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My Morning With Mediabistro

September 10, 2009

Just had the pleasure of being a guest on Mediabistro’s online talk show, Morning Media Menu, with GalleyCat editor Jason Boog and AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven. We discussed the book, getting published online and, of course, the joys of social media. Plus, we covered some media headlines: namely MTV getting a “Twitter correspondent” and [...]

Know Your Classic Lit, Win a Book!

August 25, 2009

UPDATE: The book’s Facebook fans are so quick they’ve won all five books already! Please stay tuned for more contests and giveaways. And thanks so much for joining in!
We’ve done it! We’ve counted down all 25 Random Things from the book in honor of its big debut today. The full list is below. And here’s [...]

“Maidens” is “Brilliant,” “Highbrow”: NY Mag

August 24, 2009

The book made the New York magazine approval matrix! And in the best possible corner. Look for it on the right, near the Bob Dylan head…

Get Some Hamlet with Your Ophelia

August 12, 2009

I just find this amusing…If you buy my book on Amazon now, you get 5% off Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare). Very nice deal.

We Have Video!

August 6, 2009

Please see it just under the lovely cover to the right. Enjoy!

25 Random Things from ‘Maidens’: A Countdown

August 1, 2009

Today I’m starting a countdown of “25 Random Things” from Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don’t Float. I’ll post them on the book’s Facebook page (which you can see on the right side of this page, below), and on Twitter (search for #fblit). Each day, I’ll post one short line, snippet, pic, thingy from [...]

Facebook Lit and The Huffington Post

July 20, 2009

I’ve started blogging for HuffPo! My first post (surprise!) covers Facebook Lit and how literary social networking can be.

Oscar Wilde Added Quipping to His Activities.

July 10, 2009

Here’s a brand spanking new excerpt from OJTGMWDF: Oscar Wilde’s profile page. Starring some rather infamous quippers. Enjoy.

Odysseus Posted a Photo Album

June 25, 2009

Today on the book’s Facebook page, a little teaser for you: Odysseus’ photo album of his recent vacation. It’s from the News Feed for The Odyssey–coming somewhere between Penelope posting the survey: Is My Husband Still Alive? and Odysseus challenging The Suitors to a game of Bloodbath. The great artwork in the “photos” comes from [...]

The (Literary?) Art of the Status Update

June 18, 2009

We all have one: the Facebook friend who’s mastered the fine art of the great status update. Everything she writes is so funny, so different, so far beyond “Jane Doe is tired,” or “Jane Doe is on her way home from work,” that when she does falter a bit and write something like, “Stacey Smith [...]

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