Other than the occasional review at Amazon — or even less frequently, at PopCultureShock — it’s been a while since I’ve written…
Category: Media
Commentary on various aspects of publishing and marketing, primarily focused on books, magazines, and social media.
Borders’ Open-Door Poetry
Borders — partnering with The Student Publishing Program, one of the top high school writing programs in the country —…
Spindle State of Mind
It’s kind of hard to believe it’s 2008 already and that Spindle‘s official launch is less than 36 hours away!…
Sometimes, absence makes the heart go wander…
[x-posted from PopCultureShock] What happens when the “maybe we just need a little space” trial separation makes you realize you’re…
On Jodi Picoult, Writing, and Platforms
The two morning sessions I attended were about breaking into magazines and an overview of sales & marketing in the book industry, the former of which was more of a refresher course while the latter filled in a lot of the gaps where things are different in periodical publishing, which is where my background is. One common thread popped up in both sessions that I thought was really interesting, though: platforms.
The Death of Captain America
No spoiler warning necessary at this point when it’s now the featured story on Yahoo’s main page! It was “spoiled”…
On the Shelves: 3/7/07
Reading is fundamental. Read what you like; don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! My weekly look…