Fiction Writing News: Page 41
Judge Wants Settlement in Rowling Copyright Case (April 16, 2008): The judge in the copyright infringement case over the Harry Potter fansite/proposed book wants the parties to come to a settlement.
James Patterson Unhappy With Bookstore Placement (March 31, 2008): James Patterson is not happy with the bookstore's placement of his latest book.
Harlan Ellison Ponders New Film About Himself (March 28, 2008): Salon's Andrew O'Hehir talks with the legendary Harlan Ellison.
J.K. Rowling to Testify in Copyright Case (March 28, 2008): J.
Ian Fleming Had His Own Miss Moneypenny to Help Him Write (March 26, 2008): It appears that Ian Fleming had his own Miss Moneypenny to help him write his James Bond novels.
Arthur C. Clarke Funeral Services Tomorrow (March 21, 2008): Sir Arthur C.
Product Placement in Books: Unsafe at Any Speed (March 6, 2008): No matter where you go, it's hard to avoid product placements.
Gangbanger Memoir Scandal Grows (March 5, 2008): The faux gangbanger memoir story continues to percolate .
J.K. Rowling Feels Betrayed By Fan (March 1, 2008): J.
Jim Shepard Wins The Story Prize (February 29, 2008): Jim Shepard has won the fourth annual Story Prize for his collection of short stories called Like You'd Understand, Anyway.
Stephen King and John Mellencamp Write a Musical (February 28, 2008): Stephen King has written a musical with John Mellencamp that they'll be trying out in Atlanta, with an eye towards a Broadway run.
Amazon.com Buys Audible for $300 Million (January 31, 2008): Amazon.
James Bond Gets His Own Stamps (January 9, 2008): Britain's Royal Mail has just issued a set of stamps commemorating Ian Fleming's greatest fictional character, James Bond.
Clive Cussler Lawsuit Not Over Yet (January 8, 2008): The Clive Cussler lawsuit took a new twist today: a court ruled against Cussler by dismissing his motion to make Philip Anschutz's Crusader Entertainment pay him $8.
How Cecilia Ahern Got Her Start (January 2, 2008): Bestselling author Cecelia Ahern is best known for her novel, P.
The Annual Handwringing in the Bookselling Business (December 19, 2007): The L.
Philip Pullman Addresses the Golden Compass Controversy (December 16, 2007): The Golden Compass was a box office disappointment and many are wondering if part of the reason is the furor over the books' perceived anti-religion and anti-Catholic stance.
Terry Pratchett Announces He Has Alzheimer's (December 12, 2007): Bestselling British author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's.
Doris Lessing Too Ill to Deliver Nobel Acceptance Speech (December 4, 2007): Doris Lessing is too ill to fly to Stockholm to give her speech accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature, but she has written the speech.
What Scares Stephen King? (November 23, 2007): Stephen King recently talked to Sci Fi Wire about director Frank Darabont's (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption) adaptation of his short story "The Mist" into a feature film.
