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Agent-turns-Editor at Solaris
This seems to be an accelerating trend in publishing, particularly in Sci-Fi/Fantasy and YA genres. Read about it HERE. _________________________________ #Publishing #Solaris #LiteraryAgents #PublishingImprints #Editors #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
That’s a Helluva Lot of Cat Chow
One simply has to SEE IT AND READ ABOUT IT to experience the toothsome and curious melange of schadenfreude/enthrallment … laced with with a soupçon of existential seemliness. Was this a case wherein an epitome of gluttonous human arrogance and indolence received its just desserts? Hmmm. You be the judge. I, for one, cannot seem to summon a tear for that [clearly undernourished] “hunter” … Read More That’s a Helluva Lot of Cat Chow
The Plight of Print ‘Zines
This latest news of major magazine layoffs is not entirely a surprise—print ‘zines have been swirling around the bowl for some time, what with the synapse-frazzling rise of online Information Overload. But this is just one more depression of the flusher as “stuff on paper” surges toward the final chute and into the sewer. ——————————————————— #PrintMagazineWoes #Publishing #Layoffs #DeathKnell #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge … Read More The Plight of Print ‘Zines
“… expanding our empathy.”
The rank and often willful stupidity that has infiltrated American culture—and the literary arm of that culture—has rarely been encapsulated as well as it is in this New York Times article. Whether one looks at a reviewer from the Washington Post extolling the book in question for its ability to “expand our empathy” [LEARN THE PROPER USE OF THE TERM “EMPATHY,” ILLITERATE LITERATI!] or … Read More “… expanding our empathy.”
Time(lessness) is Money
I am not steeped in all aspects of today’s ever-festering and largely rancid popular culture, but I have kept—and continue to keep—a finger fixed firmly upon its arrhythmic pulse for purposes of ongoing socio-cultural defenestration and periodic disembowelment. Much ado has been made in recent years about iconic (there’s that worn-out word, again) musicians selling the rights to their entire music catalogs for often … Read More Time(lessness) is Money
That’s a Whole Lotta Calamari
Forget feeding an entire town. This big bad boy would be just enough to keep me in tentacles and rings—tempura-battered, ancho chili dipping-sauce on the side—for maybe a year. I’d buy an extra freezer unit to store the deliciousness. Two freezers, probably. Now … time to make a lunch reservation. Ahem. ———————————————————— #Calamari #CalamariConnoisseur #GiantSquid #ChopItUp #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic … Read More That’s a Whole Lotta Calamari
All We Hear is Yadda Yadda Blah Blah
With everyone and his/her brother/mother/son/father/sister/pet styling themselves as “authors” these days, with nary a shred of experience (much less innate talent) and no desire to pay some serious dues in the trenches, I have little faith in this advice from Forbes. The market is glut, glut, glutted. You want a book to succeed? Publish it traditionally, i.e. query it, have it accepted and funded … Read More All We Hear is Yadda Yadda Blah Blah
It’s Judd a Little Post-it Note, After All
Not that I have ever possessed more than a shred of passing, idle interest in the lives or careers of any of the Judd women, and publishing anyone’s suicide note (unless it is crucial to public interest) is undeniably tacky, but all three of the Judds have spent years airing and sharing every petty squabble, grievance, and psychobabbly/self-babying therapeutic notion that ever erupted from … Read More It’s Judd a Little Post-it Note, After All
Antiquated Dinosaur Drama!
Direct from the BBC. Who knew? ————————————————— #Dinosaurs #ScientificFeuds #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
Mostly Pillow-Fights?
Leave it to the good folks at the Smithsonian to tell us that, when fighting against each other, dinosaurs used their TEETH, and TAILS, and HORNS, and CLAWS. Alas, no fiery breath, apparently. ————————————— #Dinosaurs #DinosaurWeapons #DinosaurFights #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram
Barnes & Noble Reviving Itself and the “Neighborhood Bookstore” Marketplace
Believe it or not, this can be vouched-for. Interesting article, indeed. ____________________________________________________#BarnesAndNoble #PrintPublishing #BookstoreComeback #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram
Don’t Fight the Wave. Ride It or Get Out of the Way
This seems as if it will be, inexorably, a non-negotiable component of future production for any of us remotely involved in public media endeavors and transactions. I’m tired just thinking of it. Kurt Vonnegut would NEVER. _________________________ #VideoTech #AI #MediaExpansion #Authors #Publishers #Publishing #Business #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram
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