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I'm really sorry Myspace friends, but after receiving my 1,578,278,323th Myspace error message while trying to post this blog I've finally had enough. Judging from the dwindling number of comments on...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:15:00 PST |
Know Thyself |
When one is having an extremely busy day in which the e-mails are just pouring in, one does not generally expect that a telephone pole outside one's building will catch on fire, shutting down power fo...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:20:00 PST |
This Week in Publishing |
This! Week! in! Publishing!We had a contest, heather!anne! won, it nearly broke me, we're back to normal now. Whew.The San Francisco Writer's Conference is fast approaching, and the keynote speakers ...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:36:00 PST |
Harry Potter is Not Walking Through That Door |
Digression. A few years back, the Boston Celtics were really bad. Their star trio Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish had retired, former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino had taken over as coach/GM...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:18:00 PST |
The! Winner! Is! |
Before I announce (and congratulate) the winner, please let me first thank everyone who participated in the contest, whether through entering, commenting, voting, or some combination thereof. This ha...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:56:00 PST |
More on the Finalists (and the naysayers) |
This just in: I am not a seer. No, really.Long story short, some anonymous hecklers and some apparently published authors submitted their first pages in the contest, and since they were not chosen a...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:33:00 PST |
America’s Next Top Surprisingly Essential First Page (The Finalists) |
675 beautiful first pages stand before me.675 first pages who were fierce and who made it work and who cried whenever I asked them tough questions, because that is the best way of advancing in America...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:52:00 PST |
This Week in Publishing |
Still reading! I tell you what, reading 675 entries while also having a job is quite a task. Holly and I hope to have finalists for you soon, but meanwhile, there was a week in publishing, and it wa...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:31:00 PST |
Shock and Awe |
Holly and I are still very hard at work poring over the entries in the Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge, so I don't have an update on when we'll have finalists. Instead, I know there are ...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:45:00 PST |
ANNNNNNND TIME!! |
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge!! Time is up, and frankly, not a moment too soon. 645 comments on Blogger, 29 on Myspace.... wow. I'm real...
Posted by Nathan Bransford on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:16:00 PST |
