Ray Bradbury on Writing Fahrenheit 451 in a Library
In a letter he wrote in 2006, the late Ray Bradbury explained why and how he wrote the first version of Fahrenheit 451 (the novella The Fireman) in the basement of the U.C.L.A. library. I’ve done some...
View Article250,000 Books To Be Burned (Possibly)
Out of the 250,000 books she has left, Shaunna Raycraft “is planning a massive book sort from July 1 to July 7. Whatever is left over will be burned.” Originally, Raycraft bought the collection of...
View ArticleWrite Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin)
A funny song by Paul & Storm attempting to nudge George R. R. Martin to finish his last two books of the A Song of Ice and Fire series (especially before HBO catches up). For those interested,...
View ArticleNora Ephron Dies at 71
The LA Times’s Obituary writes, “Nora Ephron, who cast an acerbic eye on relationships, metropolitan living and aging in essays, books, plays and hit movies including ‘Sleepless in Seattle,’ ‘When...
View ArticleWhy I Write: George Orwell’s Four Motives for Creation
Brain Pickings adds to their compendium of writing tips by discussing George Orwell’s 1946 essay Why I Write. “Orwell begins with some details about his less than idyllic childhood — complete with...
View ArticleShould Readers Be Blamed for an Author’s Subtle Writing?
Kottke writes that “author Patrick Somerville recently received the bittersweet honor of a “soggy” review in the New York Times of his new book, The Bright River. As he read the review, however, he...
View ArticleNew Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee
From Colossal: “Artist Guy Laramee has recently completed a number of new sculptural works where he transforms thick tomes into incredible topographical features including mountains, caves, volcanoes,...
View ArticleThe Weird Book Room
I have to agree with Neil Gaiman’s Tumblr post on this, life seems a little better knowing that people have written books on such… odd… subjects. It’s not only that they exist, but that someone had...
View ArticleTop 90 Writing Secrets From Bestselling Authors
As with everything, people have their preferred ways of writing. That old joke about how throwing 10 authors in a room will reveal 11 forms of writing (and 10 pissed off authors) is basically true…...
View ArticleGertrude Stein’s Posthumous Alphabet Book
Brain Pickings writes, “In 1939, Gertrude Stein penned her first children’s book, The World Is Round… The following year, Stein wrote an intended follow-up, titled To Do: A Book of Alphabets and...
View ArticleE-books vs Printed Books
I’ve recently been sent this wonderful infographic from TeachingDegree.org looking at e-books and printed books. I know in our household both mediums co-exist quite well — I have an e-reader...
View Article30 Most Anticipated Books of 2013
Some of these are definitely up there in my must read list, though I’ll have to struggle to find the time. Here is Flavorpill’s thirty most anticipated books of 2013. “We may be up to our ears in best...
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