Excellent review of ARCHITECTURES OF POSSIBILITY at By the Book Reviews: "I am…crowning Lance Olsen’s book as the single best advisory to writers I have ever encountered. This is an absolutely masterful text."

I don’t know this for a fact but it seems to me that most people successful in the arts usually get there from sheer staying power. It’s nearly impossible to sprint to recognition and success. It’s always a marathon so it would be wise to pace yourself. All the emerging writers I come across, the…

"VanderMeer has jammed his scalpel into the heart of the beast, here. The first essay alone is worth the price of admission. It’s staggering…like a best-of record for the wild and fast discussions of art, literature, and monstrosity born of the beehives of the blog-o-sphere." J.M. McDermott

If you can judge from the pictures Larry Fondation’s book release party was a lot of fun. I love the huge pages they printed from the book and gave away.Photographs were take by Melissa Manning for the lookpartnership.com See all the pics here.

We’re going to be sending out a lot of review copies of books in the next few months and I’m dreading those sweaty trips to the post office (our local branch doesn’t have air-conditioning!?!). So I’m looking into getting a postage meter. They don’t seem to be too expensive to rent but I’m guessing the…

jlundberg posted a list of 10 rules that German publisher and author Michael Kruger came up with for Independent Publishing. I decided to come up with my own rules: 10 Rules of Independent Publishing 1. Only publish works you love 2. Do not expect to make a living publishing 3. Do as much as you…