The Golden Age
of the Second Novel?: If a first novel fails to become a
blockbuster, publishers are less inclined to get behind the follow-up by a
writer who has gained a dubious track record but has lost that most precious of
all literary selling points: novelty. Writers get only one shot at becoming The
Next Big Thing.
King: How I
Wrote "Carrie" : Stephen King describes the
inspirations for his first novel, and how the horror landmark – 40 years old
this week – was very nearly destroyed.
Garcia Marquez
Hospitalized : Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez has
been hospitalized in Mexico City with a lung and urinary tract infection that
is responding to treatment, federal health officials said Thursday.
Ishiguro to
Publish New Novel Next Year: Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a
decade, "The Buried Giant," will be released next March, his U.K.
publisher Faber & Faber has announced.
WBN Maps Author
Events : World Book Night U.S. has finalized 23 author
appearances at venues nationwide for the kickoff of its 2014 day of giving.
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