Working Towards the Betterment of Publishing

It's the last day of January, which is why I thought today would be a fitting day to close up shop. I've said all that I've got ...

There is an old joke about a man who tries to fly a balloon around the world. At some point, the balloon crashes, leaving the man lying on h...

When I started this blog, it was ostensibly for the purpose of making publishing better. Even the most optimistic individuals can see that p...

Here are some things that I have run across recently that really make me wish I'd said them first. I disagree with much of what Zadie Sm...

Most of us have heard the Beatles single Paperback Writer, even if only as a Muzak cover while shopping for chinos in Target. The lyrics to ...

Pop quiz, hotshot. A literary agent calls you up and tells you that you have been offered an absurdly high advance of $11,000 for your first...

In the past week and a half, the following things happened: I got a raise, I almost got a four day weekend, I had to deal with a security br...