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No official confirmation on this one, but word on the ‘Net is that Stephanie Maurer will be leaving Silhouette due to the previously announced structural changes. We bonded with Stephanie in a time-honored tradition (no, not our writing…our love of Spike from Cowboy Bebop), and wish her the best.

The Southern California heat wave has broken — convenient as we’re attending an outdoor party on the Westside today. Really, it’s convenient because we’re addicted to sweaters. Which, of course, has nothing to do with anything we’re about to do here. Lots of updates and items caught our attention this week, including a switcheroo. Spanish […]

Looking for a reason to lose yourself in the wilderness? Or are you looking for a reason to sit in a comfy lodge while wilderness rages around you? Yes, that’s the option we prefer. Not that camping and such isn’t appealing, but we’re all about creature comforts. For those seeking a writers’ conference in the […]

As it turns out, summer is here (and, based on the non-stop military jet activity that awakened us, so is the President of the United States*), and we haven’t gotten around to publishing the Booksquare Summer Reading List. We wish we weren’t so late, but things happen. Actually, looking back, nothing’s happened, but we don’t […]

Do note expect to find Norma Khouri’s books on the shelf anytime soon (but expect brisk business on eBay). Her publisher has decided to pull the plug on the printing presses. Yes, we remain disheartened, but fascinated. Khouri’s book pulled permanently

Over lunch yesterday, we had an interesting discussion about ebooks (and received another view on the Random House ebook royalty changes — not sure it moved our mind, but it was an interesting take). Mostly we talked about how the market is growing — this lead to a comparison with videos in the late seventies, […]

Someone once told us that writing comedy is easy — a bit like falling off a log. Sure, if the log is 1,000 feet up, and when you look down, you realize you’re falling onto a bunch of sharp knives. Okay, maybe writing funny isn’t that hard, but it’s not easy. Especially when the only […]

Beginning authors often worry that someone with steal their ideas. This worry is usually supplanted by the realization that there are far too many of them out there, and it might be nice if someone took a few off a person’s mind. The truth is that two people, when faced with the exact same idea, […]

We didn’t need to our belief in truth, justice, and all that reinforced, but it’s always nice to know it’s still out there. Particularly the part about lawsuits. Just as one can gauge the distance of storms by the sound of lightning, one can predict the timing of lawsuits based on media exposure. Yes, Norma […]

We hate to show our age, but sometimes one must sound like a broken record. Until agents realize the importance of a website, we will continue to mention the lack. For example, agent Sue Yuen left the Susan Herner Rights Agency and started inko Inc. (Yes, we think that’s right, but, alas, can only find […]