Tag Archives: Maxwell Perkins

Make a Living at Writing?

Posted on March 1, 2021 by jpkenna

There’s money to be made in writing fiction. But not necessarily by those doing the actual writing. As the number of books being churned out in this age of self-publishing has increased astronomically, the odds of making a living wage … Continue reading →

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Did William Faulkner Really Say This?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jpkenna

In writing, you must kill all your darlings. Not according to John Crowley, writer of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. I was happy to read in Crowley’s “Easy Chair” column, in the November 2014 issue of Harper’magazine, that the … Continue reading →

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Look What They’ve Done To My Book!

Posted on September 19, 2014 by jpkenna

Thomas Wolfe, manically writing while standing, using the top of his icebox as a desk, tossing his manuscript pages into a nearby wooden packing crate, would not understand how my two novels got mangled when transformed into Kindle versions. I … Continue reading →

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Where Have You Gone, Maxwell Perkins?

Posted on February 19, 2014 by jpkenna

Was it easier to get a book published before the recent onset of mass-digital (mostly self) publishing? It may depend on the type of book. Media celebrities, no matter how vacuous, seem to have no trouble getting book deals with … Continue reading →

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