Author: Alex Irvine
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Technology the Enemy of Narrative Tension?
That’s the question raised in this NYT piece by Matt Richtel. I’ve thought about it some on my own, and I wonder if the narrative problems posed by info-saturation (problems which are only going to get worse) is going to make more people go for historical settings. I know for sure that I’ve wrestled with…
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NYT on Book Advances: A Mildly Bilious Response
Dear New York Times, I was interested to note that Michael Meyer’s essay “About That Book Advance…” managed to talk about the problems associated with publishers giving large advances, and quote a couple of authors whose large advances didn’t turn out to be as large as one would expect after taxes fees etc.–but somehow didn’t…
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If You Order Books Online…
…and #amazonfail has got you bummed, don’t forget about IndieBound, whose store finder will get you where you need to go. (This blog post will appear on Amazon. I speculate about consequences.) And if you’re a soccer fan, don’t forget about these two fine goals Clint Dempsey scored this weekend for Fulham against Manchester City:…
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G4 on DD Noir
In G4TV’s Fresh Ink podcast for this week, Blair Butler has good things to say about DD Noir #1. It’s toward the end, but along the way she checks out a bunch of other cool books too: http://g4tv.com/lv3/37672
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The Home Opener
The last time I went to a home opener, I was driving an ’85 Pontiac Sunbird called the Swamp Thing, with my friends Wes and Donna, creeping down Michigan Avenue with Blood Sugar Sex Magik on the tape player. We sat in the upper-deck bleachers, right next to the cage where the centerfield camera was…
Crooked House Fictions 