“If you start with a bang, you won’t end with a whimper.” T.S. Eliot
Works of Fiction by Grant Snider
Check out Grant Snider’s website.
Ira Glass on Storytelling
A great all-type video: Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
Word Book Night
Want to share a great book? Volunteer to be a Book Giver on World Book Night. Find out how at: www.us.worldbooknight.org
Thursday Quote: Edna Ferber
“Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.” Edna Ferber
A Great Looking Read: Book Cover Re-Vamps
Have you ever thought ‘Wow! This book was amazing, but the cover is just awful’? Well, you can toss mom’s advice to ‘not judge a book by its cover’ right out the window, and check out Matt Roeser’s New Cover project.…
Thursday Quote: Sinclair Lewis
“It is impossible to discourage the real writers – they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write.” Sinclair Lewis
Thursday quote: Flannery O’Connor
Today we’re starting a new thursday tradition. Bringing you a inspirational or book/ witing / reading related quote. Enjoy! “The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it.” Flannery O’Connor
TU Article: Many authors find self-publishing works just fine
In changed book world, many authors find self-publishing works just fine By Elizabeth Floyd Mair Special to the Times Union More and more established writers who have previously worked with traditional publishing houses have begun to turn, whether by choice…
Borders R.I.P.
The death knell sounds for Borders today. Read the article from the Wall Street Journal, and reported in this morning’s Shelf Awareness. — Once upon a time, there was a lovely chain of independent bookstores based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.…