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Sep.15.2012
Novelist Philip Roth at reading table. (photo by James Nachtwey)
In his September 7, 2012, “Open Letter to Wikipedia,” acclaimed author Philip Roth made an appeal to the editors of Wikipedia. Posted in his blog for The New Yorker, he asked them to correct a statement he identified as...
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Sep.22.2011
After many people had made their peace with the idea of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis’ life ending at 7 p.m. on September 21, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Courts just after 7 p.m. issued a call for a “temporary delay” of his death, but then again at 10:20 said it would not block the...
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Jun.05.2010
I'm always looking for blogs comparable to mine. This is one, but the differences are intriguing. Some of the posts here have - once again - to do with the dearth of formalized ethics regarding publishing, particularly when new media are involved.Would you pay twice for the same book?
It's funny to...
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Jun.18.2009
Greetings from Dublin! I am having a wonderful time in Ireland and have been very busy -- thus the lack of blogging. But rest assured, there are tales to tell, and they will be told! In the meantime, here are a few ways you can follow along: The Gypsy's Map: View Larger Map And do you...
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Jun.01.2009
So back at the end of March, my artist Gigi and I put together a webcomic to try out for DC COMICS's web comic imprint Zuda Comics. We got the word on May 22nd we were in and golden for the June competition.
Now getting in is just half the battle. To be able to continue our story we need your...
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May.18.2009
Wow! I hope you will forgive my bad pun for the title of my blog. I actually have submitted my RED ROOM AUTHOR PAGE BLOG to be made available on the Kindle service from Amazon.com. So if any of you out there have purchased Amazon's expensive e-reader, then you can hear me wax idiotic about a myrad...
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Mar.16.2009
Crikey. T'warnt there, but apparently the publishing industry panel at SxSW did a major crash-and-burn. While the session was entitled "New Think for Old Publishers," what it demonstrated was that publishers can't new-think at all–or at least, they can't articulate what they are thinking...
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Feb.27.2009
The Red Room editors have featured a new podcast on the homepage this week. My fellow Red Room author Judy Jones interviewed me not long ago, along with her co-host, Christina Blodgett. I hope you enjoy it!
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Dec.08.2008
Some professional journalists and journalism organizations are like weapons manufacturers when it comes to their view of commenters to their web sites. They provide the guns and ammo but feel downright squeamish about how their product is used.
Even bloggers and non-traditional sources are...
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Jul.25.2008
On Tuesday afternoon, I was lucky enough to weasel my way onto a panel at Stanford on the future of online video. It was an impressive group of heavyweights in the field and I was easily the least informed and the closest to journalism's Pleistocene period. The program was run by Beet.TV founder...
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