Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: The New York Times Wants Your Personal Essays - Paying Market

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: The New York Times Wants Your Personal Essays - Pa...: Every once in a while a major publisher opens up to writers, offering professional payment. But the payment, while much appreciated, pales i...

New York Times: S.A. Cosby, a Writer of Violent Noirs, Claims the Rural South as His Own

 New York Times: S.A. Cosby, a Writer of Violent Noirs, Claims the Rural South as His Own

NYT: Lee Child Reviews a Debut Novel That’s Vintage Texas Noir

NYT: Lee Child Reviews a Debut Novel That’s Vintage Texas Noir

Criticism’s Sting: The Author Curtis Sittenfeld on Book Reviews (NYT)

Criticism’s Sting: The Author Curtis Sittenfeld on Book Reviews (NYT)

Malcolm Gladwell Hands Out Book Blurbs Like Santa Does Presents (NYT)

Malcolm Gladwell Hands Out Book Blurbs Like Santa Does Presents (NYT)

Amazon posts blistering response to critical New York Times article (CNN Money)

Amazon posts blistering response to critical New York Times article (CNN Money)

Nudes Are Old News at Playboy

Nudes Are Old News at Playboy

Via The Daily Dot-- Bestselling author throws fit after snub in meaningless New York Times list

Bestselling author throws fit after snub in meaningless New York Times list

The Cancer Battle

I have written here before a lot about Sandi's cancer and her ongoing battle for life. I did it because I felt it was the right thing to do when I was asking for your much needed donations. I also did it because I am a writer. It was a small way of coping just a little bit with our nightmare.

Stuart Scott of ESPN has his own ongoing battle against cancer. A battle that recently became public news. In a very moving piece titled "Stuart Scott’s Story of Perseverance" by Richard Sandomir found here in the NYT online he details what is happening and how Stuart Scott is fighting his own battle.

Powerful stuff and incredibly inspiring. 

Iinteresting Reading Elsewhere---Books Coilumn at NYTat

In an interesting piece titled "Orders Cut, as Publisher and Retailer Quarrel" reporter Leslie Kaufman chronicles an escalating battle between Simon and Schuster and Barnes and Noble. The piece is here.

Considering both sides have serious economic issues, this seems very stupid in my opinion. Once again the small authors will suffer while the big boys fight. The only outcome of this will be to encourage most authors to self publish through Amazon and other platforms.