Is Kickstarter a viable tool for self-published authors, or is it instead “a bit of a nightmare?”
Kickstarter: Blessing or Curse?
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Justin Cronin on Writing “The Passage”
The Passage author Justin Cronin answers questions for Salon’s Reading Club: “For many years … I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.”
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Room Service With Proust
You might never be able to finish Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, but you can stay in his hotel. France is marketing its literary heritage with hotels named after famous authors. At the aforementioned Marcel, guests can stay in rooms named after Proust characters. If you aren’t a fan of madeleines, you can check into the R Kipling or Le Pavillon des Lettres.
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The Future
Forget apps, forget tweets, forgo the digital all together – how about magazines as performance art?
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Constantly Reading, Constantly Changing with Eloisa James
Eloisa James discusses how she keeps her writing process fresh, whether it's for her bestselling historical romances or academic texts.
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Longshot Magazine
Longshot is an online magazine with quite an interesting concept: “Over a 48 hour period from noon July 29, 2011, through noon July 31, 2011, thousands of writers, editors, artists, photographers, programmers, videographers, and other creatives from all around the world will come together via the Internet to make a magazine from start to finish.” This issue’s theme is “Debt” and you can follow its progress via Tumblr.
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