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Sloppy Joe's Bar Holds 30th Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest

Hemingway Look Alike Contest 2010

Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West host a Hemingway Look-Alike contest each year. This year was the 30th Hemingway Look-Alike contest. The contest is one of many events in Key West to celebrate the birthday of Ernest Hemingway and honor his work as author and sportsman.

The winner of this year's Hemingway Look-Alike contest was Charles Bicht from Vero Beach, Florida. Bicht, a retired construction project manager, told the Sun-Sentinel that his favorite Hemingway novel is To Have and Have Not. You can see more photographs of the winners and finalists here and here.

Photo: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau

Posted on July 27, 2010
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Janet Evanovich Signs Four Book Deal With Random House

Janet Evanovich is leaving St. Martin's Press for Random House Publishing Group. The publisher acquired worldwide hardcover, paperback, audio, and ebook publication rights for four new Evanovich novels from Peter Evanovich, the author's agent and son.

More than 75 million copies of Ms. Evanovich's 33 novels have been sold around the world. Her June title, Sizzling Sixteen, debuted at #1 on the N.Y. Times Hardcover Fiction list, as did the previous 10 books in series starring Stephanie Plum. Actress Katherine Heigl will be playing Stephanie Plum in an upcoming motion picture.

The world publication rights for the new Evanovich novels were acquired by Jennifer Hershey, Editor-in-Chief, Ballantine Bantam Dell. Two of the books will be Stephanie Plum novels, and the other two will be in the author's newer "Unmentionable" series. The first will be published simultaneously as a Bantam hardcover and ebook edition in Summer 2011.

Janet Evanovich said in a statement, �I started my career as a Bantam author, and I'm very excited to be returning. Their sales, distribution, and marketing make them the perfect partner for me and my work. Load up the U-Haul; break out the pizza and the beer -- it's moving day for Stephanie, Joe, Ranger, Diesel and me!�

Janet Evanovich reportedly failed to land a $50 million advance from her former publisher St. Martin's Press. Forbes says the $50 advance request was reasonable, considering "Evanovich's selling power is comparable to a Ken Follett or James Patterson."

Posted on July 26, 2010
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How To Make It As A Songwriter
Mary Dawson's new book, How to Get Somewhere in the Music Business from Nowhere with Nothing, gives you the inside scoop on how to make it in the music business as a songwriter. Mary teaches you all you need to know to make your songwriting dreams a reality. Click here to learn more.

William Faulkner's University of Virginia Lectures Digitized

Faulkner at Virginia

William Faulkner was the writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia for two years in the last 1950s. Faulkner gave lectures and readings and answered questions from students. NPR reports that these lectures and question-and-answer sessions were recorded on reel-to-reel tapes. The tapes have now been digitized and published online at faulkner.lib.virginia.edu. The Faulkner audio archive also includes essays, news articles, photographs and other materials.

Stephen Railton, a professor of English at UVA who led the effort to digitize Faulkner's lectures says, "I've spent an awful lot of my life in the last decade in virtual reality, exploring the ways in which these new technologies can help us tell the story about American literature and culture."

Posted on July 22, 2010
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Website Tells You Which Famous Author You Write Like

The I Write Like site provides a statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of famous authors. The site will tell you which famous writer you write like. You just paste your text (latest blog post, journal entry, comment, chapter of your unfinished book) into the input box and press analyze. The site says they do not store any of your text.

I Write Like was created by Coding Robots. They have posted some of the funny feedback they have received from people using the site here.

Posted on July 16, 2010
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Author's Tweeted Novel Now Available in Paperback

Author Matt Stewart's novel, The French Revolution, is being published in paperback by Soft Skull Press. This is the second time his novel is being published. Matt Stewart first published his book on Twitter, tweet by tweet, using the @thefrenchrev Twitter account.

The Bay Citizen interviewed Matt Stewart about his novel on Twitter. Stewart was asked about his novel being the first novel published on Twitter.

"When I put the novel on Twitter, a few others claimed to be 1st. I made the most noise - and now "own" the title & associated infamy"

Stewart also said years of working on the book helped him get a book deal and Twitter helped him get noticed.

Really, years of working on the story was key to a book deal. That said, Twitter helped me stand out in a crowded, talented market.

Tech savvy Matt Stewart is also releasing a free iPhone app for readers to unlock video and bonus content in the book. You can find out the details about the app and his new book on his website.

Posted on July 14, 2010
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