Monthly Archives: July 2006

Dog story

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Kirsten

In Slate, Jon Katz offers a tribute to Rose, his border collie. Nicely done. Technorati Tags: border collie

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Should you promote an unpubbed novel?

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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Sorry, but corporations can’t “blog”

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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Okay, so I actually took my clubs out onto the course, yesterday . . .

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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Editors’ noses knowses

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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From Renaissance Lit to Neuroscience

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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“A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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More long tail tales

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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Local ferry tale now in print

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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It’s extreme, all right

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Kirsten

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 →

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