Iowa State Fair Slideshow 14 Aug 2013 | 07:07 am

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Edward Snowden Fanfic 4 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm

Someone asked this weekend what I've been working on lately, and when my next book will be out. While that's all top secret (sorry), here's a little erotic Edward Snowden fanfic I wrote recently.... ...

Cumberbatch Rex 20 Mar 2013 | 03:13 am

Did Hemingway Really "Write Drunk, Edit Sober"? 19 Mar 2013 | 03:00 pm

Via WFPL.org: Ernest Hemingway famously said his secret was to “write drunk, edit sober.” Or did he? Lexington humor writer Andrew Shaffer (he published the popular "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey" parod...

Mark Coker on Ebook Exclusivity 19 Mar 2013 | 12:09 am

Amazon's "Kindle Select" lending program requires authors to offer their ebooks exclusively through Amazon to receive benefits of the program, such as being in the Kindle lending library and offering ...

A New Toy For Your Collection 18 Mar 2013 | 03:00 pm

This is pretty exciting: Disney has created an action figure of James Franco, America's favorite poet and short story writer. (And, in case you're wondering, the toy is listed as being 11 inches.) (...

Just Because You Can... 15 Mar 2013 | 10:33 pm

"Just because you can wear Crocs, doesn't mean you should." - literary agent Carrie Howland, interviewed at Akashic Books

I Read the Book...or Did I? 15 Mar 2013 | 10:00 pm

I recently picked up Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho to re-read it. Or at least that’s what I thought I was doing. Instead of that sense of comfortable déjà vu you get from re-reading an old favor...

I Dragged My Girlfriend to a Wrestling Show 15 Mar 2013 | 03:00 pm

Have You Slept With Jack Reacher? 14 Mar 2013 | 10:00 pm

I always get a kick out of Wikipedia disputes. In this screenshot, someone has challenged the assertion on the Jack Reacher entry that Reacher is "allegedly quite a handful in the bedroom." Please, i...