http://litreactor.com/ en Copyright 2012 LitReactor, LLC Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:21 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:21 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/3NWs7LdrlJU/childrens-book-based-on-gruesome-horror-anthology-the-abcs-of-death-now-available <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/abcs_of_death_book.jpg" alt=""The ABCs of Death" children's book" title=""The ABCs of Death" children's book" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Kids and grown-ups alike will revel in every illustrated page of this macabre little book.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> From the guys that brought you <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935896/"><em>The ABCs of Death</em></a>, a 2012 anthology horror film featuring a death for every letter of the alphabet, comes the next chapter in fear: a children's book based on the film. </p> <p> That's right. Film producers Tim League and Ant Timpson of Drafthouse Films have commissioned a limited press of only 666 copies of an illustrated storybook featuring verse narration from Zack Carlson. In addition to serving as a <a href="http://badassdigest.com/author/7">Badass Digest</a> correspondent, Carlson...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/childrens-book-based-on-gruesome-horror-anthology-the-abcs-of-death-now-available">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=3NWs7LdrlJU:HAe2Iq1Lz4A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=3NWs7LdrlJU:HAe2Iq1Lz4A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=3NWs7LdrlJU:HAe2Iq1Lz4A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=3NWs7LdrlJU:HAe2Iq1Lz4A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=3NWs7LdrlJU:HAe2Iq1Lz4A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=3NWs7LdrlJU:HAe2Iq1Lz4A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/3NWs7LdrlJU" height="1" width="1"/> 10432 May 24, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/childrens-book-based-on-gruesome-horror-anthology-the-abcs-of-death-now-available http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/gWmblkg2RXg/comics-get-your-sex-out-of-my-violence <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/get_your_sex_out_of_my_violence_header.jpg" alt="" title="Get Your Sex Out Of My Violence" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Mainstream American comics are notoriously puritanical when it comes to sex, but not violence, just like the weird land that birthed them. WHY?</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Kelly Thompson</strong> <p> The header for this post would make you think that mainstream comics are FULL OF SEX, but look more closely (full image below) and you can see the illustration is<em> barely </em>about sex (I had less chaste kisses in elementary school) and much more about violence. The characters are <em>literally</em> covered in ropes of blood (and she&rsquo;s holding a massive knife) while they give each other a closed mouth peck. Course, maybe they just don&rsquo;t want to risk getting any blood in their mouths&hellip;but it doesn&rsquo;t <em>seem </em>like they would care. </p> <p> Unfortunately,...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/comics-get-your-sex-out-of-my-violence">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=gWmblkg2RXg:3skw0aq45G8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=gWmblkg2RXg:3skw0aq45G8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=gWmblkg2RXg:3skw0aq45G8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=gWmblkg2RXg:3skw0aq45G8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=gWmblkg2RXg:3skw0aq45G8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=gWmblkg2RXg:3skw0aq45G8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/gWmblkg2RXg" height="1" width="1"/> 10343 May 24, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/comics-get-your-sex-out-of-my-violence http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/zi4euK28048/unprintable-the-litreactor-podcast-episode-12-transgressive-fiction-how-far-is-too-far 10407 May 24, 2013 LitReactor <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zi4euK28048:--VtZ6dgBkI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zi4euK28048:--VtZ6dgBkI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=zi4euK28048:--VtZ6dgBkI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zi4euK28048:--VtZ6dgBkI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zi4euK28048:--VtZ6dgBkI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=zi4euK28048:--VtZ6dgBkI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/zi4euK28048" height="1" width="1"/>http://litreactor.com/podcast/unprintable-the-litreactor-podcast-episode-12-transgressive-fiction-how-far-is-too-far http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/SwZjGj4Ddko/hunger-games-makeup-now-ive-heard-it-all <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/catching-fire.png" alt="CoverGirl Hunger Games-Inspired Make-Up" title="CoverGirl Hunger Games-Inspired Make-Up" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>CoverGirl has signed a sponsorship deal with Lionsgate to produce a new line of cosmetics called the ‘Capitol Collection’. </em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Dean Fetzer</strong> <p> Movie sponsorship or product tie-ins are nothing new, at least not in the last thirty-odd years (remember all the <em>Star Wars</em> toys? No?), but as a bloke, this one seems a bit on the odd side. With<em> The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</em> coming in November, Lionsgate, the company behind the <em>Hunger Games</em> adaptations, <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/covergirl-to-release-hunger-games-inspired-make-up-line_b70963">has signed a deal with makeup giant CoverGirl</a>. </p> <p> The result is going to be a line of cosmetics based on the &ldquo;crazybananapants looks...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/hunger-games-makeup-now-ive-heard-it-all">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=SwZjGj4Ddko:1ihVzH55xsA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=SwZjGj4Ddko:1ihVzH55xsA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=SwZjGj4Ddko:1ihVzH55xsA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=SwZjGj4Ddko:1ihVzH55xsA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=SwZjGj4Ddko:1ihVzH55xsA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=SwZjGj4Ddko:1ihVzH55xsA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/SwZjGj4Ddko" height="1" width="1"/> 10426 May 24, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/hunger-games-makeup-now-ive-heard-it-all http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/AdvMfIpW7fg/from-screen-to-screen-5-mobile-screenwriting-apps-for-tablets-and-smartphones <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/final-draft-write.jpg" alt="" title="Mobile Screenwriting Apps " class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Have a movie kicking around in your head, but you're rarely home? Start writing that film while you're on the go with these handy applications.</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> We pay a lot of attention to fiction writers here at LitReactor, with a few nods here and there to comic authors and playwrights, but we rarely discuss the art of screenwriting. I've certainly been guilty of this oversight, having written two columns about mobile applications and practices for aspiring/established novelists. Yet I myself received a B.A. in Film Studies and took three years of screenwriting, learning the nuts and bolts of storytelling&mdash;plot points, character arcs, beats&mdash;from the likes of Robert McKee and Syd Field, rather than Strunk and White. </p> <p>...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/from-screen-to-screen-5-mobile-screenwriting-apps-for-tablets-and-smartphones">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AdvMfIpW7fg:rV5lp7pLdRI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AdvMfIpW7fg:rV5lp7pLdRI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=AdvMfIpW7fg:rV5lp7pLdRI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AdvMfIpW7fg:rV5lp7pLdRI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AdvMfIpW7fg:rV5lp7pLdRI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=AdvMfIpW7fg:rV5lp7pLdRI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/AdvMfIpW7fg" height="1" width="1"/> 10308 May 23, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/from-screen-to-screen-5-mobile-screenwriting-apps-for-tablets-and-smartphones http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/_fg7Ge1_wXk/lydia-davis-wins-the-man-booker-international-prize <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/lydia-davis-man-booker.jpg" alt="Lydia Davis Wins The Man Booker International " title="Lydia Davis Wins The Man Booker International " class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Micro-fiction, very short stories, brief passages—whatever you want to call them, Lydia Davis writes them, and the Man Booker committee took notice.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> Lydia Davis, known for extremely short stories that often eschew traditional definitions of fiction, has taken home the Man Booker International Prize, The Guardian <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/22/man-booker-international-prize-lydia-davis">reports</a>. Davis is the third North American writer to win the &pound;60,000 award, following in the footsteps of Philip Roth and Alice Munro. </p> <p> Most of Davis' works, according to the Guardian, "are less than three pages long, and some of which run to just a paragraph or a sentence." This brevity and a the...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/lydia-davis-wins-the-man-booker-international-prize">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_fg7Ge1_wXk:F4pLGCdiVsw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_fg7Ge1_wXk:F4pLGCdiVsw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=_fg7Ge1_wXk:F4pLGCdiVsw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_fg7Ge1_wXk:F4pLGCdiVsw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_fg7Ge1_wXk:F4pLGCdiVsw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=_fg7Ge1_wXk:F4pLGCdiVsw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/_fg7Ge1_wXk" height="1" width="1"/> 10410 May 23, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/lydia-davis-wins-the-man-booker-international-prize http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/2lxHNIj8MhM/storyville-8-tips-for-growing-your-brand <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/storyville-master.jpg" alt="" title="Storyville by Richard Thomas" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Here are some quick tips for growing your brand and enhancing your image.</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Richard Thomas</strong> <p> You&rsquo;re an author, you write stories and novels, you&rsquo;re starting to get published and people are talking about you. Now what? How do you grow your brand, how do you get your image and your writing out there? How do you get people to take you seriously? Start by taking yourself seriously, and here are some ways to do it. </p> <h2> PUBLISH </h2> <p> I know this sounds obvious, but if you are a horror writer, the best way to grow your brand is to publish more horror stories and novels. So, you should be writing lots of dark stories, and you should be targeting the best markets...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-8-tips-for-growing-your-brand">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=2lxHNIj8MhM:gh1l5HXk75k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=2lxHNIj8MhM:gh1l5HXk75k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=2lxHNIj8MhM:gh1l5HXk75k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=2lxHNIj8MhM:gh1l5HXk75k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=2lxHNIj8MhM:gh1l5HXk75k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=2lxHNIj8MhM:gh1l5HXk75k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/2lxHNIj8MhM" height="1" width="1"/> 10044 May 23, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-8-tips-for-growing-your-brand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/JKVEVPia9oA/award-winning-childrens-publisher-leaves-amazon <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/barefoot-amazon.png" alt="Children's publisher turns back on Amazon" title="Children's publisher turns back on Amazon" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Is the worm turning? Barefoot Books has cut ties with the online giant on the grounds it “has turned its books into commodities and undermined its way of doing business”.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Dean Fetzer</strong> <p> The face of publishing &mdash; and possibly more importantly, distribution, &mdash; seems to be changing on a daily basis. News this week is that an award-winning children&rsquo;s publisher <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/22/amazon-business-rejected-childrens-publisher">has decided it can&rsquo;t work with Amazon anymore</a>, citing the retail behemoth &ldquo;has turned its books into commodities and undermined its way of doing business&rdquo;. In a statement released on Tuesday, Nancy Traversy, co-founder of Barefoot Books said: </p> <blockquote> <p> &hellip;the...</p></blockquote> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/award-winning-childrens-publisher-leaves-amazon">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=JKVEVPia9oA:DuCQuegGKCU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=JKVEVPia9oA:DuCQuegGKCU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=JKVEVPia9oA:DuCQuegGKCU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=JKVEVPia9oA:DuCQuegGKCU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=JKVEVPia9oA:DuCQuegGKCU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=JKVEVPia9oA:DuCQuegGKCU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/JKVEVPia9oA" height="1" width="1"/> 10412 May 23, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/award-winning-childrens-publisher-leaves-amazon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/r3ZDnAJjajE/behold-the-unfilmable-hyperion-cantos <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/hyperion-unfilmable.jpg" alt="" title="Behold The Unfilmable: Hyperion Cantos" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>The Hyperion Cantos is a fantastic work of Science Fiction, but it would be a disaster if it were made into a film.</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Erik Wecks</strong> <p> I am a firm believer that doing something poorly can be worse than doing nothing at all. That is why I hope no one ever makes a movie out of Dan Simmons' <em>Hyperion Cantos</em>. Please don't misunderstand.&nbsp; I desperately wish it were possible to make a series of movies from the four books that I believe are the greatest space epics ever written. If it were done well, it could be fantastic. It's just the "done well" part that worries me. Here are four reasons why <em>The Hyperion Cantos</em> should remain un-filmed. </p> <h2> 1. PLOT </h2> <p> The first book...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/behold-the-unfilmable-hyperion-cantos">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=r3ZDnAJjajE:6JlsTEl9qLU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=r3ZDnAJjajE:6JlsTEl9qLU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=r3ZDnAJjajE:6JlsTEl9qLU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=r3ZDnAJjajE:6JlsTEl9qLU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=r3ZDnAJjajE:6JlsTEl9qLU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=r3ZDnAJjajE:6JlsTEl9qLU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/r3ZDnAJjajE" height="1" width="1"/> 10390 May 22, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/behold-the-unfilmable-hyperion-cantos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/_bB99mfPpcc/amazon-breakthrough-novel-award-winners-for-2013-announced <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/breakthrough2.png" alt="2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Finalists" title="2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Finalists" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Now in its sixth year, Amazon has released the category winners for their annual awards promoting unknown or unpublished authors. </em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Dean Fetzer</strong> <p> I know, we&rsquo;re all getting awards fatigue &mdash; oh, that&rsquo;s just me? &mdash; and now it&rsquo;s time for <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/2013-amazon-breakthrough-novel-award-finalists_b70882">Amazon&rsquo;s annual Breakthrough Novel Award</a>. The company released details of the winners in each of the five categories (which correspond to Amazon Publishing&rsquo;s imprints, funnily enough) with a final winner to be chosen by the readers. </p> <blockquote> <p> "We were blown away by the quality of submissions for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, which...</p></blockquote> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/amazon-breakthrough-novel-award-winners-for-2013-announced">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_bB99mfPpcc:u_1nGQkkwF0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_bB99mfPpcc:u_1nGQkkwF0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=_bB99mfPpcc:u_1nGQkkwF0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_bB99mfPpcc:u_1nGQkkwF0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=_bB99mfPpcc:u_1nGQkkwF0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=_bB99mfPpcc:u_1nGQkkwF0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/_bB99mfPpcc" height="1" width="1"/> 10396 May 22, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/amazon-breakthrough-novel-award-winners-for-2013-announced http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/6mIFG8I5EOw/using-rejection-as-a-critical-tool <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/rejectlowres_0.jpg" alt="" title="Rejection: A Critical Device" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Got a story that keeps getting turned down for publication? Here's how you can use industry rejection as a critical tool to improve your work.</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Jon Gingerich</strong> <p> Most writers who publish with any regularity are familiar with the soul crushing experience of sending out a story, only to see it systematically rejected by ten, twenty, fifty publications at a stretch. The process imparts this uniquely slow sinking feeling, wherein writers find themselves counting the facsimile slips that come back, one at a time, many of them printed on inappropriately colorful paper, wrought with placating gestures like &ldquo;this story just wasn&rsquo;t right for us,&rdquo; &ldquo;we wish you luck placing it elsewhere,&rdquo; and &ldquo;please, submit again!...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/using-rejection-as-a-critical-tool">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=6mIFG8I5EOw:TRxuJIQfV04:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=6mIFG8I5EOw:TRxuJIQfV04:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=6mIFG8I5EOw:TRxuJIQfV04:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=6mIFG8I5EOw:TRxuJIQfV04:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=6mIFG8I5EOw:TRxuJIQfV04:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=6mIFG8I5EOw:TRxuJIQfV04:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/6mIFG8I5EOw" height="1" width="1"/> 10276 May 22, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/using-rejection-as-a-critical-tool http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/LIKrO7csezM/new-company-script-lit-turns-unproduced-screenplays-into-ebooks <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/script-lit.jpg" alt="Script Lit Turns Unproduced Screenplays Into eBooks" title="Script Lit Turns Unproduced Screenplays Into eBooks" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>For heaps of scripts in Hollywood whose future hangs in the balance, Script Lit offers a new life in a different medium.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> A new company called <a href="http://www.slebooks.com/">Script Lit</a> hopes to turn unproduced screenplays into successful eBook novels and novellas, <a href="http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/57301-script-lit-turns-unused-screenplays-into-e-novellas.html#path/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/57301-script-lit-turns-unused-screenplays-into-e-novellas.html">Publisher's Weekly</a> reports. </p> <p> Founder James West has already mined the piles of optioned but otherwise untouched scripts languishing in Hollywood studio vaults:...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/new-company-script-lit-turns-unproduced-screenplays-into-ebooks">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=LIKrO7csezM:e1iTho0RgMo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=LIKrO7csezM:e1iTho0RgMo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=LIKrO7csezM:e1iTho0RgMo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=LIKrO7csezM:e1iTho0RgMo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=LIKrO7csezM:e1iTho0RgMo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=LIKrO7csezM:e1iTho0RgMo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/LIKrO7csezM" height="1" width="1"/> 10394 May 22, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/new-company-script-lit-turns-unproduced-screenplays-into-ebooks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/neWsyaH3nbw/meet-steve-erickson-video-interview-and-ebook-release-info <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/meet-steve-erickson.jpg" alt="Meet Steve Erickson: Video Interview" title="Meet Steve Erickson: Video Interview" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>The master storyteller is featured in a new video interview to herald the arrival of six of his genre-defying novels on eBook. </em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Joshua Chaplinsky</strong> <p> I've already sung the praises of Steve Erickson <a href="http://chuckpalahniuk.net/interviews/authors/steve-erickson">HERE</a>, <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/litreactor-staff-picks-the-best-books-of-2012">HERE</a>, <a href="http://litreactor.com/interviews/every-moment-im-awake-the-further-im-away-dream-analysis-with-steve-erickson">HERE</a>, <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/crossing-the-rubicon-a-steve-erickson-primer">HERE</a>, <a href="http://litreactor.com/podcast">HERE</a> and...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/meet-steve-erickson-video-interview-and-ebook-release-info">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=neWsyaH3nbw:5JKTn5y1lZY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=neWsyaH3nbw:5JKTn5y1lZY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=neWsyaH3nbw:5JKTn5y1lZY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=neWsyaH3nbw:5JKTn5y1lZY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=neWsyaH3nbw:5JKTn5y1lZY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=neWsyaH3nbw:5JKTn5y1lZY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/neWsyaH3nbw" height="1" width="1"/> 10392 May 22, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/meet-steve-erickson-video-interview-and-ebook-release-info http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/AceXLLDj2KQ/atheists-texts-to-sit-alongside-holy-bible-in-georgia-state-parks <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/bible.jpg" alt="Atheists Texts to Sit Alongside Holy Bibles" title="Atheists Texts to Sit Alongside Holy Bibles" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>A prominent atheist group hopes to diversify the religious reading material offered in cabins and other state lodgings. Will they succeed?</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> Turn about's fair play for Georgia governor Nathan Deal, who may have to sit idly by as atheist writings are placed side by side with the Holy Bible on bookshelves in state park cabins, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/atheist-books-georgia-parks_n_3307497.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books">The Huffington Post</a> reports. </p> <p> The hubbub started back in April, when devout Georgian atheist Ed Buckner brought his family to Amicalola Falls State Park for a little cabin retreat, only to find nine Gideon Bibles dispersed throughout the rustic rooms. His swift...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/atheists-texts-to-sit-alongside-holy-bible-in-georgia-state-parks">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AceXLLDj2KQ:UodOThdKCHs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AceXLLDj2KQ:UodOThdKCHs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=AceXLLDj2KQ:UodOThdKCHs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AceXLLDj2KQ:UodOThdKCHs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=AceXLLDj2KQ:UodOThdKCHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=AceXLLDj2KQ:UodOThdKCHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/AceXLLDj2KQ" height="1" width="1"/> 10381 May 21, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/atheists-texts-to-sit-alongside-holy-bible-in-georgia-state-parks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/pMSXXUGBNYY/lets-face-it-we-all-live-in-the-same-creative-ghetto <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/ghetto.jpg" alt="" title="We All Live In The Same Creative Ghetto" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Genre vs. literary. Tuh-mey-toh vs Tuh-mah-toh. Isn't it time writers just knocked off the crap and acknowledged we all live in the same creative ghetto?</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Keith Rawson</strong> <blockquote> <p> <em>Writing about or from personal experience is rewarded more in many writing programs than &ldquo;imagined&rdquo; experience&rdquo; or genre. Some of the critics of genre fiction in workshops believe genre fiction is easier to write, requires less imagination, and is not as &ldquo;serious&rdquo; as literary fiction. I&rsquo;ve seen that in action, I&rsquo;ve heard people say it, I&rsquo;ve seen someone get up and walk out of an AWP session I moderated on Genre Writers in Academia because they were &ldquo;protesting&rdquo; the fact that we were even given a panel in the...</em></p></blockquote> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/lets-face-it-we-all-live-in-the-same-creative-ghetto">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=pMSXXUGBNYY:MLe1yPSD8Vo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=pMSXXUGBNYY:MLe1yPSD8Vo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=pMSXXUGBNYY:MLe1yPSD8Vo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=pMSXXUGBNYY:MLe1yPSD8Vo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=pMSXXUGBNYY:MLe1yPSD8Vo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=pMSXXUGBNYY:MLe1yPSD8Vo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/pMSXXUGBNYY" height="1" width="1"/> 10358 May 21, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/lets-face-it-we-all-live-in-the-same-creative-ghetto http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/YDLQH9xp52M/king-delays-joyland-ebook-release-and-releases-88-page-prequel-poem-to-the-stand <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/joyland.png" alt="Stephen King Joyland Stand prequel" title="Stephen King Joyland Stand prequel" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>The author was an early adopter of eBooks, famously releasing ‘Riding the Bullet’ for $2.50, but it seems he’s supporting bookshops now — and releasing a poem he wrote in college about Randall Flagg. </em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Dean Fetzer</strong> <p> From the &ldquo;for Pete's sake, make up your mind&rdquo; and the &ldquo;I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!&rdquo; categories: In 2000, Stephen King defied the publishing behemoth and released <em>Riding the Bullet</em> as an eBook for $2.50 (and I bought it). Now, he&rsquo;s seen the light <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324767004578489504081032328.html">and is delaying the release of his new novel</a>, <em>Joyland,</em> to encourage people to go to a brick-and-mortar store to buy it. And he seems quite adamant that it&rsquo;s not going to...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/king-delays-joyland-ebook-release-and-releases-88-page-prequel-poem-to-the-stand">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=YDLQH9xp52M:Zd3cKOtQ1C4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=YDLQH9xp52M:Zd3cKOtQ1C4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=YDLQH9xp52M:Zd3cKOtQ1C4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=YDLQH9xp52M:Zd3cKOtQ1C4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=YDLQH9xp52M:Zd3cKOtQ1C4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=YDLQH9xp52M:Zd3cKOtQ1C4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/YDLQH9xp52M" height="1" width="1"/> 10379 May 21, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/king-delays-joyland-ebook-release-and-releases-88-page-prequel-poem-to-the-stand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/0CQX9z5hQTs/and-now-the-winners-of-the-2013-nebula-awards <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/nebula.jpg" alt=" 2013 Nebula Award Winners" title=" 2013 Nebula Award Winners" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Some new and familiar faces took home the SFWA's top honors over the weekend. Let's find out who.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> Over the weekend, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America held their forty-eighth annual Nebula Awards, which includes the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Books. </p> <p> Previous Nebula and Hugo winner Kim Stanley Robinson took home the Best Novel prize for his latest <em>2312</em>, which deals with Earth's colonization of the solar system and "a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future." (via...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/and-now-the-winners-of-the-2013-nebula-awards">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=0CQX9z5hQTs:PACUlglSSMY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=0CQX9z5hQTs:PACUlglSSMY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=0CQX9z5hQTs:PACUlglSSMY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=0CQX9z5hQTs:PACUlglSSMY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=0CQX9z5hQTs:PACUlglSSMY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=0CQX9z5hQTs:PACUlglSSMY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/0CQX9z5hQTs" height="1" width="1"/> 10365 May 20, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/and-now-the-winners-of-the-2013-nebula-awards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/zsR7YNupzRA/recap-game-of-thrones-308-second-sons <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/sansa-tyrion-wedding2.jpg" alt="" title="Game of Thrones 308 - Second Sons" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>A surprisingly slow episode, considering we've got two left to go. But that's Okay, because we were treated to the most awkward wedding EVER. </em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Rob W. Hart</strong> <p> <em>This is going to contain spoilers for this episode, and also for the books. Deal with it.</em> </p> <hr /> <h2> King's Landing </h2> <p class="rtecenter"> <strong>"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."</strong> &mdash;Leo Tolstoy, <em>Anna Karenina</em> </p> <p> Is there any family so uniquely twisted and dysfunctional as the Lannisters? Between the incest and the daddy issues and the entitlement and the raw, burning contempt in which they hold each other&mdash;if therapy existed in Westeros, they would all be in it.&nbsp;...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/recap-game-of-thrones-308-second-sons">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zsR7YNupzRA:3krWreC3Sqg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zsR7YNupzRA:3krWreC3Sqg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=zsR7YNupzRA:3krWreC3Sqg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zsR7YNupzRA:3krWreC3Sqg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=zsR7YNupzRA:3krWreC3Sqg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=zsR7YNupzRA:3krWreC3Sqg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/zsR7YNupzRA" height="1" width="1"/> 10352 May 20, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/recap-game-of-thrones-308-second-sons http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/Din3salLC_Y/why-the-fck-do-people-love-jane-austen-a-primer <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/cassandraausten-janeaustenc.1810_hires.jpg" alt="" title="Jane Austen Primer" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>I avoided reading Jane Austen for a long time, but now, I am an avid fan. Join me in learning why she is worthy of so much admiration.</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Taylor Houston</strong> <p> Confession: I am a contrarian. My nature causes me to avoid any and all things deemed <em>good</em> by popular opinion. While I do trust the tastes of a few people, I generally approach all things loved by a large group of people with skepticism. </p> <p> It was because of this inclination that I avoided all books by Jane Austen until well after college, despite the fact that she was talked about frequently in my college literature courses as a benchmark of solid novel writing. She was so lauded by my professors, spoken of on a first-name basis, that at times it seemed she was actually...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/why-the-fck-do-people-love-jane-austen-a-primer">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=Din3salLC_Y:aLCGOq7hl68:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=Din3salLC_Y:aLCGOq7hl68:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=Din3salLC_Y:aLCGOq7hl68:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=Din3salLC_Y:aLCGOq7hl68:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=Din3salLC_Y:aLCGOq7hl68:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=Din3salLC_Y:aLCGOq7hl68:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/Din3salLC_Y" height="1" width="1"/> 10338 May 20, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/why-the-fck-do-people-love-jane-austen-a-primer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/c47m9Jl1kSo/ask-the-agent-with-bree-ogden-now-taking-your-questions <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201207/headers/ask-the-agent-blue.jpg" alt="Ask The Agent with Bree Ogden" title="Ask The Agent with Bree Ogden" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Ask The Agent, with Bree Ogden, is now open for business! Submit your questions about the publishing industry today.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Bree Ogden</strong> <p> One of the most exciting and helpful features we offer in the LitReactor Magazine is our series of columns geared at answering reader questions. As you know, Erin Reel-- publishing and editorial consultant, writing coach, columnist and blog host-- led this feature with her masterly '<a href="http://litreactor.com/tags/the-lit-coach">Ask The Lit Coach</a>' series of columns. But recently, Erin decided to hand the reigns over to a new expert and <strong>Bree Ogden</strong> was her obvious recommendation! </p> <p> Now, those of you familiar with our writing classes know Bree well....</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/ask-the-agent-with-bree-ogden-now-taking-your-questions">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=c47m9Jl1kSo:gG_jM0RUeUo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=c47m9Jl1kSo:gG_jM0RUeUo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=c47m9Jl1kSo:gG_jM0RUeUo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=c47m9Jl1kSo:gG_jM0RUeUo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=c47m9Jl1kSo:gG_jM0RUeUo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=c47m9Jl1kSo:gG_jM0RUeUo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/c47m9Jl1kSo" height="1" width="1"/> 5445 May 20, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/ask-the-agent-with-bree-ogden-now-taking-your-questions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/HgkWGgkN-tU/changes-at-new-york-times-book-review-ebook-bestseller-list-moves-online <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/nytimes.png" alt="NYT eBook Bestseller List Online Only" title="NYT eBook Bestseller List Online Only" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>New editor Pamela Paul is putting her mark on the famed literary publication by shaking a few things up. </em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Dean Fetzer</strong> <p> Isn&rsquo;t it always the way? A new editor comes in and they feel the desperate need to make sure people know they&rsquo;re there. Pamela Paul, new editor of the <em>New York Times Book Review</em> is no exception, with <a href="http://observer.com/2013/05/changes-at-the-new-york-times-book-review/">the announcement yesterday of three changes</a> to the way things work there now. </p> <blockquote> <p> "The eBook list has migrated online, the digital world being its natural habitat,&rdquo; the Times announced. &rdquo;Given the fluid variety of pricing in today&rsquo;s marketplace...</p></blockquote> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/changes-at-new-york-times-book-review-ebook-bestseller-list-moves-online">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=HgkWGgkN-tU:EqZqwNL80w4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=HgkWGgkN-tU:EqZqwNL80w4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=HgkWGgkN-tU:EqZqwNL80w4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=HgkWGgkN-tU:EqZqwNL80w4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=HgkWGgkN-tU:EqZqwNL80w4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=HgkWGgkN-tU:EqZqwNL80w4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/HgkWGgkN-tU" height="1" width="1"/> 10359 May 20, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/changes-at-new-york-times-book-review-ebook-bestseller-list-moves-online http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/daKf3Tk0Guk/the-stud-book-an-interview-with-monica-drake <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/interviews/headers/monica_drake_litreactor.jpg" alt="The Stud Book: An Interview with Monica Drake" title="The Stud Book: An Interview with Monica Drake" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Monica Drake talks writing, inspiration, workshoppin', and her latest novel, 'The Stud Book'.</em></p> <p><strong>Interview</strong> by <strong>Rob W. Hart</strong> <p> Funny thing about <em>The Stud Book</em> by Monica Drake: You know how some people turn their noses up at genre fiction? I'm a genre guy, and I tend to scoff at literary fiction, shrugging it off as stories about melancholy families in the suburbs. And at first blush,&nbsp;<em>The Stud Book</em>&nbsp;is exactly that: Melancholy families in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. But it's <em>so much more</em>&mdash;moving, whip-smart, beautifully written, sad and hopeful in equal parts. And funny. Damn, is this book funny. </p> <p> (And able to serve me a heaping dish of crow for being...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/interviews/the-stud-book-an-interview-with-monica-drake">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=daKf3Tk0Guk:L4HcY60vjb0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=daKf3Tk0Guk:L4HcY60vjb0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=daKf3Tk0Guk:L4HcY60vjb0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=daKf3Tk0Guk:L4HcY60vjb0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=daKf3Tk0Guk:L4HcY60vjb0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=daKf3Tk0Guk:L4HcY60vjb0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/daKf3Tk0Guk" height="1" width="1"/> 10203 May 17, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/interviews/the-stud-book-an-interview-with-monica-drake http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/v6aejAMZBSE/inherent-vice-gets-casting <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/vice.png" alt="Casting News for 'Inherent Vice'" title="Casting News for 'Inherent Vice'" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie based on Thomas Pynchon’s novel continues to add cast members, including Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio del Toro, Owen Wilson and Reese Witherspoon,. </em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Dean Fetzer</strong> <p> Back in December we reported that Thomas Pynchon&rsquo;s novel, <em>Inherent Vice</em>, had been chosen as the next project for Paul Thomas Anderson (<em>Magnolia</em>, <em>The Master</em>), and recent reports said Joaquin Phoenix would be taking the lead role. </p> <p> Now, just weeks after her run-in with the police in Atlanta, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/05/16/reese-witherspoon-inherent-vice_n_3285327.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Books">it looks like he&rsquo;s going to be joined by Reese Witherspoon</a>, with whom he appeared in <em>Walk the Line...</em></p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/inherent-vice-gets-casting">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=v6aejAMZBSE:9y-u7TpeGbE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=v6aejAMZBSE:9y-u7TpeGbE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=v6aejAMZBSE:9y-u7TpeGbE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=v6aejAMZBSE:9y-u7TpeGbE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=v6aejAMZBSE:9y-u7TpeGbE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=v6aejAMZBSE:9y-u7TpeGbE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/v6aejAMZBSE" height="1" width="1"/> 10326 May 17, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/inherent-vice-gets-casting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/KeR9qvuL0pg/the-blaggers-guide-to-f-scott-fitzgerald <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/column/headers/f-scott-fitzgerald-blagger.jpg" alt="" title="The Blagger's Guide to F Scott Fitzgerald" class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>As Leonardo DiCaprio holds his breath and hopes that "The Great Gatsby" will FINALLY get him that Oscar, you can effortlessly dazzle your friends with this Blagger's Guide to F Scott Fitzgerald.</em></p> <p><strong>Column</strong> by <strong>Cath Murphy</strong> <p> <em>To blag (v): to sound like you know what you&rsquo;re talking about when you don&rsquo;t</em> </p> <p> <em>The Blagger&rsquo;s Guide to Literature (n): an invaluable resource for those who wish to blag about books without actually reading them.</em> </p> <hr /> <h2> Do I get a blag-point for already knowing Fitzgerald was a lush and had a mad wife called Zelda? </h2> <p> No. Everyone knows that about Fitzgerald. Null blag-points. </p> <h2> Darn! Well just the facts then, ma&rsquo;am. </h2> <p> Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on 24 September 1896 to a well to do family of...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/the-blaggers-guide-to-f-scott-fitzgerald">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=KeR9qvuL0pg:NPkksshDeVY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=KeR9qvuL0pg:NPkksshDeVY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=KeR9qvuL0pg:NPkksshDeVY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=KeR9qvuL0pg:NPkksshDeVY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=KeR9qvuL0pg:NPkksshDeVY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=KeR9qvuL0pg:NPkksshDeVY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/KeR9qvuL0pg" height="1" width="1"/> 10293 May 17, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/columns/the-blaggers-guide-to-f-scott-fitzgerald http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Litreactor/~3/9nSyTYGkHSU/new-book-social-media-site-booklikes-now-open <img src="http://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/news/201305/headers/booklikes.png" alt="New Book Social Media Site 'BookLikes' " title="New Book Social Media Site 'BookLikes' " class="imagecache imagecache-header-medium imagecache-default imagecache-header-medium_default" width="300" height="159" /> <p><em>Like GoodReads? Like Tumblr? Wish they'd have a baby? Well, you're in luck.</em></p> <p><strong>News</strong> by <strong>Christopher Shultz</strong> <p> Earlier this week, a brand new social network for book lovers opened its doors. Called <a href="http://booklikes.com">BookLikes</a>, it works a bit like GoodReads, in that you can add books onto various shelves&mdash;'Read,' 'Planning to read,' or 'Currently reading.' You also have the option to create customized shelves, like 'Books I own' or 'Books I'd like to own,' for instance. BookLikes' search bar is powered by Amazon, so there's a handy buy link on the books you look up as well. </p> <p> The biggest difference between this and...</p> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/new-book-social-media-site-booklikes-now-open">[Continue Reading]</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=9nSyTYGkHSU:tUvw-j8rGJE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=9nSyTYGkHSU:tUvw-j8rGJE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=9nSyTYGkHSU:tUvw-j8rGJE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=9nSyTYGkHSU:tUvw-j8rGJE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?a=9nSyTYGkHSU:tUvw-j8rGJE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Litreactor?i=9nSyTYGkHSU:tUvw-j8rGJE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Litreactor/~4/9nSyTYGkHSU" height="1" width="1"/> 10323 May 17, 2013 LitReactor http://litreactor.com/news/new-book-social-media-site-booklikes-now-open