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Prose Fiction Update

July 23, 2010
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Prose Fiction Update

For your reading pleasure, as the work week comes to a close. Spend some time this weekend with a selection of links from this week’s Fiction Friday newsletter, produced by the Culture Alliance. Here is a miscellany of short fiction, news, opinion, advice and criticism from the publishing world. Short Fiction The Taborin Scale – a novella by Lucius Shepard “The Story Teller” by Saki (H.H. Munro b.1870 – d.1916) Reviews Triple Crown by Dick Francis – A Review by Lars Walker The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon – a review by Bill Shepard News, Interviews and Opinion Four Reasons Why Authors Should Use LinkedIn – HT: Phil at BrandywineBooks.net Audio Interview with John C. Gardner San Diego Comic-Con: Scott Pilgrim, ‘Ulysses Seen,’ and a Layoff at Del Rey A Wry Dystopian Seer – The Wall Street Journal interviews Gary Shteyngart Harlequin Builds a Non-Fiction Presence Print Sales Up Double Digits at Amazon Literary Criticism Excerpt from “Introduction on the Republication of On Moral Fiction” Moral Fiction - The Atlantic Magazine’s Mary Gordon discusses Gardner’s On Moral Fiction Writing Advice Wright’s Writing Corner: What To Do When Your Outline Breaks Announcements PW Calls for Information: War & Military – “Needed: Publishers’/editors’ written comments about

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Thousands Gather at Comic Con

March 15, 2010
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Thousands Gather at Comic Con

Between eight and ten thousand sequential art, science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts gathered within Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center to celebrate the comic book and pop culture this past weekend. The fans came, some in costumes, seeking personal sketches and autographs from the gathered artists. Artists and writers came to meet their fans and to network with publishers in order to advance existing careers or establish new ones. In contrast to San Diego’s massive event, which draws over 10 times the number gathered in Seattle, the Emerald City Comic Con (EC3) caters far more to the sequential art form that inspired the convention. The San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) has become a multimedia extravaganza drawing stars and directors from Hollywood to preview what they hope will the next blockbuster or the next television ratings hit. At SDCC booths for production companies like Fox and Warners Bros, share floor space with television studios, toy companies, and, yes, even comic publishers. Moreover, a single event hall In San Diego, where fans will spend an entire day watching trailers and movie clip previews, can accommodate nearly all those gathered in Seattle. SDCC is a massive cultural event where panelists are escorted in and

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