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I’ve heard tales of writers who do some of their best work under adverse conditions. George Orwell, for instance, wrote his classic 1984 while suffering from a nasty case of tuberculosis–though how the man did it is beyond me. When the sneezing and coughing start, my creative spigot shuts down completely, overwhelmed by the flow of over-the-counter cold remedies and Gatorade.

That’s pretty much been my condition the last week, which hasn’t been very productive in terms of writing output. I ...

What is it–aside from a pretty cool title for a potential book?

It’s a cautionary tale, for sure. You can read all about it at the L.A. Times website, if you’re interested in the way that Hollywood often deals with authors and intellectual property. It’s also proof that just because you’ve created a hit, it doesn’t mean you’ll be sipping Mai-Tais at Robin Masters’ estate anytime soon.

In brief: the article details how Deborah Gregory seemingly struck paydirt ...

For those of you with kids out there, did you have a tough time coming up with names for them?  A lot of couples have probably gone fifteen rounds arguing about whether they should name their son after mom’s dear old Uncle Horace, or their daughter after one of dad’s old flames whom his wife knows nothing about.  After all, the kid is going to be stuck with it for the rest of his or her life–which is a pretty ...

Josh Pasternak, a very congenial fellow at Bantam Books, just sent me a note to inform me that the mass market edition of HAMMERJACK is going back for a another print run.  What this basically means is that the publisher sold all of its copies–a first in my very young writing career–and now they need to print some more!  For all of you out there who bought a copy, thank you very much.  At best, it’s ...

As if new writers didn’t have a a tough enough time breaking into the biz, here comes a little morsel from south of the border (courtesy of the Associated Press) that makes us all look bad:

MEXICO CITY – An aspiring horror novelist was arrested after police discovered his girlfriend‘s torso in his closet, a leg in the refrigerator and bones in a cereal box, the city prosecutor‘s spokesman said Thursday.

Jose Luis Calva told police he had boiled some of his ...

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