Opie, Andy and the Fonz

Probably the best work Ron Howard has done in a while...

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No, Not Procrastinating

Strange that at the same time I'm supposed to be making a big push on the book I also seem inclined to post more. Procrastination? No, not really. I had a great writing day yesterday. Produced almost 4000 words. That's pretty good. If I keep that up I'll be on schedule to press SEND on Thursday.

Good thing, too, as I'm also hopping on a plane to Calgary for World Fantasy that day! It will be so good to be able to tell folks the book is done. That's miles better than saying, "Almost there. No really, just a little bit more..."

So, yes, I will go work. But I also notice I have a backlog of interesting linky type stuff. With the election in mind, I thought I'd mention this non-partisan article...

Thanks to Teri for pointing me toward this Washington Post piece about the history of getting dirty in presidential campaigns. Some amusing stuff, and a great reminder that the things we'll be seeing the next couple of weeks aren't new at all.

You can read it HERE.

Baby, It's Going to Be Cold Outside in Book Publishing

So says an article in The New York Observer, in reference to the state of publishing. One of my grad students sent this to me. Things were hard enough for the hordes of aspiring writers working so hard to make it. No doubt about it, the nearish-future is gonna be tough for them, and by the time the dust clears the industry might look quite different. Or am I wrong?

The article is here.

A Few Americans Speaking For Themselves...

A student of mine pointed me toward this Al Jazeera English piece on an aspect of our elections. Have you seen it? It doesn't much matter that it's Al Jazeera (in terms of any presumed bias), since none of it is commentary or punditry. It's just a piece that allows some of our Heartland citizens to speak for themselves on the topic of Barack Obama. It's pretty clear these folks are speaking in their own words, and that they really are impassioned.



Thoughts?