Thursday, May 11, 2006

Authors, Why Must You Disapoint?


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Originally uploaded by Ficklen.

There are a few stories in the news today about writers. Being that I am one of the tribe, I am all for writers getting publicity. But publicty because they're shaming the occupation? That's another story.

Everyone's favorite fake writer James Frey acknowledges that parts of the sequel to "A Million Little Pieces", called "My Friend Leonard," were fabricated. Le sigh...

Before she may or may not have written a chick lit novel and gotten a six-figure book deal, Kaavya Viswanathan was known as a good student back in New Jersey.