How Not To Write

There are a lot of folks talking about AB’s new book. I read the somewhat short version in the LRB (or was it the TLS). Very funny.
The Uncommon Reader:
I picked up Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader at the library last Saturday. I opened it up when I got home intending to just dip [...]

A tattoo with a definition from the OED? Oh, yeah.

[Via Neatorama: flickr]

Susan Henderson of LitPark posted a long list of things she’s looking to do in 2008. It’s an admirable list, helping friends, doing what’s right for the environment, and helping out another writer in need…
Friends like Patry Francis.
As you may know, Patry Francis has been diagnosed with cancer. Her book, The Liar’s Diary, [...]

As always, Jason has a great interview with a writer. This time it’s Tony D’Souza explaining the post-publishing process to newbie authors. Expect much work…
Tony D’Souza Explains How To Publicize Your Book:
Novelist Tony D’Souza told us something similar when he stopped by for an interview. He single-handedly arranged a book tour, dinners with [...]

Ettore Sottsass, 1917-2007:

Designer Ettore Sottsass died yesterday, at 90. The leader of a group of Italian designers who called themselves Memphis, he helped spark the postmodern design revolution, which mixed pure modernism with color and pattern, historic references and unabashed pastiche.
But before Memphis, with its focus on objects for the home, Sottsass was known as [...]