If you haven’t checked out TED talks in a while, here’s a perfect opportunity to do so. Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) gave a a talk on Creativity and dealing with following up after a huge personal success. She points to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, where people believed that Genius didn’t come from within, [...]
So on Friday, I tweeted that this Wednesday, 14 April, will be my last day working at Macmillan, as producer for Tor.com. The last two years have been an amazing ride; I’ve met and gotten to work with some incredible people in the science fiction and fantasy field, and I’ve had the opportunity to take [...]
This post is for everyone in traditional book publishing who has spent the last week staring in envy at your colleagues in digital—all of whom seem to be currently gallivanting around Austin. Real-life Foursquare and Danah Boyd’s amazing keynote alone should be enough to convince you it’s time to switch to online, just to ensure [...]
After reading Ami’s article about essential digital positions in Publishing, I thought about how most people in our digi-nerd positions, especially in publishing, come from another neck of the business woods like marketing or production. Why is that? How did we get there? For me, I’ve been asked more than a few times ‘well, how [...]
Two announcements to kick off 2010. First, check out the new blog. I’m launching The New Sleekness with other smart, bookish types to fill a hole in publishing punditry: voices from the boots-on-the-ground folks actually working directly in that sweet spot of publishing and technology. I hope you’ll add us to your RSS Reader. And [...]