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Writer/Concierge: More Adventures of a Non-Bestselling Author

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Writing From Home, Concierge, Working Mother, Writing Process, Mother, Writer's Life, Author, Home Office, Writer, Balancing Motherhood and Work, Multi-Tasking, Day Job, Books News
Wednesday Martin

The good news is that in addition to being an extremely non-bestselling author, I am also a concierge. The bad news is that I'm not very good at it.

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Malcolm Gladwell and the Case For Endless Self-Googling

David Quigg | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Outliers, The New Yorker, Book Reviews, What the Dog Saw, Essays, Writer, Steven Pinker, Gladwell, Tipping Point, Blink, Eigenvalue, Igon Value, Authors, Self-Googling, Algebra, New York Times, Malcolm Gladwell, Books, Books News, Google, Books News
David Quigg

I piled cringe upon cringe Friday -- first because I read Steven Pinker's vivisection of Malcolm Gladwell's new collection, second because of what I found when I Googled a flub Pinker wielded against Gladwell.

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Malcolm Gladwell's "What The Dog Saw": Great Writing, Suspect Science

The New York Times | STEVEN PINKER | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Outliers, Tipping Point, Book Reviews, Blink, Authors, Essays, Writer, Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw, Steven Pinker, Books, Gladwell, Books News

Fortunately for "What the Dog Saw," the essay format is a better showcase for Gladwell's talents, because the constraints of length and editors yield ...

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I'm Not Happy to Serve You: Authors and the New Publishing by Consensus

Wednesday Martin | Posted 10.31.2009 | Books

Read More: Wednesday Martin, Writing Process, Publishing, New Yorker, Publishing Industry, Writing, Bestseller, Writer, Alloy Entertainment, Publishing by Consensus, Stepmonster, Books News
Wednesday Martin

I didn't become a writer so that I could be a market researcher who tailors my thinking and writing to the interests of the people who made fun of me in high school.

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Talk to Me

Wednesday Martin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Jodi Picoult, Reading, Writer, Book Promoting, Author, Writers, Book Promotion, Jon Stewart, Writing, Authors, Oprah, Books, Readers, Philip Roth, Books News
Wednesday Martin

Selling a book, to me at least, feels an awful lot like flirting, and also kind of hand-holding, and also like being in an very committed relationship with many, many people at once.

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Ex Libris/Expatriate

Erin Moore | Posted 10.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Writer, England, London, Books, London Books, Book Lovers, Writing, Ereaders, Books News
Erin Moore

An American editor living in London writes about the best places for book lovers abroad.

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Peg Mullen Dead, Author Of Unfriendly Fire

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Books

Read More: Peg Mullen Dead, Unfriendly Fire, Peg Mullen Dies, Writer, Books, Peg Mullen, Author, Vietname War, Memoir, Books News

LA PORTE CITY, Iowa — Peg Mullen, an author and former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find the truth about her son's death in V...

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Writer Liu Xiaobo Release from China Demanded By Congress

PEN American Center | Larry Siems | Posted 10.02.2009 | Books

Read More: Censorship, Liu Xiaobo, Writers, PEN America, Liu Xiaobo Release, Beijing Writer, Writer, PEN American Center, Books, Pen, Chinese Censorship, Books News

New York City, October 2, 2009--Calling yesterday's near-unanimous vote approving a Congressional resolution demanding the immediate release of critic...

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Dan Brown, Annoying Facebook Friend

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 09.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bestsellers, Tom Hanks, Stephen King, The Lost Symbol, Books, Dan Brown the Lost Symbol, Writer, Facebook, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Comedy News
Sarah Schmelling

Recent updates from the Facebook profile page of Dan Brown, author of The Lost Symbol.

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Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Florida, Author, Third World, Writer, Edwidge Danticat, Haitians, Malcolm Gladwell, Grid, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Third World Countries, MacArthur Genius Award, Edwidge-Dandicat-Memoir, Haitian-American, Aids, World News
Martha St Jean

"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

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Life As An Artist

Wallace Shawn | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Authors, Wallace Shawn, Writer, Artists, Playwright, Wally Shawn, New Yorkers, New York News
Wallace Shawn

I've always somewhat hated being "me" and only me. I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from other points of view.

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Why I'm Releasing My Novel on Twitter

Matt Stewart | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Scribd, Matthew Stewart, Tweet, Author, France, Writer, Twitter, Read, Bastille Day, Amazon, Novel, Social Media, Tech, Publishing, Release, Released, Kindle, Thefrenchrev, Publish, Ebook, Technology, Book, San Francisco, Matt Stewart, Media News
Matt Stewart

Tweeting my novel provides the ultimate in easy sampling and information triage before purchase, the equivalent of watching a clip of a TV show before deciding to order the season on Netflix.

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How could my friend and colleague undermine me?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Competition, Betrayal, Boundaries, Friends, Living News, Relationships, Envy, Author, Work, Writer, Undermine, Female, Reader Q & A, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Dear Irene, I'm an award-winning author with a friendship dilemma. A long time friend told one of my clients that my agent was basically a 'nobody' and that I'm 'just a ghost writer.' Should I confront her?

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The Dick and Dubya Show

Mike Papantonio | Posted 02.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Dubya, Chaos, Air America Radio, Wall Street, Torture, Beavis and Butthead, Mike Papantonio, Administration, Tv, Destruction, Writer, George W Bush, Ring of Fire, Dick Cheney, Right Wing Media, Right Wing, Golefttv, Right Wing Radio, Bush Administration, Media News
Mike Papantonio

An interesting narrative coming from the Right is that some day in the future historians are going to uncover presidential memoirs that will finally expose the true genius of the Cheney/Bush duo.

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Landslide Needed

Norman MacAfee | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Orator, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, New Deal, Andrew Jackson, Writer, Community Organizer, Civil War, Barack Obama, Diebold, Filibuster-Proof Senate, Fascism, James Baker, Legislator, Joseph Stiglitz, Richard Nixon, Katherine Harris, Abraham Lincoln, Constitutional Scholar, Lyndon Johnson, World War II, Green Energy, Great Depression, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

We need a landslide. If 80 percent of the population think the country is on the wrong track, why can't we have an election where 80 percent vote for Barack and 20 for McCain?

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A Tribute to Irish Writer Nuala O'Faolain

Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writer, Nuala O'Faolain, Literature, Jonathan Franzen, Irish Literature, Memoir, Ireland, Irish, Feminism, Entertainment News
Robyn Blumner

There are a number of modern authors whose facility with the written word and ability to plumb the human experience leave me in awe. But if you asked me whose work touched me most, it would be O'Faolain's.

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