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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Dog story
In Slate, Jon Katz offers a tribute to Rose, his border collie. Nicely done. Technorati Tags: border collie
Posted in Dogs
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Should you promote an unpubbed novel?
Now there’s a question . . . I think the answer is “depends.” Depends on how you do it and what your expectations are. I stuck my toe in, today, with a little teaser on my bio page. Here it … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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Sorry, but corporations can’t “blog”
Via Booksquare comes the news that Penguin has a blog. Here it is. Okay. Far be it from me to suggest this is an original thought, although it’s only now I’ve articulated it to myself — I know there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, PR
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Okay, so I actually took my clubs out onto the course, yesterday . . .
And utterly humiliated myself. Nine holes, and I think I was on the fairway ONCE the entire time. Unless the tees count. Do the tees count as “being on the fairway”??? I had gotten to the point on the driving … Continue reading
Posted in Golf
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Editors’ noses knowses
POD-DY Mouth sponsored a contest this week: she posted excerpts from 24 novels. Some were from commercially published books; some were from POD books. The object of the contest was to figure out which was which. I tried it and … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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From Renaissance Lit to Neuroscience
Here’s a review of of The Creating Brain by Nancy C. Andreasen. She was a Renaissance Lit professor who went on to study neuroscience. How’s that for a sweet jump? The book is about the neuroscience of creativity. The reviewer, … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Writing
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“A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth
I have read “Anna Karenina” twice. The first time, however, was under the direction of an undergraduate Russian literature professor, so it might more accurately be characterized as having been taught “Anna Karenina” ;-) College was a long time ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books
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More long tail tales
While some journalists are busy lamenting the horrors of the Internet economy’s “long tail” effect on the arts, Lee Gomes, technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, asked today if Anderson’s data really adds up. The article is online here … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Writing
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Local ferry tale now in print
Larry Dickens, “novelist and mariner,” has published a memoir about Rochester’s fast ferry. Dickens served as first mate on the ferry, which former Rochester mayor Bill Johnson claimed would stimulate our economy somehow — I guess by luring rich Canadians … Continue reading
Posted in Rochester, New York
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It’s extreme, all right
Via Booksquare, Marc Porter Zasada has an article in the LA Times about “extreme copyright.” In extreme copyright, you try to push the limits of what intellectual property can be owned and controlled — or you try to penalize those … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Writing
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