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By Robert Swartwood on August 7, 2010
Being a writer nowadays means being 10% writer, 90% marketer (give or take a percentage). I’m not a fan of that business model (I just want to write), but, well, you have to go with the flow. So when there’s publishing news that potential readers might (or might not) be interested in, it’s a writer’s [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on August 6, 2010
I guess it was inevitable that this movie would get made. And of course it just has to be in 3-D! Because, you know, it’s become an industry requirement to make all crappy movies 3-D.
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By Robert Swartwood on August 4, 2010
The other night I had a chance to watch the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, which takes a very close and scrutinizing look at the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and its rating system. Basically, the system was set up so films would no longer have to be censored, only, in a [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 31, 2010
First, some Hint Fiction news: My panel “Hint Fiction: Stories That Prove Less Is More” has been accepted by the AWP committee for next year, which means I’ll definitely be in D.C. and hope to see everyone there. Participants on the panel include contributors Michael Martone, Ann Harleman, Randall Brown, and Daniel A. Olivas. Also, [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 28, 2010
Today, according to Smashwords, The Silver Ring has been downloaded 1,000 times at the site. What this means exactly, I’m not quite sure. Even though someone downloads it — and with Smashwords you can download a number of different formats — it doesn’t necessarily mean anyone is actually reading it (which, despite what some people [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 28, 2010
I don’t know if this is real or not (you can never really tell with stuff on the Internet), but this just came to my attention — thanks to Josh Stoner via Facebook — and it’s hilarious.
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By Robert Swartwood on July 26, 2010
Well, okay, maybe not quite the storm of the century, but yesterday a pretty bad storm passed through our area, knocking electricity out in a number of places, one of which was our place. I was at work most of the day, but my wife was home when the power went out, and the power [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 23, 2010
In case you haven’t heard, literary agent Andrew Wylie, who hasn’t been happy with the terms publishers have been offering for e-rights, has decided to open up his own publishing venture and Random House (no doubt the biggest of the Big Six) isn’t too happy about the whole idea. What does this mean for us [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 23, 2010
I heard about this from someone who heard about it on, I think, The Today Show, and yep, it is exactly what it sounds like: Candwich. I don’t know about anyone else, but I think this is pretty rad. I mean, it takes a genius to look at an every day staple and think, What [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 22, 2010
Or so says Frank Sinatra, and I’m pretty sure he knows what he’s talking about. But anyway, this past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Inception. As I mentioned before, this was the only movie I was really anticipating this summer, and it was well worth it. I highly recommend seeing it and plan [...]
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