Without George RR Martin, the last seasons of the TV spectacular lost their way, says the Observer columnist and GoT enthusiastGame of Thrones final episode review – epic ending corrects some major wrongsThe failure of the final season of Game of Thrones has its cheerful side. Despite the assumptions of “creative industry” executives, the collapse in advances to novelists, the downsizing of serious journalism, and the web appearing to rule that the monetary value of the written word is precisely nothing, it turns out writers are not interchangeable.For as long as it had George RR Martin’s novels to follow, the series triumphed. The farther it ran ahead of its creator, the worse it became. Its defenders dismiss hundreds of thousands of disappointed viewers as entitled snowflakes. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-19 08:00:13 UTC ]
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Without George RR Martin, the last seasons of the TV spectacular lost their way, says the Observer columnist and GoT enthusiastGame of Thrones final episode review – epic ending corrects some major wrongsThe failure of the final season of Game of Thrones has its cheerful side. Despite the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-19 08:00:13 UTC ]
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Tired of the subtweets? The peevish reviews? The [gasp] indecorous email sign-offs? Do you wish the literary world would just conduct its brawls out in the open for all to see? Well, now you can fight along at home with Street Writer, Maxwell Neely-Cohen’s absolutely wonderful literary homage to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-04 14:06:11 UTC ]
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One of my duties every single day as an author, journalist, and constituent, is to read. I study the written word the way a football coach studies football games. I don’t read for pleasure just like a football coach doesn’t attend games to zone out. As much as I’d like to avoid it, I have […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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When she was in high school in the early 1950’s, Joanna Russ (1930–2011) read Mark Twain’s short story “A Medieval Romance,” about a duke without a male heir who brings his daughter up to fill the role, hiding her gender from all. Things get complicated when the duke’s niece falls in love with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-03 08:41:28 UTC ]
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Authors have entered a war over words with OpenAI for using their books as ‘training’ feedstockBattles between human and artificial intelligence are no longer science fiction. The strikes in Hollywood led by the united guilds of actors and screenwriters have a common, intangible enemy: the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-23 15:03:31 UTC ]
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An April report by the UK-based publishing site, The Bookseller, showed that more than half of the debut authors they surveyed said the experience of publishing a book adversely affected their mental health. Further reporting from The Guardian reveals that (some) publishers have quickly... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-19 19:03:31 UTC ]
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Max is coming to market. Following months of streaming rumors and speculation, Warner Bros. Discovery is officially combining its streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+ under one brand: Max. Launching May 23 with a new tagline, color and mission, the upcoming service will drop the iconic HBO... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-04-12 19:25:11 UTC ]
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Nothing prepared me for revisiting the most painful times of my life – then being criticised for it. We need industry-wide guidelines to helpI called her Terri The World Gets. She was the outward-facing me, the woman I’d spent decades curating. And Terri The World Gets was about to be rocketed... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-08 08:00:10 UTC ]
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That 10% fee buys a novelist like me more than the chance of a big book deal – from a hand with the DIY to a shoulder to cry on after yet another knockbackA few weeks after the sudden death of my agent, Deborah Rogers, in 2014 the colleague deputed to take me on phoned. “I’ve found something in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-06-28 09:00:29 UTC ]
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The actor-writer-musician and illustrator teamed up on the new book “A Wealth of Pigeons.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-16 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Escape again into the worlds created by George R.R. Martin, Ray Bradbury, Lewis Carroll and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-06 10:57:16 UTC ]
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Fresh off of adapting a book series that did pretty well as a TV show, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are bringing another trilogy of novels to the small screen. Along with Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy and True Blood), the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-09-01 15:20:58 UTC ]
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David Benioff and DB Weiss to adapt The Three-Body Problem and two sequels with Alexander WooGame of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and DB Weiss are to adapt a series of hit science fiction novels by Chinese author Liu Cixin for Netflix. Together with Alexander Woo, who has worked on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-01 14:29:32 UTC ]
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“In addition to my passion for the musk ox, I also have a deep love for horses.” Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2020-07-22 14:09:02 UTC ]
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Lawrence Wright’s new novel about a pandemic was meant to be speculative. The author says he’s both proud and embarrassed about what turned out to be foresight. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Do writers need literary agents to get published and find success with their writing? Are there times when getting an agent doesn't make sense? We answer these questions here. The post Do Writers Need Literary Agents? by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2020-03-24 21:29:37 UTC ]
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In the 2010s, the publishing industry finally wrestled with its problems with diversity. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2019-12-22 13:00:22 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has partnered with HBO to publish Game of Thrones: A Guide to Westeros and Beyond, The Complete Series in November, offering "a visually dynamic exploration of complex plots and narrative arcs". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-06 21:50:07 UTC ]
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Brooks thinks 'Game of Thrones' reminds us of mistaken military assumptions after the Cold War ended. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The much griped-about series finale of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” on Sunday night broke the premium cable network‘s all-time ratings records, as nearly 20 million viewers tuned in to find out who would get to sit on the Uncomfortable Pointy Chair. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-20 20:41:27 UTC ]
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