>FRiGG’s Microfiction Issue

>Check out the new, all-microfiction issue of FRiGG. It’s got stories by such short-writers as Scott Garson, Jennifer Pieroni, Kathy Fish, and many more!

>HTML Giant Secret Santa/Bunny Comes Through

>Three cheers for HTML Giant! Last week, with my tongue firmly in cheek, I complained that I never got got my Secret Santa gift…

>Report from the Road

>No, I’m not on the road, but Kevin Wilson is, to promote his book Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, and he is…

>Amazonian Travesty

>What in the hell were they thinking? In his blog post, Amazon Follies, Mark Probst explains how he learned about Amazon.com’s recent move that…

>Retreat!

>Very interesting article in the NYT about book advances: About that Book Advance, which says, among lots of other things: The numbers can sound…

>Tacky?

>Or maybe that’s too nice a word? In the past, I’ve heard criticism of anthology editors who include their own work in the books…

>Best Face Forward: Building a Website

>I recently participated in a seminar on book marketing. It was useful, in large part because it put together in an organized fashion bits…

>HTML Giant Secret Bunny?

>I went out to lunch today–needed to tap into some wireless for downloading purposes–and while I was in town I stopped into my favorite…

>Short Praise

>A.O. Scott’s piece in Saturday’s New York Times (In Praise of the American Short Story) makes some very good points. A young writer who…

>Musical Interlude

>I visited the Blackfriars Playhouse tonight, but not for Shakespeare. Well, it was, in a way, since part of the proceeds of the concert…