to author, dumbing down, least common denominator, coercion, oppression, oppressive, controlling, noise

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 4090 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    On Not Being A Child Prodigy

    MAY 29, 2009 1:33PM

    By Floyd Elliot


    Topics: writing, comedy, fiction, novel, publishing, middle age, angst

    • 3 Ratings
    • 3737 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Break the Walls Down: Chris Jericho Speaks

    JUNE 15, 2010 10:10AM

    By Bob Calhoun


    Topics: chris jericho, downfall, jason pinter, wwe, world wrestling entertainment, fozzy, macgruber, iron man, publishing, heavy metal

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3727 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    How I STOPPED living on the edge

    FEBRUARY 1, 2012 5:27AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: blogs, cary tennis, travel, teaching, jet, teaching fellows, nyc, life stories, publishing, writers and writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3717 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    It's All About the Money: The Shrinking Horror Niche

    MAY 17, 2012 2:40PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, novice writers, older writers, print publishing, online publishing, e-books, publishing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3481 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Turn Your Blog Into a Book

    AUGUST 14, 2008 10:05AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, blooks, publishing, blogs, blogging

    • 4 Ratings
    • 3477 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Truth about Publishing Your Novel

    MARCH 8, 2011 2:29PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: getting published, writing, publishing, business, fiction

    • 12 Ratings
    • 3403 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    How Feng Shui Almost Killed My Career—and My Cat

    MARCH 10, 2012 11:40PM

    By Annie Keeghan


    Topics: publishing, pets, good luck, feng shui, humor, animals

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