Writing By Committee: The Latest In the Corporate Undermining of Authenticity

If you haven’t already heard about the plagiarism scandle swirling around Kaavya Viswanathan, you probably aren’t much into reading, or just have young children. To sum up, 17-year-old Harvard student Viswanathan was given a half million dollar book deal (reportedly the largest advance ever given to an unpublished writer) last year, only to have to [...]

Newest Visiting Author Chat Scheduled: Danielle Trussoni

Hey, guys. The next visiting author chat is now scheduled, for Tuesday, May 9th @ 9 p.m. And the author chatting is a great one (drumroll please). It is Danielle Trussoni, author of FALLING THROUGH THE EARTH. Check out her profile here: http://collectedwriters.blogspot.com/2006/04/danielle-trussoni-author-of-falling.html

Also, in case you missed them (and MANY of you did), you can [...]

TONIGHT’s The Night!!

As promised, tonight at 9 p.m. EST (6 p.m. Pacific), Samantha Dunn, author of such classics as FAILING PARIS, NOT BY ACCIDENT and FAITH IN CARLOS GOMEZ will be chatting at my website, www.futureproofbook.com. There are many other authors lined up and more signing on to do these chats every weekk, so please, if you [...]

This, That, The Other Thing

I’ve been waiting for what seems an exhorbitant amount of time to finally be able to announce that the futureproof website is now chock-full of goodness, as webmaster extraordinnaire Ryan Scott has updated the site with some just incredible stuff.

the chat room, if you haven’t seen it yet, is completely new and improved, with all [...]

Odds, Ends

~Interest is really starting to pick up on the author chats. I’m getting all kinds of email queries from readers wanting to know the best way to make sure they’ll be able to chat with Samantha Dunn. The answer: just make sure you’re there early, as the room will only hold 50 people. The chat [...]

Author Chat II: Samantha Dunn

Samantha Dunn is the author of Failing Paris (Toby Press), a finalist for the PEN West Fiction Award in 2000, and the memoir, Not By Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life (Henry Holt& Co.), a BookSense 76 pick. Her most recent memoir, Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex and Salvation, is published by [...]

The Beginning Has Officially Begun

Tonight was the first of a series of chats with authors on my site, http://www.futureproofbook.com/. It was with, of course, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, who was gracious enough to come along and venture into pretty much uncharted territory. You see, for years now, it has been industry standard for writers to not only NOT work together (writing [...]

Guidelines For Josh Kilmer-Purcell Chat Tonight

Not sure how many of you are planning on stopping by the chat tonight with Josh, but I just wanted to set it up a little so you know what to expect…..
The chatroom will hold 50 people at once, including Josh, me and my webmaster, Ryan Scott. So obviously your chances of actually talking to [...]

TIME CHANGE FOR JOSH KILMER-PURCELL CHAT

Just a head’s up. Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of the New York Times bestseller I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS, will be chatting in the chatroom of my website, www.futureproofbook.com, tomorrow night from 7:30-9 p.m. EST. Hope you guys can make it.Talk soon. ~FRANK