Publishers have always had a hard time selling and marketing the single, short-form work. Amazon.com has created a new way for authors to get that kind of work out there, which is incredibly exciting.
It`s important for the schools to make sure they new hires are of the quality they want. It`s one more thing we can do to make parents feel safe leaving their children with these teachers.
Publishing is tough. As a writer, if I`d murdered my family, that`d be a great gift, not to my family maybe, but definitely to my book. Oprah`s defense (of Frey) just doesn`t work. You can`t say a memoir is 90% true. Which 90%? It`s cheating.