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Mar31
We Won't Judge You

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into ValuesHere at The Publishing Spot, we won't judge you by your books. You can read whatever you want--from pulp fiction to deconstructed literary fiction to comic books--and we won't make fun of you.

I will alert you to situations where somebody might be judging your bookshelf. Jeff (one of my favorite writing-world reporters right now) reminded me of a couple New York Times articles that you must read. 

Don't let your next literary date sneak attack in the bookshelf battles. Save the college-epiphany books for the first-year anniversary:

"Judy Heiblum, a literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, shudders at the memory of some attempted date-talk about Robert Pirsig’s 1974 cult classic 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,' beloved of searching young men. 'When a guy tells me it changed his life, I wish he’d saved us both the embarrassment,' Heiblum said, adding that 'life-changing experiences' are a 'tedious conversational topic at best.'"

I won't judge, and neither will our special guest journalist Jeff Gordinier (check out our interview about interviewing).

What's more, if you are looking for some free entertainment this evening, he's reading at the Tribecca Barnes and Noble at 7 p.m.--feel free to discuss any pop culture book you want with his fans.

 

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When You Can't Write About Anything Else, Write About Music
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This Is Your Brain on Cubicles
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Mar21
How Francine Prose, Peacock's Penny Arcade, and a Cruise Ship Can Help Your Writing
Mar20
The Publishing Spot Library: Soldier and Writer Jason Christopher Hartley
Mar19
The Publishing Spot Library: Writing Guru Erika Dreifus
Mar18
Christopher Hitchens Explains Why You Should Quit Your Dayjob
Mar17
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The Incredible Shrinking Newsroom
Mar14
The Best Web Video Hosting Service for Writers?
Nicholson Baker and Human Smoke: What Should Writers Do During Wartime?
Mar13
From the Hulk to Literary Fiction: The Physics of Action Scenes
Mar12
How To Find 1,000 True Fans For Your Novel
How To Get Bloggers To Blog About Your Book
Mar11
Reading Reading Reading
Mar10
How Reading and Writing about World War II Can Help You
Mar 7
"Unplug yurself from that friggin' opium tube and start asking some questions for a change" : Jason Christopher Hartley and the Unwritten Iraq War
Mar 6
Thinking and Writing about the Iraq War: Jason Christopher Hartley Shares HIs Literary Influences
Mar 5
"The idea of reading a military blog makes me angry" : Jason Christopher Hartley on Web Writing
The Publishing Spot Library: Author Felicia Sullivan
Mar 4
The Publishing Spot Library: Author Janice Erlbaum
"Think paint-ball meets Disneyland": Jason Christopher Hartley Shows You How a Soldier Feels
Mar 3
Jason Christopher Hartley Explains How To Write About War
Publishing Spotted: Books-on-Video, Memoir Troubles, and Vacation Photos

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