It’s November. AKA NaNoWriMo / AKA Movember. If you’re participating in the former, here’re are some tips for getting through 30 days of novel writing. If you’re participating in the later, here’re some cultural notes on the ‘stache, cribbed from Toronto author and “male grooming expert” Allan Peterkin, and also a word to the wise.
The “Best of” the Village Voice’s petty lawsuits.
Ian McEwan has some notes on novellas. Myself, I think the form is pretty underrated, but I also kind of agree with Katherine Anne Porter, who once wrote, “Novella is a slack, boneless, affected word that we do not need to describe anything” in her notebook.
James Ellroy on the many film adaptations of his novels: “Brown’s Requiem, no comment. Cop, no comment. LA Confidential, wonderful film. The Black Dahlia, wonderful film.”
