Smatterings

Michiko Kakutani generally likes Colin Harrison's THE FINDER but finds the plot rather preposterous. All I know is that the book entertained me immensely over the weekend.

Hillel Italie pores through the archives of Writer's Digest.

Brian Stelter catches up with R.L. Stine as a new generation of kids is about to be bombarded with new GOOSEBUMPS books.

The battle between Tom Clancy and former wife Wanda still rages on in court.

Will B&N buy Borders? Goldman Sachs seems to think it would be a good idea, even if there are many compelling reasons for why it wouldn't work.

Michael Orthofer digs into the Katie Price/Nibbie controversy.

John Emil List, the killer who put forensic sculptor Frank Bender (and America's Most Wanted) back on the map, has died. Steve Huff has more on the story.

Ed links to the early films of Jim Henson. "Time Piece" is one of the most brilliant things I have ever seen.

Can we stop with the David Paterson revelations, please? Does knowing he tried coke or pot or had some affairs years ago affect his ability or inability to pass the budget? Oh, silly media fixating on irrelevancy.

Jaime makes the case for LOVE AFFAIR as one of the most underrated movies of our time.

And finally, quantum physics, the Super Mario way.

Comments

[Wallace Stroby]

I actually wrote a couple profiles for Writer's Digest way back when, including that cited 1992 Stephen King piece in which he urges against outlining. I saved it for posterity. Anyone who's curious what else he had to say (and he said a lot) can find it at http://www.wallacestroby.com/writersonwriting_king.html

I also remember talking to Tom Clark, the then editor, around that same time, and in going through some archived back issues from the 1930s, he'd found a letter to the editor written by Dashiell Hammett.