Monthly Archives: June 2009

13:14 Last line of this story brought tears to my eyes. This is just too wonderful. 6th grdr gives class report on Harvey Milk: is.gd/ZYy6 # 23:12 If it’s good enough for Simon & Schuster…*Mortal Touch* is now for sale … Continue reading →

12:38 If it’s in a scientific journal, can we trust it? Bentham accepted bogus paper for its “open access” scientific journals: is.gd/YY7X # 13:22 Single guys, want to be successful in the dating scene? AskMen.com says date like a vampire: … Continue reading →

13:26 Salon: The man who created flash mobs explains why crazes like Susan Boyle ruin our ability to focus on the big picture. is.gd/XwqA # 13:38 An “extended preview” (5+ minutes) for new TV show Vampire Diaries online: bit.ly/f7Jz3 # … Continue reading →

In How to Go Viral: The man who created flash mobs explains why crazes like Susan Boyle ruin our ability to focus on the big picture, Salon.com interviews Bill Wasik, whose book, And Then There’s This: How Stories Live and … Continue reading →

18:56 Clive Thompson: “We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading.” is.gd/W2mP # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

18:43 I’m going to walk over to the Open House at the library in a few minutes. bit.ly/w2SeC # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

From the post-BEA reflection, Why Write Books? by Elisabeth Eaves, deputy editor at Forbes: In short, book-writing is a worse-than-ever means to a livelihood, and mass-market renown is disappearing as a concept, fractioning into a million niches. Ultimately the only … Continue reading →

00:14 RT @CreateMA inaugural Boston Book Festival will take place this September, in Copley Square www.bostonbookfest.org # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

My author event at The Rabbit Hole went quite well! I spent hours prepping for it, and as always, felt like I was doing everything at the last minute and didn’t do nearly enough. Part of the problem was that … Continue reading →

13:31 “Before Twilight” Talk & slide show on vampire fiction Thur. June 4th in Fitchburg, MA Details on my author blog: is.gd/Nkhw # 17:01 30 years ago today, June 3, 1969, NBC aired the last episode of the original Star … Continue reading →