Reviews Wednesday Addams Meets Pollyanna in Mystery Series By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 3:23 PM A review by P.E. Logan Read more about GalleyCat Reviews I have never considered myself much of a mystery fan. Growing up, I watched my middle sister Virginia devour volumes of Nancy Drew and Ian Fleming’s entire oeuvre of J ...
Book Biz Stephen Fry Will Pick Best Tweet Ever At UK Hay Festival By David on May. 26, 2010 - 2:23 PM Actor and writer Stephen Fry will have one eye on his Twitter account while he’s at the Guardian’s Hay festival, starting tomorrow, and it’ll be his judging eye: As a new part of the 10-day literary festival, Fry ...
Publishing Jennifer Egan Explores PowerPoint Fiction By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 2:23 PM While working on her recent novel, Jennifer Egan experimented with using PowerPoint slides to tell her story. In the video embedded above, the novelist explained her process–showing other writers how to follow in her footste ...
Events Booked: Larry Kramer at the Lambda Literary Awards By David on May. 26, 2010 - 1:23 PM Tickets are still available for the Lambda Literary Awards tomorrow, where Larry Kramer and Kate Clinton will receive the 2010 Pioneer Awards. Kramer (pictured, via) is a playwright, novelist and Ivy League rabble-rouser. Kate Cli ...
Authors How Four Paranormal Authors Found Inspiration: BEA 2010 Dispatch By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 12:23 PM Where do you get your ideas? The question can drive an established author bonkers, but for aspiring writers, it can make all the difference in the world. At the BEA panel Paranormal Fiction for Teens: From Vampires to Werewolves t ...
Trends Scribd Transitions to HTML5 By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 11:23 AM Yesterday Scribd announced their full-scale transition from Flash to HTML5. This new programming language will make Scribd content available across a larger swath of mobile devices, especially the iPhone and iPad. Scribd co-founde ...
People Bestselling Author, David Baldacci’s Writing Schedule By Jeff Rivera on May. 26, 2010 - 10:30 AM New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci is the author of 18 bestselling novels including his latest novel, Deliver Us From Evil. With that many books, GalleyCat wondered what his writing schedule was like. In today’ ...
Reviews Virtual Economies Get Real World Unions By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 10:23 AM Reviewed by Maryan Pelland Read more about GalleyCat Reviews Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) used to be a teen niche of Internet gaming. MMORPG have become, in Cory Doctorow’s new novel, a sub-cultur ...
Trends Cellphone Novels and Fiction Coming with Figment: BEA 2010 Dispatch By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 10:23 AM This summer, Figment will launch a new mobile platform for YA fiction–bringing the community interaction of Japanese cellphone novels to American teenagers. In the video above, Figment CEO Jacob Lewis explained the idea behi ...
Revolving Door Harper’s Magazine Loses Two Editors By Jason Boog on May. 26, 2010 - 9:23 AM After a spate of departures earlier this year, two more editors from Harper’s magazine have decided to leave. Yesterday the NY Times confirmed that senior editors Bill Wasik and Luke Mitchell will leave the literary magazine ...