Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Time	Event
7:35a	State by state Kim Norman’s started something clever – a blog that lists, by state (and Canada, too) authors and illustrators who do school visits. You can find it right here. [Full disclosure: I love school visits. I'm always freaked out and nervous before, and energized afterward. Teens don't have much in the way of filters, so you get everything - their interest, their boredom, their excitement, their deeply personal stories, they shy revelations.] (2 Comments | Comment on this)
2:02p	Audiobooks - now you too can talk the talk Like every artform, audiobooks have a langauge all their own. Just ask sarazarr who just got done recording her audiobook of her book-book. If you want to know what "page rate" or "peaky means" click here for a full primer. [Full disclosure: primer is a word I pronounced "pry-mer" in my head for years - it's not a commonly user word in that sense, plus it's one of those tricky heteronyms, like invalid.] (Comment on this)
3:46p	Sex sells - and so does timeliness For some reason, I'm haunting the deals section of Publishers Marketplace, and what do I spy today but this: "Memoir: Natalie McLennan's THE PRICE: My Life as "Natalia," New York's $2,000 An Hour Escort, the rise, fall, and redemption of a promising young actress who falls in love with a man with ambitions of building the most exclusive brothel in New York and markets her as the "$2,000 An Hour Woman," to Michael Viner at Phoenix, by Jason Anthony at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency (World)." A week ago, that was an interesting story. Now since Spitzer had to go an act like an idiot, it's a VERY interesting story. Too bad her name's not "Kristen." (4 Comments | Comment on this)

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