Word Pirates

The Guardian Unlimited book blog has an interesting post about translating poetry. Really, I think it pertains to translating most writing that is not soley instructional or informational.
Some people would disagree, saying poetry in translation is the wrong side of the tapestry - it just can’t be done. But they are talking about replication, not […]

If you pitch Chronicle Books and it rejects you, be on the lookout for them to pitch you back a self-publishing service. If a writer referred by Chronicle uses the self-publishing service Blurb, Chronicle gets a piece of the action. [UPDATE: Chronicle Books says the information in the article I read to get this information […]

September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day! In honor of that, I give you a ridiculous picture of a man who is obviously not a pirate along with some pirate lingo.

Here is some good pirate vocabulary for you to sprinkle into your conversations on this special day:
Ahoy! - “Hello!”
Avast! - Stop and give attention.
Aye! […]

Neato thing to check out: Largehearted Boy has a series in which authors create and discuss a playlist related to their book.
The authors and types of books featured vary. An interesting one was Chuck Klosterman talking about his playlist for “Killing Yourself to Live,” which is about his road trip visiting rock ‘n’ roll death […]

All of the winners of the New Writing Ventures awards this year were women. The chair of the judging committee had this odd comment:
“I think it’s harder for a fledgling male writer to establish themselves, because market forces are swayed towards women,” he suggested. “But in this case women produced the best writing, so perhaps […]

Bonus: If you’re all up in social networking, there’s a network for book lovers called Goodreads.
Word Pirates: Our next meeting on Sept. 20 is part two of the essay critique. Since Joy will be on the open road traveling, the meeting will be at Laura’s house. The deadline for e-mailing your essay to the group […]