13 Things Roger Ebert Said Better Than Anybody Else
Roger Ebert passed away Thursday at the age of 70, but he left behind an amazing collection of writing that will live on. See you at the movies, Roger!
Roger Ebert passed away Thursday at the age of 70, but he left behind an amazing collection of writing that will live on. See you at the movies, Roger!
Female authors are even less likely to get their books reviewed at The New York Times Book Review and other highbrow outlets than they were in 2010.
Salacious stroking like you’ve never seen before. It’s just so beautiful.
You need to prepare for NaNoWriMo, even if you’re not the one writing.
The evolution will not be revolutionized.
Hard to tell.
Writing is easy: All you have to do is start writing, finish writing, and make sure it’s good. But here’s some vastly more useful wisdom and advice from people who seriously know what the hell they’re talking about.
The literary establishment often ignores them, but some black female writers are sidestepping the big presses and their concerns by self-publishing. In an uncertain publishing climate, they may have a winning strategy.
Is more minimal more excellent?
I think. I don’t know? Maybe. Yes, definitely!
I wrote a novel about the end of the world. Now I can’t stop thinking about our dystopian future. When was the last time you hunted for food?
Do you really wish your boyfriend committed suicide by overdosing and crashing an old car? Didn’t think so.
We email. We Facebook. We text. In other words, we’re constantly writing. So why can’t TV shows and movies show that in a way that isn’t silly?
This is the truest false quote ever penned. Preach it, fake Hemingway.
This is my great-great grandmother’s autograph book. Her name was Grace. Here are some of the entries in her book, including a stamp from the man she would go on to marry.
Writer Shelley Jackson is publishing her story entitled “Skin” in tattoos on strangers, one word at a time. Volunteers in the project must accept the word they are given and tattoos must be in black ink, in a classic book font. View List ›
Behold, the secrets of effective manifesto writing! Thanks to Kimberly Mok now you too can let the man know how you feel. View Image ›
And writing multiple things to boot! SO EXCITED!!! Watch Video ›
Repeat after me: I will get this shit done.
Maybe it’s the English major in me, but this one hit me pretty hard - wonderful stuff. And the best part is that it’s actually been published. Via Grasping Reality with Both Hands. View Image ›
While searching through blogs I stumbled across my college English professor’s new book. I always wondered how he got so smart… View Image ›
The surprising true story of Canadian novelist Howard Engel, who woke up one morning to find that he could still write but was no longer able to read. (Via.) Watch Video ›
The AP Stylebook has released its new social media guidelines, including the official change from “Web site” to “website” (a move first reported back in April) and 41 other definitions, use cases and rules that journalists should follow.
When not “feeding the buzz,” I’m usually managing My Parents Were Awesome, which is now becoming a book (I know, *groan*). Good news is, I’m looking for contributors, meaning you could get published! Act fast, though — the deadline for submitting is fast approaching!
I know you did, dad. Please stop writing it in all these bathroom stalls. View Image ›
When thought of in the appropriate context, the collection of pictures on Godzilla Bukkake are dead on. And LOLspeak lives on! View Image ›
Like Howard Beale in Network, many longtime Microsoft Word users are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. So they’re abandoning Word in droves, turning instead to Google Docs and other more elegant, intuitive, user-friendly apps such as Scrivener, WriteRoom, and Buzzword for all their word-processing needs. Read More ›