Posts tagged "publishing"

October 6, 2012 4 Comments

Thanks for the royalties

Twice a year my publisher sends me a royalty check. It's always exciting, like getting a scratch-off lottery ticket that's guaranteed to win. You just don't know how much is waiting for you. It can vary by thousands of dollars from statement to statement, so I have no idea how much I'm going to get... [Read More]

February 15, 2012 37 Comments

The only thing better than a Chinese version of your book is an illustrated Chinese version of your book

Whenever I receive a package I'm not expecting I assume it's a bomb. Or anthrax. Or a pig's heart. (You won't think I'm so silly when I'm killed one day by an anthrax bomb hidden in a pig's heart!) So when I opened the package that had been left under my welcome mat I was... [Read More]

September 22, 2011 4 Comments

Did you hear that Susan from Twitter wrote a book?

Susan Orlean's new book about Rin Tin Tin comes out this week and I feel proud. This is odd because I had absolutely nothing to do with it. I doubt Susan Orlean even knows I exist, although she's retweeted me twice. (Not that I'm counting or anything.) Twitter is actually the reason why I feel... [Read More]