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First Lines are Like First Dates

by Paul_Hochman 09:21 AM
Categories: for what it's worth
First lines, like first dates quickly make or break an author's relationship with their potential reader. Read more...
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Naked Came the Bestseller

by Paul_Hochman 02:39 PM
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Sex certainly sells, but how about really poorly written sex? Read more...
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James Lee Burke and the American Atlantis

by Paul_Hochman 02:50 PM
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I spent the summer reading James Lee Burke, this country's greatest living crime novelist. In the wake of the four year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, it's Burke's Tin Roof Blowdown that's among the most elegiac looks at the disaster that claimed almost 2000 lives. Read more...
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And in Pelecanos' Footsteps, I Danced Up and Down the Street

by Paul_Hochman 04:31 PM
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So, George Pelecanos recently did a reading in London's Boogaloo Pub to promote his latest book, The Way Home. Now, this wasn't just any old run of the mill author event Read more...
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Mourning McCourt

by Paul_Hochman 07:07 PM
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Sadly, Frank McCourt, the bestselling author of Angela's Ashes, ‘Tis, and Teacher Man, has passed away. He was 78 years old. Read more...
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Erin Go Noir!

by Paul_Hochman 08:46 AM
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The Irish are currently writing the best suspense novels on the market and it has nothing to do with luck. Read more...
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The Living Rights of Dead Authors

by Paul_Hochman 03:57 PM
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If words do in fact last forever, does the person who put them to paper have any rights to them once they're dead? Read more...
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Real Housewives, Real Booksellers

by Paul_Hochman 09:32 AM
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At the center of the most watched show in Bravo's history stood a book. Read more...
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Blooms(pay)day

by Paul_Hochman 09:40 AM
Categories: for what it's worth
Today, we celebrate the 105th anniversary of Leopold Bloom's stroll through Dublin as envisioned by James Joyce in his classic and controversial novel, Ulysses. Fittingly, this month, an ultra-rare signed first edition of the book sold for £275,000 -- roughly $450,000. Read more...
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Agatha Christie's Spine Sets World Record

by Paul_Hochman 12:25 PM
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Measuring in at just over a foot long, Agatha Christie's spine is now - according to the Guinness Book of Worlds Records - the longest in history! Read more...
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