Will Lana Have the Last Laugh?

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Throughout the farrago of the Phil Spector court case the one who interested me most was the victim, Lana Clarkson.  Her Wikipedia entry makes for depressing reading.  Look between the lines of what is obviously a bio designed to counteract the smears resulting from...

A Cell Phone Ate My Plot

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Great piece in the New York Times about how technology is ruining classic plot devices. You know the sort of thing – a missed connection, one character not being able to get hold of another at a vital moment…All of this is particularly applicable to...

Writing for Teens

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Puffin has recently released a debut book for teens, The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant, under the Penguin logo.   Although the book has been edited and marketed by the children’s department at Puffin, the Penguin logo allows it to be stocked in...

Trip’s Tweets

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So Trip Adler failed to show for his Litopia duel of words. Here’s something that may explain his reluctance .  Yes folks – it’s Trip’s own attempt at a book: http://www.lulu.com/content/506511   And in case you’re wondering just what...

Living Off the Proceeds of Crime?

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There has been a lot of debate in the past few days about the document sharing website Scribd. The publishers of authors such as JK Rowling and Ken Follett have been shocked to discover their books uploaded to the site in clear breach of copyright. While Scribd...