(no subject)

'member that Fashionista who nailed a $900K advance for her Devil Wears Prada-like proposal that turned out to contain unattributed material from other peoples' work? That contained snippets of conversations with people who in fact never met her?

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/authors/the_fashion_industrys_james_frey_34627.asp

All gone. The publisher canceled the deal.

In other news, the rain finally pushed out an hour or so ago. My backyard is a'flooded.

No drought this year, I think.

(no subject)

'member that Fashionista who nailed a $900K advance for her Devil Wears Prada-like proposal that turned out to contain unattributed material from other peoples' work? That contained snippets of conversations with people who in fact never met her?

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/authors/the_fashion_industrys_james_frey_34627.asp

All gone. The publisher canceled the deal.

In other news, the rain finally pushed out an hour or so ago. My backyard is a'flooded.

No drought this year, I think.

SF/F in this week's Publishers Weekly

Thanks to barbarienne for pointing these out:

Too Geeky For Its Own Good (my editor, Diana Gill, is quoted in this one).

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6321003.html?pubdate=4%2F3%2F2006&display=current

And an article about fantasy for good measure:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6321002.html?pubdate=4%2F3%2F2006&display=current

SF/F in this week's Publishers Weekly

Thanks to barbarienne for pointing these out:

Too Geeky For Its Own Good (my editor, Diana Gill, is quoted in this one).

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6321003.html?pubdate=4%2F3%2F2006&display=current

And an article about fantasy for good measure:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6321002.html?pubdate=4%2F3%2F2006&display=current