BurningbirdJust writing
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Joi Ito points to an article by a reporter talking about the untrustworthy nature of Wikipedia. It would seem that a school librarian wrote to this reporter saying, that Wikipedia is …not an authoritative source. The librarian, Susan Stagnitta then continues: “Anyone can change the content of an article in the Wikipedia, and there […]
Now that the book deal I had spent four month wrangling over has fallen through, I pulled the about page until I can figure out what it will say. (Oh, did you miss that particular rant? You’ve got to move quick in the Burningbird world, or you’ll miss the good stuff. You can, however, still […]
I’ve been in negotiations for over four months with a publisher on a book. After the last book deal fell through with negative reprecussions for me, I’ve been more wary when it comes to contracts. One issue with the new publisher has been about a clause in the contract that the publisher could bill me […]
Michael Blowhard at 2Blowhards provides a detailed discussion about why you wouldn’t want to write a book. Among the reasons given, such as only a few hundred people make a living at it, he says that writing a book just isn’t fun: Many people imagine that they’d “fullfill themselves” (whatever that means) if they wrote a book; […]
Starting this next Sunday, I’ll be writing a weekly essay at The American Street–my first time as contributor to a group weblog. Each essay is a longer writing, and may or may not include links. Though the topic will vary from week to week, I hope to bring a unique perspective to each that reflects, among […]