Everyone has an opinion about the ordeal of book publishing, but who can you really trust? Only the writers who have actually experienced it. And that applies to Yi Shun Lai, author of the new novel Not A Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu (Shade Mountain Press), although "new" is a misleading term …. Lai is perfectly transparent on her … Continue reading Getting published … an author’s stats on herself
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And Justice for all
So the awards were just given out by another literary group, the National Book Critics Circle, and one of the winners was poet Claudia Rankine. Check the web today and you'll find surprise in some corners .... why? Because award recognition and the work of a poet like Rankine don't always come together. Most writers … Continue reading And Justice for all
A touchy subject: How writers make their livings
Ten years. That's how long I think Susanna Clarke spent on writing her alternative history of English magic, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I used to think, " 'Swounds, ten years? How is that possible?!" Yes, it's a very big book, easy to mistake for an old phone book, but ten years? Now, as … Continue reading A touchy subject: How writers make their livings
Nick Owchar 
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