Intriguing look inside the editing process at Creative Nonfiction magazine. The editors there reveal what was added and what left out of three recent stories in the publication.
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Blogging elsewhere
September 29, 2009
Keeping busy by doing several guest blogs in the past week. I know, I should be blogging more on my own site, but what can I say?
My five top sports novels went up on Jen Michalski's great High Five site. All right, James Read More
My five top sports novels went up on Jen Michalski's great High Five site. All right, James Read More
New semester at JHU
September 21, 2009
A new semester has begun at Johns Hopkins. I'm teaching two classes -- Nonfiction Technqiues and a Nonfiction Workshop.
Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Truman Capote and Hunter Thompson are a few of the writers we'll be in looking at, especially in NF Techniques.
The JHU site has been added to the menu above. Plenty Read More
Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Truman Capote and Hunter Thompson are a few of the writers we'll be in looking at, especially in NF Techniques.
The JHU site has been added to the menu above. Plenty Read More
Raise the Banner
September 4, 2009
My brother, Chris, and I are throwing our support behind the campaign to have a Braves banner hung from the rafters at HSBC Arena in downtown Buffalo.
It would honor the team and two of its superstars -- Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo and the late Randy Smith.
Here's a recent article about the Read More
It would honor the team and two of its superstars -- Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo and the late Randy Smith.
Here's a recent article about the Read More
The Beatles -- The Breakup
August 21, 2009
The Beatles have once again become the background music around here. Check out the cover story in Rolling Stone about the breakup and there's the book about how Read More
High Heat -- Update
August 12, 2009
The final draft of HIGH HEAT: THE SEARCH FOR THE FASTEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME went off to the publisher (Da Capo Press) yesterday.
Part of the fun of the project was catching up what became my panel of experts (Norm Sherry, Hank Thomas, Jeff Torborg, Tommy John, etc.) and asking them who were Read More
Part of the fun of the project was catching up what became my panel of experts (Norm Sherry, Hank Thomas, Jeff Torborg, Tommy John, etc.) and asking them who were Read More
Going for the Gold -- The Encore
August 10, 2009
The good folks at Dover Press will be re-releasing Going for the Gold in January 2010. This was my first book and the new editon has an updated introduction and glossed-up cover.
This has been the summer for Read More
This has been the summer for Read More
Almost done
August 4, 2009
Coming down the homestretch in finishing High Heat: The Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time. It will be out this March from Da Capo Press. Goming through it, top to bottom, the next two weeks. Do Not Disturb sign is on the door.
This Year's Tour
July 11, 2009
With all the talk about who's the top sports star of our age -- Tiger Woods or Roger Federer -- I cannot help thinking that if Lance Armstrong ends up on the podium in Paris, he doesn't even need to win the Tour, he moves to the top of the list.