September 6, 2006
Any Resemblance to Any Persons, Living Or Dead
…not quite purely coincindental in the case of “Happyland” (panned by Conversational Reading), a serialized novel appearing in Harper’s. Even the name of the main character, Happy Masters, is strikingly […]
September 5, 2006
For Those of You Who Haven’t Seen It Already…
Booksquare has a great series of articles on how to build your own writerly website. Worth reading even if you have a site already. All I have to add to […]
September 1, 2006
Reading Period Begins Today
Please, please, please read our info for writers before you send anything in, especially the submission guidelines. And, in the “old news” department, some notes from the slush pile.
August 21, 2006
Yes, Virginia, Writing Can Be Taught
There is a fine article in The Atlantic entitled “So You Want to Be a Writer,” and it’s not trying to sell anything. It assumes writing can be taught, which […]
August 11, 2006
Nothing New Under the Sun
Literary fraud: often ill-advised but always fascinating. I’m not familiar with science fiction as a rule (although I hear the sci-fi writers are very nice folks) but this article over […]
August 11, 2006
Goodness.
I’ve been sitting on this a little while because, frankly, it is bizarre to read about an acquaintance of yours in the news. Our international editor, it seems, has written […]
August 10, 2006
The Ethics of the Hatchet Job.
There’s an old saw about the pen being mightier, when employed in this kind of writing, it is virtually indistinguishable from the sword. You love them. You know you do. […]
August 9, 2006
Notes From the Slush Pile
I’ve been working for The Kenyon Review either as a student associate or as an intern for four years now, and I’ve read thousands of submissions in that time. I […]
August 9, 2006
Popularity Contests… For Books?
Just one more thing for authors to worry about: Though MySpace bills itself as “a place for friends,” the networking site has become much more than just simple friendship: These […]
August 3, 2006
The Rules of Thrillers
“Classic literary fiction may be all about the freedom to expand your mental horizons,” writes Andrew Galarneau, “but thrillers are different. Thrillers need rules.” The rules he references (“The Ten […]