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April 26, 2006
Books Report
-- From MSNBC News on the plagiarism controversy over "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life":
"When I was writing, I genuinely believed each word was my own," Viswanathan said in an interview on NBC’s "Today" show.
Sequel: "How Opal Mehta Got Sued, Pulled From Bookshelves, And Deserved It."
-- From BBC News on a speech by "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown:
During the event Brown said he often uses a pair of gravity boots during writing, finding it easier to work out difficult plot points while dangling upside down.
So that's how you write crappy, pseudo-historical genre fiction. Good to know.
-- Snoop Dogg's spokeswoman on the rapper's forthcoming novel, via BBC News:
"Books speak more to a female audience than does his music, so these novels give him an opportunity to show, particularly his female fans, another side."
Books are for chicks. For shizzle.
Posted by teb at April 26, 2006 11:55 AM