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Novelists Strike Fails To Affect Nation Whatsoever

Love this article.

While the strike has been joined by an estimated 250,000 novelists—225,000 of
whom have reportedly stopped in the middle of their first novel—it has done no
damage to any measurable sector of the economy...the day-to-day lives of average
Americans, or anything else anyone can think of as of press time.

Word of the Day: Mole

EW.com reports, 'The Mole' Returning to ABC.

How excited am I? When The Mole was on years ago, I watched every episode, was probably their biggest fan, and hoped for a day when I would be picked as a contestant. Why I love the show so much: it's like a 12-part mystery that one must watch diligently in order to crack. If you're lucky, by the last episode you have a slight chance in hell of actually picking the correct Mole. It's endlessly fascinating how creative and sneaky they are in hiding themselves. And I've often wondered if I would make a good Mole. As a writer of mystery/suspense fiction, I think I'd have a darn good chance of fooling millions and walking away with as much cash in the end. But what if I wasn't a good Mole and ended up spoiling the whole thing? I'd have to rethink my career choice, because if I wasn't able to pull off a T.V. show, there'd be no hope of me ever producing a good suspense novel.

Word of the Day: Consequences

con·se·quence (kŏn'sĭ-kwěns', -kwəns)
n. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition.

Coming from someone who's spent many years of her life making up stories and turning them into novels, I have absolutely no sympathy for someone who makes up a story and calls it a memoir. How niave must you be to think that no one will connect you with the book -- say, for instance, your own SISTER, who clearly knows your background does not include drug running for LA gangs?

The memoir Love and Consequences was published recently as a mostly true account of the writer's real life. She claimed a lot of facts about her life in the book, though none of it ended up being true. And there's even a picture of her on the flap. You're asking to be discovered! The thing that gets me the most about this story is that she could have written the book as a fictional account of her life, which wouldn't have led to thousands of books being recalled from bookstores and her reputation being smeared all over the sidewalk. She would have even been able to keep the $100K.