Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier is interviewed by Newsweek about his new novel Thirteen Moons.
I have to say that I haven’t read the new book yet, but it seems to be sporting one of the most unimaginative covers this year. Ho hum.
Category Archives: Authors
Killer Idea
Some thriller/mystery writers formed an alliance, calling themselves “Killer Year: The Class of 2007”.
Apparently, this handful of debut authors will promote the books together. Sort of a “must read list” for mystery buffs next year. The site isn’t at 100% yet, but their blog has been up and running for a few months. (via Crime Fiction Dossier)
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Author arrested
Like many in Birmingham I went to the Joshilyn Jackson signing Between, Georgia, at the Alabama Booksmith, back in July. This was about three weeks before Jackson was ARRESTED on August 10th!!!
Was Jackson a criminal mastermind? Was Jackson really a raving madperson posing as a sunday school teaching soccer mom that writes books on the side to help ends meet?
Nope. Jackson’s crime was that her “papers were not in order”.
Sounds like something from a Hogan’s Heroes episode doesn’t it?
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Book Break-Beats
Apparently, some big name authors are tossing in soundtracks with their books now?!?!? Somehow I’ve missed this trend, but GalleyCat pulls it all together from WSJ articles and blogs.
Folks like James Patterson, Michael Connelly,Lemony Snicket and Bret Easton Ellis are tossing in the tunes with their books. Most of the cd’s are just collections of songs we’ve all heard but may be “inspired by” the book? Some of the authors offer “listening lists” on their sites too.
I’m betting we’ll see more of this cross-media manipulation as behemoth companies gobble up all the music and book companies under one roof. It’d be a boon if they could use their books to sell cd’s and cd’s to sell their books.
We’ll just have to wait and see if this trend will succeedor flop.
