You made it again! Except those of you not reading this because you died. But the rest of you made it! Rejoice. Now you can for two days pretend your life is something you have control over and that you’re not trading your waning moments to make other people rich. Bask now in this moment, because who knows about next Friday?
- Today in Open Letter News: An antidote to the hate of Rowling;
- Louise Glück’s reaction to receiving the Nobel Prize reminded me of 2007 and Doris Lessing… The point being, don’t spring things on old ladies;
- Can you write your way out of heartbreak? (I prefer writing INTO it);
- Neil Gaiman says in interview that it’s Narnia’s fault;
- Congratulations to Mawenzi House’s Nurjehan Aziz;
- Elaine Feeney wrote the women she wanted to see in literature;
- Dan Brown interviewed about trying to mop up corners of book money;
- New Lord of the Rings TV casting call for actors “comfortable with nudity”… Speaking as an obsessive compulsive nerd who could win a Silmarillion trivia contest, I don’t remember a whole lot of nudity in Tolkein’s work, but I suppose Game of Thrones has changed the exposed breasts game;
- Sribd marketing team got a payday and bought ads;
- Anansi leads the way with accessibility certification;
- John Steinbeck couldn’t stand other people;
- Amazon’s “most interesting review” (by Bezos’ ex), of Amazon book, turns 7;
