Big Book Deal for Dying Professor

When I saw Randy Pausch on TV, I was astounded with his absolutely courageous approach to his own mortality. I couldn’t be more impressed with his accomplishments and his outlook on life and his inevitable death.
I went online and watched his “Last Lecture”. It is lengthy, but is well worth your time.
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Norman Mailer wins bad sex award

Sure, pick on the dead guy to save face of the living literary geniuses, who wished they were dead when they made this list:
Literary Review: BAD SEX IN FICTION AWARDS 2007
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer
LONDON – The conception of Adolf Hitler was never going to make for easy reading. But [...]

The Laws of Leadership Re-Written

John C. Maxwell takes a fresh look at the classic, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, he wrote with Zig Ziglar, and found that although the original laws are irrefutable they are, however, not complete…
By John C. Maxwell
This fall I had a rare opportunity to update and revise a book I wrote 10 years ago. [...]

Causes and Cures for Writer’s Block

This article can now be found at the new
Writer’s Report 2.0 site

Podcast: Editing

I know that for NaNoWriMo’s this way too early, but for future reference, Mur Lafferty has released a typically well produced podcast that addresses Editing. She also fields a few questions about: NaNoWriMo, young writers, action scenes and publishing contests – on her blog I Should Be Writing.