Megan Abbott at the Rap Sheet
Megan Abbott, author of DIE A LITTLE and THE SONG IS YOU is posting at the Rap Sheet. Megan has a series of thought-provoking and fun posts, especially if you’re a film noir fan or simply enjoy intelligent writing.
David Isaak, author of SMITE THE WATERS, HAS A NEW BLOG. It’s called TOMORROWVILLE the title of another Isaak novel and a personal favorite of mine. David’s novel SMITE will be published by Macmillan later this year under their Macmillan New Writing imprint. He’s written an eloquent backstory for your enlightenment.
Looks as though the ReganBooks imprint is leaving Los Angeles. Harper-Collins canceled publication of 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel, according to Publishers Weekly. Whew. A first person reimagining of Mantle’s days with the Yankees? Rights have reverted to the author.
Judith Regan’s move to LA coincided with the Roman invasion of Southern California, a bit of bad luck for Judith. Pasadena is controlled by the Valeria Victrix Legion while much of the valley suffers from raids by the Vicesima Claudia: the Romans have their eye on Burbank. No wonder the cultural melding of Socal and Judith has suffered. Next year’s Fox network programming may feature a number of shows in Latin. Not to worry, though, the troops enjoy The Sopranos.
January 18th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Someone over at Grumpy Old Bookman wanted to know how David Thayer could have read previous novels of mine when Macmillan New Writing only publishes debut authors. The person implied that either Mr. Thayer was confused, or that something very fishy was up with MNW.
The answer is simpler than that: he’s read my manuscripts.
And I’ve read and enjoyed his, and predict that some day a few of them will come tumbling into print all in one year, and people will say, “Man, that Thayer guy sure writes fast!”
When you check into the backstories of most authors, you find they were overnight successes that were five or ten years in the making.
January 18th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I’m often confused. Donald Trump? Rosie O’Donnell? Manuscripts?
January 19th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Ah, the Ronald Reagan defense!