books
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In April I received an email: “…you have been awarded a scholarship to the Historical Narrative workshop led by faculty member Charles Strozier which begins on Sunday, June 27 and ends on Saturday, July 3.” Out of the workshops offered, this was the best choice for a ridiculously full schedule this summer and it was a great experience.…
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Attended the LA Times Festival of Books over the weekend. As usual, it was a mixed bag. There are panels and individuals that are insufferably pretentious. Fortunately, I avoided most. The panels I went to on Saturday and Sunday had both intelligence and humor. This time, I had friends on panels which added a lot…
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Nathan Bransford at Curtis Brown blogs about ‘gap’ books. His key is books most people have read, so bear that in mind. What are yours? He’s right about the recut trailers. A feel-good Shining. Good exercise to think of your story in a new way, too. And if you need a reality check, The Rejectionist…
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Happy Friday! Something to think about over the weekend: Dialog is people saying no to each other in interesting ways. It is about people talking, but can often be about people not communicating (thanks to Rob Roberge) The Book Publicity Blog makes the case for authors not approaching show producers on their own. Pamela Dorman…
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Neil Gaiman’s library to be specific. Still trying to distract myself from the Chargers depressing loss to the Jets (heavy sigh). Variety of book reviews. I was most interested in Joshua Ferris’ The Unnamed. I am less interested after looking through the reviews, though most are giving him props for taking a risk.
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Great new post by Seth Fischer up at The Rumpus about the slush pile. He also links to this hilarious post on the DABDA of publishing.
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Continuing with our library theme…. Some of us tried to do this as kids. Now you really can. Well, if you have a spare $2,495,000, you can. Perhaps it’s time to buy that lottery ticket. I find I have mixed feelings about this. Mostly, I’m sad that this is no longer an actual library.
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For awhile now, there’s been a murmuring in the background about onsite printing presses. Imagine walking into your local bookstore , ordering your book and it’s printed up for you on the spot. Harvard’s trying it. As is the Northshire Bookstore in Vermont. Now, rare books will become more readily available thanks to the Espresso Book Machine.
Diane Sherlock 
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