The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

Seth Fischer bio ↓  ·  October 4th, 2009  ·  filed under books

The book blogs are full of awesome this week. You should read them.

How to write to an editor: “I have given your request for evidence 23 hours of thought, the proper number of hours to come up with the right proof. I have sent you the original life experiences behind the proem telepathically just a few seconds ago.”

Maps! Maps! Maps! Jam Continents and California the Island! Yay!

1/3 of French people want to be writers! I like France. (en francais and via)

Amazon settles for $150,000 with kid whose notes were made unreadable when Amazon took his version of 1984 and Animal Farm, ruining his term paper.

When two people showed up at one of his readings in Petaluma, Tao Lin started interviewing the audience members.

And in some not so awesome news, is Barnes and Noble pressuring authors to link to their site? (via)

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Seth Fischer's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Swink, Pank, Guernica, Monkeybicycle, Gertrude, and elsewhere. He's working on a novel about a girl who accidentally raises an army and destroys the world, and he's founding editor of The Splinter Generation. He also teaches and tutors and administrates and does copyediting and copywriting so that he can pay bills, but that only works sometimes. If you could help him make that work all the time, he would probably give you a hug, but only if you wanted one. Reach him at seth.fischer (at) gmail.com or @sethfischer. More from this author →

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