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Monthly Archives: March 2011
I, Publisher
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a revolution taking place. No, I’m not talking about Egypt or Libya, I’m talking about publishing. Over a year ago, a meteor hit the publishing world in the shape of the Amazon Kindle. What it means is that writers no longer have to get on their knees every day and pray for a publishing deal. What it means is there are no more gatekeepers guarding entry to the rarified VIP lounge of literature. What …
The Girl with the Bomb Inside
School is shit, your hero killed himself and your girlfriend’s pregnant. Tony is 15 and he’s in trouble. It’s not that he secretly reads James Joyce and his schoolmates would kill him if they found out what a freak he was. It’s not that he’s trying to write his story and can’t find the right voice. It’s that his girlfriend, Janine, is pregnant, and in a couple of months everyone will know and his life will be over. So he’s …