This week: the J.D. Salinger tizzy resurfaces (um, in a funny way), Sarah Palin’s tips for writing a book, and a Twilight parody, all after the jump.
First Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, then Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, now Little Women and Werewolves: fad, or proliferation of brilliance?
Sarah Palin’s top 10 tips for writing a book: “close curtains so you don’t get distracted by Russia,” “when in doubt, just type (wink)” & more.
SMITH Magazine is holding a contest: a six-word story on life in the digital age, which we think is very Lit Drift-y.
Margaret Atwood auctioned off the rights to name a character in a new book. The name? Rebecca Eckler. Atwood’s reaction upon learning the name she would have to use: “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.”
Electric Literature has a new video out. It’s very pretty.
Remember 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye and the tizzy that ensued? In response to J.D. Salinger’s stranglehold over his work, The Fiction Circus held a deliciously impish Catcher in the Rye parody short story contest. The winning story is now available online.
Only two people showed up to a recent Tao Lin reading. Tao Lin took it like a champ and seized the opportunity to interview one of the audience members.
The 15th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition has begun, which basically means you can download all the games for free, play them, and put in your $0.02 into the judging process. Fun!
Jonathan Lethem’s (imaginary) friendship with Phillip K. Dick.
Aaaand your pick-me-up: how Twilight should have been.
