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Hey… it’s the gang from Jamie Ford’s blog

September 25, 2007

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Thanks for stopping by. Jamie was kind enough to link back to me, so I figured I should be kind enough to [...]

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Welcome everyone from Dave White’s place

September 14, 2007

There seems to be quite a few of you. Pull up a chair. Pop some corn. Subscribe to the feed, maybe.
And thanks for the link back, Dave!

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The top six blogs of writers you probably don’t know (or don’t know you know)

September 13, 2007

I’ve got deadlines out the yingyang this week so I’m a day late on this week’s SOTB. My apologies to the handful of people who wait with bated breath.
Now that that’s out of the way, here’s a double scoop of links… specifically, it’s a half-dozen blogs from writers you probably don’t know. That was rude… [...]

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Who said cheaters never prosper?

September 12, 2007

Because, apparently, they do.
From GalleyCat:
James Frey Sells Novel to HarperCollins“The press release went out just before 5:30: James Frey has sold a novel called BRIGHT SHINY MORNING to HarperCollins, with publisher Jonathan Burnham sealing the deal.”
I’m curious to see how the book-buying public responds when it’s released next summer. Will we remember Oprah? Will we [...]

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The sons of no one

September 4, 2007

God, what a mess, on the ladder of success, where you take one step and miss the whole first rung.”
The Replacements, from “Bastards of Young“
There’s an awesome discussion on tap over at Konrath’s blog about the definition of success. Konrath made a nice comparison using the parable of the ant and grasshopper.
“The grasshopper believed that [...]

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When Crime Hits Home

August 7, 2007

Saturday night, just a few minutes after midnight, my head popped off my pillow. I was awakened by the sound of my gas grill being dragged across my patio, a distinctive scrape because the tank doesn’t seat well on the grill frame so it falls off anytime it’s moved farther than a few feet.
Without [...]

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