Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Feb 9, 2012, 6:30 am
The Millions : Judging Books by Their Covers: U.S. Vs. U.K. “Book cover design never seems to garner much discussion in the literary world, but, as readers, we are undoubtedly swayed by the little billboard that is the cover of every book we read. Even in the age of the Kindle, we are click...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Feb 8, 2012, 6:31 am
Melville House Books » Are we too stupid to read Dickens? “David Foster Wallace said it best back in 1993, in his essay ‘E unibus pluram: television and US fiction’: ‘There’s this well-known critical litany about television’s vapidity, shallowness, and irrealism. The litany is...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Feb 6, 2012, 6:31 am
The Millions : Nothing if Not Consistent “Fans of Moby-Dick should read Nathaniel Philbrick’s outstanding historical account In the Heart of the Sea. The book, which tracks the fate of The Essex, a New England whaling vessel sunk by a humongous sperm whale in the South Pacific, is vivid a...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Feb 4, 2012, 6:30 am
The Millions : Dashboard? More Like Bookshelf: Your Guide to Literary Tumblrs “By creating this list of my favorite “literary Tumblrs,” I hope to turn you on to some of the sites that make The Millions’ dashboard that much brighter.” PERPETUAL FOLLY: Perpetual Folly...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Feb 1, 2012, 6:31 am
iConnect Photography Book Release & Opening Reception | Piedmont Council for the Arts “Please join us on Friday, February 3 from 5:00-7:00pm at the CitySpace Gallery for the book release party and exhibit opening of the iConnect Photography Program. Now in the its sixth year, the program is...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 31, 2012, 6:31 am
Erika Dreifus’ Guide to Flash Nonfiction Markets « BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog “Erika Dreifus, the blogger voice behind Practicing Writing, researched and assembled a list of flash nonfiction markets last week. She came up with 26 different markets, including a few which (like Brevity) ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 28, 2012, 6:31 am
JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth gets a complete genealogy | Books | guardian.co.uk “But my devotion to Middle-earth pales before that of Emil Johansson, a photographer and chemical engineering student from Sweden, who has read “every book there is to read about Middle-earth” and who has sp...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 26, 2012, 1:02 pm
Coming to WriterHouse: » Friday February 3, First Fridays Art Opening for Robert Boucheron’s “The Imaginary City,” a series of pen and ink drawings of buildings, streets, and towns.  The scenes recall European and American cities of the nineteenth century and earlier, drawn freehand and to ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 24, 2012, 6:31 am
10 Bestselling Books with More Than 80 One-Star Reviews – GalleyCat “We checked negative reviews of ten authors at Amazon–follow the links below to the many one-star reviews received by bestselling authors. Twilight topped the list with 669 one-star reviews.” HT: DW Posted from Diig...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 23, 2012, 6:31 am
A Daily Email for Aspiring Writers Is Truly Inspired – Culture – GOOD ‘According to Figment vice president Katie Robbins, the idea for the daily email was inspired by the Figment community’s demand for more ways to get inspired. Among Figment’s many services are social networking, f...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 15, 2012, 6:31 am
Writing is Hard « BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog Click for image. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 14, 2012, 6:31 am
Keep Giving Them You, Until You Is What They Want “This quote comes from Dennis Palumbo, a former screenwriter-turned-psychotherapist, writing about rejection. He says it as a reminder that rejection is often arbitrary and impersonal, so if you take it as a reason to be somebody you’re no...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 13, 2012, 6:31 am
The Book Bench: Has James Joyce Been Set Free? : The New Yorker “The passage into public domain of Joyce’s major works has been talked up in certain quarters as though it were a bookish version of the destruction of the Death Star, with Stephen Joyce cast as a highbrow Darth Vader suddenl...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 10, 2012, 5:35 pm
Coming soon (very soon!) to WriterHouse: » Join us on Wednesday, January 18th at 7PM for “The Art of Responsibility of Narrative Nonfiction Writing” with Jonathan Coleman. Coleman is the bestselling author of Exit the Rainmaker, At Mother’s Request and Long Way To Go and co-author of the New...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 10, 2012, 6:31 am
Prime Number Magazine First print annual edition is now available. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 8, 2012, 4:53 pm
Press Release: Deadline Nearing for SELC Nature Writing Contest Writers and journalists have just over a week to send submissions for SELC’s 17th annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment.  Submissions must be received by Friday, January 13, in ou...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jan 4, 2012, 6:31 am
Wordnik’s Online Dictionary – No Arbiters, Please – NYTimes.com TRADITIONAL print dictionaries have long enlisted lexicographers to scrutinize new words as they pop up, weighing their merits and eventually accepting some of them. Not Wordnik, the vast online dictionary. No modern-day Sa...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Dec 30, 2011, 6:31 am
Shannon Chamberlain — Pale Fire Project Abe Books Made $220K from 10 Rare Books – GalleyCat “Book dealer AbeBooks brought in $220,330 from the sales of 10 books alone. The bookseller sold Karl Marx’s Das Kapital in November for $51,739. A signed first edition o...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Dec 21, 2011, 6:30 am
Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 7 Books Every Intelligent Person on Earth Should Read – GalleyCat “‘Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on planet?’ one literary Reddit user asked Neil deGrasse Tyson earlier this week. The famous physicist and author responded with ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Dec 20, 2011, 6:30 am
The Millions : Aragorn’s Publishing Company “Viggo Mortenson, a.k.a. Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, also happens to have started a publishing company. Perceval Press is devoted to showcasing the talents of little-known authors and artists who might otherwise go undiscovered.” Posted f...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Oct 10, 2011, 8:21 pm
Announcing a new feature coming to BookBalloon: Excitement! BookBalloon would like to announce another new Forum feature: Focus on Film, led by David Webb. David is a movie fiend with many years of experience studying film, reviewing movies, and working with top names in Hollywood. If you’re alr...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Oct 6, 2011, 9:55 am
An excerpt and a video:  
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Oct 6, 2011, 9:45 am
Author Tayari Jones will discuss family secret-keeping, loyalty and betrayal at a Literary Salon at WriterHouse on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00. “Tayari Jones is fast defining middle-class black Atlanta the way Cheever did Westchester,” according to The Village Voice, while Judy Blume says this no...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 30, 2011, 9:39 am
Not this guy. This weekend at WriterHouse: Two events with John Warner (not the former senator) John Warner, novelist, humorist, editor for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and TMN’s Biblioracle, will be visiting all the way from Charleston Friday to discuss satire (and his new novel The Funny M...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 28, 2011, 1:14 am
You Don't Say: Tell me when you stop* – English grammar, language, usage and journalism blog by John E. McIntyre – baltimoresun.com "I am not here today to rail against publishers who go cheap on the copy editing, THOUGH THEY OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. What I am curious about is whether ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 26, 2011, 7:09 pm
Two more classes on offer at WriterHouse: Seminar: So You Want to Write Something Funny? Instructor: John Warner Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members Saturday, October 1, 2011 | 9:00am-1pm It’s easy. Wait, no it isn’t. Yes it is, once you’ve completed this seminar with McSweeney’s Interne...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 16, 2011, 1:45 pm
After a lazy summer, WriterHouse is ramping up the events, classes, and seminars: Tomorrow’s (Saturday, September 17) seminar still has space. Even if you haven’t yet registered, come in the morning and register before class. Get Your Short Story or Essay Published If you’ve written an essa...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 14, 2011, 1:01 pm
Amazon to Publishers: Don't Worry, the Kindle Isn't That Popular Anyway "In addition to negotiating with magazines and newspapers to offer a subscription service it hopes can challenge Apple's upcoming Newsstand, Amazon is reportedly also thinking about launching an e-book rental service, according ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 10, 2011, 1:20 pm
Eric Olsen on How to Write | FiveBooks | The Browser "From their egos and anxieties to the way they work, writers have more in common than we might think. The journalist and editor takes us inside the writing process and reveals who gives the best advice for aspiring authors."
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 9, 2011, 1:08 pm
Kindle Post US: 18 Kurt Vonnegut Books for $3.99 Each Through September 28 Eighteen of Vonnegut's Kindle books are available for $3.99 each through September 28! In Defense of Memoir: Once More Into the Fray « BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog "What I didn’t say to Mr. Hemon, in my Letter to the Editor,...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 8, 2011, 4:58 pm
From BookBalloon: Prince of Thorns has been heralded as the fantasy debut of 2011. On September 20 and 21, author Mark Lawrence will be visiting the BookBalloon forum, where you’ll have your chance to find out what the fuss is all about. Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a planned trilogy ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Sep 8, 2011, 1:11 pm
Yelping with Cormac "Because Yelp Needs Cormac McCarthy" Project Gutenberg Founder Michael S. Hart Has Died – GalleyCat "Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, died in his home on September 6th. He was 64 years old." –We have much to thank him for. Conan O’Brien Launches Famous ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 29, 2011, 3:32 pm
From the University of Mary Washington: BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHER APPOINTED TO GREAT LIVES SERIES  The University of Mary Washington announces the appointment of noted biographer Charles J. Shields as associate director of the University’s popular Great Lives public lecture series. Shields is the...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 27, 2011, 1:00 pm
Librarians Reshelve 27,000 Books After Virginia Earthquake – GalleyCat "Following the earthquake in Virginia this week, more than 27,000 books fell off the shelves at the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Library. As you can see at this university Flickr set, a crack team of librarians worked qu...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 26, 2011, 5:22 pm
BookBalloon Reading Club September Selection: The Sisters Brothersby Patrick Dewitt”If Eli and Charles Sisters come after you, brush up your will. Run and they’ll find you. Deal and they’ll trick you. Draw and they’ll shoot you. They’re the fabled assassins at the center of this bloody bu...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 23, 2011, 1:01 pm
NASA to Help Tor/Forge Authors Write ‘Scientifically Accurate & Entertaining Novels’ – GalleyCat "A few very lucky Tor/Forge authors will get to visit NASA as part of the publishers new “NASA inspired Works of Fiction” partnership with the space agency. Through the program Tor/Forge author...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 20, 2011, 1:01 pm
Jeff Sharlet’s “Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country in Between” – The Washington Post "Jeff Sharlet delivers a fine dose of thoughtful skepticism in “Sweet Heaven When I Die,” his collection of 13 trenchant essays on how we gain, lose, maintain and blindly acce...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 18, 2011, 1:01 pm
The Top Ten Books That Influenced J.R.R. Tolkien | The Book Lady's Blog – StumbleUpon –I knew about some of these but not all. Good list if you're a Tolkien completist.
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 17, 2011, 1:02 pm
How To Find the Book on the Tip of Your Tongue – GalleyCat "Trying to remember a book you read as a child? Need help finding the title of a short story you loved in college? Post your query on the Tip of My Tongue page at Reddit–hundreds of dedicated readers will help you find the book." –Cro...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 12, 2011, 1:01 pm
School board removes Sherlock Holmes novel as derogatory to Mormons "A Virginia county school board is removing a Sherlock Holmes novel from the sixth-grade reading list after a parent's complaint that it is derogatory toward Mormons, The Charlottesville Daily Progress reports. The Victorian-era boo...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 11, 2011, 1:01 pm
The Book Bench: A Tale of Two Houses : The New Yorker "With a cottage in the Bronx, a house in Philadelphia, a row house in Baltimore, and even a dorm room at the University of Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe has more residences preserved and open to the public than any other American author." Poe's UVA ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 9, 2011, 1:01 pm
Authors Who Visit Book Clubs – GalleyCat "Want to spice up your book club? Explore our new Writers Who Visit Book Clubs directory and invite a nearby author to visit your group. Follow this Google Docs link to explore (and sort!) the genres, websites and contact information for writers near you." ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 5, 2011, 1:02 pm
Privacy is a Luxury You Don't Have – Dorie Clark – Harvard Business Review "Hats off to the civil libertarians standing up for (aspects of) privacy — regulations about what information about us Mark Zuckerberg can hawk, appropriate default settings, and the like. But in a broader sense, we've ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 4, 2011, 7:26 pm
From WriterHouse: Need more books? Of course you do! And we want to help you feed your need for the printed stuff, so to facilitate the habit, WriterHouse will be holding a book sale on Saturday, August 27 from 8am-4pm and Sunday, August 28 from noon-4pm.
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 4, 2011, 1:00 pm
Truthfulness by the Numbers « BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog "We think his tongue might be partially (or fully) in his cheek, but all the same, Ben Yagoda (author of the excellent Memoir: A History, ) makes some fine sense with his recent “handy how-to guide” to determining the truthfulness of a me...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 2, 2011, 1:00 pm
Draft Your Platform Action Plan: 5 Worksheets | Jane Friedman "Last weekend at the Midwest Writers Workshop, I offered a workshop on author platform building. Part of the workshop included 5 worksheets to help writers take an inventory of their platform (as it stands today), and also brainstorm how ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Aug 1, 2011, 1:02 pm
Cool Tools: Writing Tools "This two-sided page contains the wisdom of an entire book on how to write better. Nay, it distills an entire shelf of the world's greatest writing manuals (and I have them all). After 30 years as both a writer and editor I can't think of much I would add to these 50 short ...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jul 29, 2011, 12:10 pm
Sharing an announcement from JRML: P.G. Kain, author of the popular series The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts, will be at the Northside Library on Saturday, August 6 at 11:30 am. Come meet him, ask questions and get your books signed. Learn more about his hilarious series at tweenink.com.
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jul 27, 2011, 1:00 pm
Britain's Telegraph ordered to pay $100,000 over book review – latimes.com "The Daily Telegraph’s parent company was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $100,000 in damages over a book review. The British newspaper lost a lawsuit for libel and malicious falsehood in the high court." –An interest...
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Elizabeth M. posted an article on Charlottesville Words - Jul 26, 2011, 1:01 pm
The Millions : Tuesday New Release Day: Schwartz, Towles, Russell "New this week: John Burnham Schwartz follows up Reservation Road with Northwest Corner. Amor Towles debuts with a novel of New York society in the 1930s, Rules of Civility. And Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! is now out in paperback. ...
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