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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Friday’s Links: poor grammar, rich authors and the psychology of romantic fiction
First-time author Josephine Angelini gets seven figure book deal for her YA trilogy.
Journalist and writer on the future of libraries Marilyn Johnson on Bat Segundo.
Jon Stewart to host BookExpo America.
Books to be reinvented as tablets become mainstream.
The worst grammar mistakes ever.
James Cameron defends author of disputed Hiroshima book.
Evolutionary psychologists turn their attention to romantic fiction.
German book sales down 7.5% without last year’s Stephenie Meyer sales.
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Everything I’ve learned about writing this year I’ve relearned by watching the Olympics [Part III]
Today is my last visit to BookLife and I want to thank Jeff Vandermeer again for asking me to contribute this week. It’s been fun parsing thoughts about the Olympics through the lens of the writing life and I appreciate all the support and comments I’ve received. Remember, I can be found at Writer’s Rainbow at any given moment; this weekend I’ll be adding the March monthly dispatch, an introductory discussion into the three basic building blocks of a writing platform, so drop by sometime, check it out, and leave a comment! I wish all of BookLife’s readers a solid 2010 filled with inspiration and prosperity.
Back to our regularly scheduled programming… I left my favorite observations for last. I live in the Puget Sound area, so the fact that I’m a huge fan of Apolo Ohno should come as no surprise. I do appreciate a golden child whenever he or she does come along (complete with awesome attitude), so I must also confess a fondness for snowboarder Shawn White. How can we not live in awe of these two Olympians? Here is what I took away from each of them over the last couple of weeks. Continue reading
Everything I’ve learned about writing this year I’ve relearned by watching the Olympics [series Part Two]
On Monday, I brought up some thoughts inspired by 10 days spent watching the recent winter Olympics in Vancouver on TV. Here are two more lessons I culled which offer relevance and perspective for writers:
◊ Expect to earn your medals every time.
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis kinda blew it in Torino. She hotdogged her way to a second place in women’s snowboard cross when she had the gold medal practically around her neck on that last slope.
Jacobellis has had to live that down for the last 4 years and went to Vancouver hoping to redeem herself. It didn’t quite happen: this year, Continue reading
