Fiction Writing News: Page 46
Professor Says Harry Potter Won't Die (February 3, 2007): Now that the seventh book in the Harry Potter series has an official release date of July 21, 2007, the theorizing about who will die has reached a fever pitch.
Sidney Sheldon Dead at 89 (January 31, 2007): Bestselling author Sidney Sheldon is dead at the age of 89.
Teachers Can See Freedom Writers For Free (January 25, 2007): AMC Theaters and Paramount Pictures are giving schoolteachers the chance to see the film Freedom Writers starring Hilary Swank for free.
AAP President Says Writers' Rights Under Fire (January 24, 2007): Publisher's Weekly reports on the speech given by Pat Schroeder, the President of the Association of American Publishers, at the Publishers Advertising and Marketing Association lunch.
Novelists Not Always Welcome in Hollywood (January 22, 2007): The Hollywood Reporter reports on the sad truth that novelists aren't always that welcome in Hollywood.
Dante's Nose Shape Controversy Finally Settled (January 17, 2007): Apparently the poet Dante's nose has been the source of an ongoing controversy.
P.D. James Proud of Film Version of Children of Men (January 8, 2007): Author P.D. James is reportedly pleased with the film adaptation of his novel, Children of Men. The film stars actor Clive Owen.
Richard Powers Abandons His Keyboard (January 8, 2007): National Book Award-winning novelist Richard Powers claims that he has barely touched a keyboard in years, except under duress.
Libraries Dump the Classics (January 3, 2007): The classics are being pulled from libraries to make way for contemporary works.
Susan Cheever and American Bloomsbury (January 2, 2007): Writer Susan Cheever discusses her new book, American Bloomsbury. The book examines the lives of five classic American authors living in Concord, Massachussetts.
Electronic Submissions Pushing SASEs Toward Extinction (December 28, 2006): Editors and publishers at some publications jumped on email and started accepting submissions electronically during the 90s when the Internet was first growing as a medium.
Judith Regan and the Soul of the Publishing Industry (December 19, 2006): Sara Nelson, the editor of Publishers Weekly weighs in on the ongoing Judith Regan/HarperCollins drama in which Regan was summarily fired right before the News Corp.
Yiyun Li Wins Guardian First Book Award (December 7, 2006): Chinese-born author Yiyun Li has won the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, a book of short stories.
NaNoWriMo Final Word Count: 982,495,939 Words (December 2, 2006): The New York Times reports that the busy NaNoWriMo authors wrote a total of 982,495,939 words in November.
Harold Crick's Life Really is Stranger Than Fiction (November 13, 2006): Will Ferrell discusses his new movie, Stranger Than Fiction, with SciFi Wire.
NaNoWriMo 2006 Is Off And Running (November 2, 2006): National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo has begun.
Novelist William Styron Dead at 81 (November 2, 2006): Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Styron, the author of The Confessions of Nat Turner (which won the Pulitzer Prize) and Sophie's Choice/> has died.
Mick Garris Talks Horror (October 30, 2006): Monsters and Critics talked with Mick Garris, executive producer and creator of the popular Showtime series Masters of Horror.
The Author, The Addiction and the Amazon.com Ranking System (October 24, 2006): Lyn Gardner, theatre critic for The Guardian (U.
Stephen King Gets Political for MoveOn (October 24, 2006): Bestselling author Stephen King has decided to get political for the upcoming midterm elections.
