“Of course writing can be taught. This is not to say that you can teach anyone to be Faulkner. But you can’t teach anyone to be Thelonius Monk, and no one questions the value of piano lessons. You can’t teach anyone to be Andre Aggasi, yet no one questions (at least from a tennis-playing perspective) [...]
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Quote of the day
“I want to send everyone flowers; offer free backrubs; share a glass of better wine; and stretch out on the grass to stare up at the clouds, and then (after more wine) up at the stars.” — author J. Michael Walker on learning that his All the Saints of the City of the Angels is [...]
Headline of the day
From LAObserved: “Zell delivers ‘psychic bloodbath’ in DC bureau.“
**And the next day folo: (Bleep) you … including David Horsey’s Zell cartoon strip in the Seattle P.I.
Nobody says it better
Novelist Carolyn See fires off a note to the LA Times’ out-of-town owners.
So I hear you guys forced out Al Martinez. Good going! Too bad Jack Smith, Matt Weinstock and Art Seidenbaum aren’t alive so you can fire them too.
Why don’t you just cut to the chase, close down the paper and go [...]
Today’s quote
“We’re well-qualified nuts.” — LA author Jerry Pournelle, on why the Department of Homeland Security now enlists sci-fi writers in the war on terror.
Today’s quote
“Since Gutenberg first printed the Bible, critics have always said publishers don’t know what they’re doing. Just throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks is a crazy way to do business.” — Touchstone Books Publisher Mark Gompertz, telling the NYT why he’s gonna let the the public vote on upcoming book projects.
Today’s quote
“It’s meant to be entertaining … The last thing we’re shooting for is two talking heads sitting there talking about literature.” That’s Powell’s Marketing Director Dave Weich in the NYT, explaining the venerable Portland bookseller’s new venture: Author Flicks.
Talk talk
“I read the L.A. Times every morning and I just want to shoot myself,” says novelist T.C. Boyle.
Quote of the day
“I want to send everyone flowers; offer free backrubs; share a glass of better wine; and stretch out on the grass to stare up at the clouds, and then (after more wine) up at the stars.” — author J. Michael Walker on learning that his All the Saints of the City of the Angels is [...]
Headline of the day
From LAObserved: “Zell delivers ‘psychic bloodbath’ in DC bureau.“
**And the next day folo: (Bleep) you … including David Horsey’s Zell cartoon strip in the Seattle P.I.
Nobody says it better
Novelist Carolyn See fires off a note to the LA Times’ out-of-town owners.
So I hear you guys forced out Al Martinez. Good going! Too bad Jack Smith, Matt Weinstock and Art Seidenbaum aren’t alive so you can fire them too.
Why don’t you just cut to the chase, close down the paper and go [...]
Today’s quote
“We’re well-qualified nuts.” — LA author Jerry Pournelle, on why the Department of Homeland Security now enlists sci-fi writers in the war on terror.
Today’s quote
“Since Gutenberg first printed the Bible, critics have always said publishers don’t know what they’re doing. Just throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks is a crazy way to do business.” — Touchstone Books Publisher Mark Gompertz, telling the NYT why he’s gonna let the the public vote on upcoming book projects.
Today’s quote
“It’s meant to be entertaining … The last thing we’re shooting for is two talking heads sitting there talking about literature.” That’s Powell’s Marketing Director Dave Weich in the NYT, explaining the venerable Portland bookseller’s new venture: Author Flicks.
Talk talk
“I read the L.A. Times every morning and I just want to shoot myself,” says novelist T.C. Boyle.
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