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The Future of the Novel
Last night I went to a talk entitled "The Future of the Novel," featuring a professor, Shawn Shiflet (Columbia College, Chicago) and a successful student of his. (She has two novel coming out.) Basically, the question wa… -
Riveting WWII Story
A writer friend of mine, Lorna Collier, asked that I link to her interview with Kerri Fivecoat Campbell (who interviewed me last June). She wrote a book with a survivor of both Hitler and Stalin and it's got some grippin… -
The crunch approaches
I hadn't been home more than a couple days when it occurred to me that I have precious little time before my son's graduation this Sunday. I stupidly signed up for an AuthorFest on Saturday and I have a feeling I'm going… -
Books and more books
The dinner for the Society of Midland Authors went off without a hitch. I have to say the rubber-chicken dinner actually was really good. And for dessert—creme brulee (I don't know where to put all those accent marks). T… -
Talking to high school kids
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to give a series of talks to kids at a Southwest Side high school in Chicago. I was supposed to be talking about writing as a career, but the librarian kept changing this on me, and wante… -
Sixty books sold!
Things started off well today, with the Chicago Public Schools calling and letting me know that they wanted to buy books for my scheduled talks at a high school this month. After a little calculation, they said they want… -
Amazon throws down the gauntlet
According to Publishers Lunch, the Wall Street Journal and other sources, Amazon.com will no longer be selling print-on-demand (POD) books unless they are printed by Amazon's own company, BookSurge. I checked out my list… -
Amazon throws down the gauntlet
According to Publishers Lunch, the Wall Street Journal and other sources, Amazon.com will no longer be selling print-on-demand (POD) books unless they are printed by Amazon's own company, BookSurge. I checked out my list… -
Relapse
Geez, I take one lousy day to go out and do errands and then I'm flat on my back again. Someone told me they had this flu for one month, so maybe I should be taking it easy. I'm essentially over it, but the fatigue that'…
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