Metablogging

Thanks to Marshal Zeringue, you can now find out what books have Tuckerized me. Graham Powell is angling for similar honors:

_Please kill me in your next book, story, whatever. Make me the …

Kate Atkinson, the marvellous author of the inaugural Litblog Co-Op pick CASE HISTORIES, will be stopping by the LBC site on Monday, August 29 to talk about the book the take your questions. Should be …

So a number of folks have already asked me how last night’s reading went. To be honest? Kind of a blur, which is odd considering my penchant for rigorous post-performance post-mortems (“it …

There once was a girl named Helena. A young lass, a smart one, toiling day in and day out at a Major League Publishing House (think of the initials “R” and “H.”) The problem …

the Observer’s Hepzibah Anderson wonders if bloggers can really make or break books. Or at least, does so for the benefit of the paper:

Exactly what sells books

remains mysterious, but one …

Looking for crime reporting with a healthy dose of snark? Then check out Blottered, featuring an assortment of shady types casting their net over the murky world of criminals of every type. I’ll …

Yes, it’s that time again. The time when a whole host of writers take the same story germ and do as they please. Last time, Dave White & Bryon Quertermous recruited fourteen folks in all to …

As the stories roll in, the links will go live next to each participant’s name:

Alina Adams: “Hitting the Fan“

Ray Banks: “Outbid“

Gwenda Bond: “Unflappable …

Please do check out the Litblog Co-Op site later today as Reagan Arthur, senior editor at Little Brown, will discuss her role in bringing Kate Atkinson’s CASE HISTORIES to publication in the US. …

Maybe it’s a slow day, or maybe I’m easily amused, but whatever the case, this collaboration between TMFTML and Lindsay Robertson will no doubt inspire many new variations. Some of my …

A long long time ago, when the blogosphere was young, I used to spend too much of my time reading the wit and wisdom of a young investment banker named D-Nasty. And every time I would, a little voice …

So not content with making a huge introductory splash into the blogosphere, reformed TV writer Paul Guyot (who I know was around at BCon last year, but somehow I missed meeting him then) has issued a …

Maud links to this story in the SF Chronicle where Alan Greenblatt wonders why bloggers always put excuse notes on their sites — does anyone really care?

In all the blogs I read regularly, …

Sarah recommended linking to the Ian Rankin interview posted by the inimitable Bookslut this morning.

Lots of great stuff therein, but I’m especially taken with the following chunks:

The …

Since this current “10 things I’ve done that you haven’t” meme started spreading like a virus across the ‘sphere, some folks have asked if I’m going to participate. …

It came as a surprise, but a welcome one when Our Girl in Chicago, Terry Teachout’s co-blogger over at About Last Night, outed herself over the weekend. But I’m pleased to report (along …

So who else is participating in this fine project? Look below for the names and their stories:

“Delia’s Gone” by Ray Banks
“The Anniversary” by Aldo Calcagno
“I …

Can’t someone just unmask the girl already? It’s getting really boring, and this bit of news is simply not helping:

Channel 4 is to make a TV drama series based on Belle de Jour, …

If there’s anything I’ve learned in the year-plus I’ve been blogging, it’s that I love it when people I really like get book deals. Because it affirms, at least in my mind, …

And let’s start with Duane Swierczynski, taking time out from his insane life (as the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper, novelist, and beer lover) to interview Ray Banks on the …

Memo to the New York Times: so you love bloggers and want to write about them every single day. But honestly, it’s been annoying for months, and articles like this (“Look ma, bloggers with …

Though Book TV hasn’t chosen a date to air the “What the Blog?” panel that took place at Housing Works in Manhattan last Friday, the reports are streaming in (pictures included!) …

I can’t really be bothered to go through the whole history of Jessica “The Washingtonienne” Cutler for those not up to speed, but this article from last summer should provide enough …

And I know it’s only Monday, but it’s going to be hard to top Eurotrash’s weekend revelations about the men she meets. Girls, it’s not that He’s Just Not Into You, …

If you’re in the New York City area, then there’s no earthly reason not to check out this panel, which will be held this Friday evening at Housing Works Cafe and is slated to be broadcast …

I’ve been meaning to put up a long winded report of the goings-on at last week’s Giller Light, but dammit, I’ve run out of time. Maybe next week. So to amuse you all, check out some …

At 10 AM, I’ll be listening to my compadres Maud Newton, Dennis Loy Johnson, and Ron Hogan talking about their sites and the literary scene in general on WAMC’s The Roundtable. Streaming …

Dan Wickett, the tireless proprietor of the Emerging Writers Forum, conducted an online interview of many notable literary bloggers, including Maud Newton, Laila Lalami, Ron Hogan, Mark Sarvas, Carrie …

So as any longtime reader knows, I’m a big fan of the late, lamented blogger known as TMFTML. But it seems the mourning’s premature, because really, as Maud reported yesterday, he’s …

It was in late spring that I first heard that guys at the door of the Phish show had been accepting cash instead of tickets. Not just the occasional bribe: according to someone who was at a Coney …

While the news itself–that Choire Sicha is stepping down as editor of Gawker.com to get “kicked upstairs” and get more freelance gigs–doesn’t surprise us at all …

Ron Mwangaguhunga (of Corsair fame) wonders who the “Queen of the Blogosphere” is after seeing a ridiculously lengthy article in the Independent late last month about Manhattan-based …

Gosh, today proved to be a hypergraphic’s delight. But before I sign off, a gentle reminder:

On Monday, July 26th, M.J. Rose will be participating in a Virtual Book Tour for her new novel THE …

While most of us were content to sit back and throw peanuts into the proverbial gallery, Ed chose a different tack–he went fishing, and got corroboration in the form of Peck’s lunch …

Actually, the minute he made mention last weekend of a “special surprise” due today, a little voice in my head piped up “I know, I know!” For About Last Night, Terry Teachout …

Like many others, I couldn’t be happier about Terry Teachout’s just-announced nomination to serve on the National Council of the Arts, but am just a little bit envious as well–oh, …

The Meme of the Week, and something I’ve been participating off-blog, so to speak, is the Teachout Cultural Concurrence Index. Me, I scored 58%, although the first time I did the test, I …

To CAAF , who has finally joined the ‘sphere. Maud’s occasional guest blogger has been threatening to start up shop for a while, and boy are we glad she did.

Reading Robert McCrum’s latest column left me in a curious state of bewilderment. He segues from the Orange Prize win to scratching his head about the now-utterly-infamous New Yorker article …

OK, maybe that’s not true, but considering what the latest installment in the Washingtonienne Follies is about, it could easily, all too easily, be possible:

I always wanted to write a novel, …

It is, I think, a little bit surreal to get namechecked in the India Business-Standard. But there I am, along with some of my fellow usual suspects, in a rather quirky article by Nilanjana S. Roy on …

Joe Bloggs, the outpost for the UK-based 3AM Magazine, has been conducting a spate of interviews with some of the leading lights of the litblogging community. Now, here’s mine.

It’s no surprise whatsoever that yesterday’s “Talk of the Town” article on ICM agent Kate Lee has produced an inevitable backlash, seen most visibly here and here. The gist of …

The New Yorker (!!!!) profiles Kate Lee, a twentysomething agent with ICM who has developed quite the niche market: bloggers with book deals:

Two years from now—give or take—Elizabeth Spiers, the …