{"id":1964,"date":"2008-06-03T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:29:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:29:16","slug":"no-i-atent-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1964","title":{"rendered":"No, I “aten’t dead”"},"content":{"rendered":"

… just laying low for a bit. Still, wanted to pop in and say HUZZAH about Guys Lit Wire<\/a>, and note its total coolness quotient. I hope GLW gets TONS of traffic from real live guys — some interesting stuff up there already.<\/p>\n

Also, I want to make sure everyone drives by the Tollbooth this week. Yesterday, one of the bloggers began talking with those who were involved in the new anthology Through the Wardrobe<\/a> which is a wonderful Narnia themed anthology, and the ever fabulous ELIZABETH WEIN<\/a> is stopping by there today to be interviewed and talk about writing. People, the women can WRITE like wow and gee golly, so writers, take note! (More importantly, readers take note!) I just found out I’ve been to the church where she rings bells in Dunkeld, too. I feel almost special!<\/p>\n

Apparently, Kindle isn’t looking like the flash in the pan that many thought it was. According to the Guardian, Kindle is responsible already for 6% of ebooksales to Amazon<\/a>‘s Kindle users. This makes me wonder if and when writers are going to be actually making money on electronic rights. So far, it’s not a right that is on paper contract with most major publishing houses, and so it’s a non-issue. My agent says that agents, like the publishing houses, tend to act as a group, and “no one is dealing with those rights yet,” so the only one benefiting is, of course, Amazon. Whatever. I’m with Mr. B.<\/p>\n

The futurist writer Ray Bradbury, author of the sci-fi classic Farenheit 451, told a convention lunch before BookExpo: “There is no future for ebooks because they are not books.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any weirder: Gordon Brown<\/a> gets to be in a comic book.<\/p>\n

Hope all is well with you as June takes off and hurtles you toward the summertime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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