{"id":276,"date":"2004-10-03T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-03T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2004-10-03T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-03T14:47:00","slug":"276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

New blogs on writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bitch Novelist<\/a>: “I suppose I should begin by telling you what this blog is for. I have no intention of being one of those bloggers with attitude, as in fuck you, you figure it out. I welcome readers of this blog as enthusiastically as I welcome readers of my novels. It’s the industry, the prize committees, the reviewers, and many over-hyped novels that I am here to bitch about”<\/p>\n

Galley Cat<\/a>, a spin-off from Cup of Chicha<\/a>: “While reading is still considered a relatively private and intellectual endeavor, national book clubs seem to drive up sales by ensuring books’ social currency. Reading no longer needs to be the artsy equivalent of solitary confinement; instead, it can be a ticket to a group event, as well as an affordable emulation of a beloved celebrity’s habits. Consequently, if you think literary culture is suffering for lack of readers, you probably see some good in TV shows’ book clubs; and if you think literary culture is suffering because people no longer like to think — at least, for themselves, that is — book clubs may seem like its death knell (and here comes the grim Ripa). ”<\/p>\n

Not as new, but I never linked to it: Maud Newton’s blog<\/a>, now featuring The Secret [Literary] Agent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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