Day: January 6, 2018

'Fire and Fury': Anatomy of a Bombshell

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'Fire and Fury': Anatomy of a Bombshell

The title was originally set to publish January 9, but Holt's rollout plans were overwhelmed by fast-moving events that began January 3 with the publication of highlights from the embargoed book by the Guardian. The story included a description of an incident in which former Trump strategist Steve
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HSXtra.com Interview: with Greensboro Day's Mahlon Brady

I also love creative writing, so maybe someday I'll get into something having to do with books.” Bad habit she'd like to break. “I love Nutella. I will go home and have a spoonful of Nutella every time. Since fifth grade it's been my thing. I'll have a jar all to myself in the house and it will be gone in a week.
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Riot Grrls and Maker Culture at Zine Publishing Event

In December 2017, FHI's new Publishing Humanities Initiative and the Story Lab collaborated on a workshop event focusing on the history and culture of zine-making, “Publishing It Yourself: Pamphlets, Zines, and Riot Grrls.” Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture curator Kelly Wooten
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Readers embrace Tamil historical novels

The sales increased the oppositions,” he added. Meanwhile, publishers attributed the book fairs to the rare collection of books. “To buy rare books which could not be found in bookshops, readers visit the book fair to directly get them from publishers. This is the main reason for the success of book fairs
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Hey Phoenix Creatives, Here Are 9 Ways to Get Your Work Out There

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing is seeking individuals and organizations with an interest in “developing and implementing artistic, literary, or cultural events and programs” for Louise Erdich's The Round House as part of an application for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read
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Trump Can't Stop Publication Of Michael Wolff's Book, Even If It's Fake News

President Donald Trump's lawyers threatened legal action against the publisher of an explosive new book purporting to detail the chaos and tumult of the Trump White House. The book, “Fire and Fury” was rushed to print late Wednesday and appeared in bookstores Friday morning. Trump's lawyers
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Hopkins Happenings and Meetings — Jan. 6, 2018

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Hopkins Happenings and Meetings — Jan. 6, 2018

… • Auditions for the comedy “Over the River and Through the Woods” by Joe DePietro will be held at 4 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts. • An All District Band Concert will be held from 2-4 p.m. today at Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, located at the Madisonville
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Fire And Fury: 7 White House Secrets Revealed In The New Trump Book

Fire and Fury, published by Henry Holt and Company, one of the oldest publishers in the U.S., paints a picture of how some of the most powerful men and women in Washington worked together to help Trump win the presidency. Seemingly full of unexpected twists and turns, the Trump book also details
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'It was uncomfortable. The best reason to say yes': Deborah Treisman on publishing 'Cat Person'

A debut writer's short story about a college-going girl catastrophically dating a 30-something man now needs no introduction on social media. The very idea of a piece of fiction going viral is unprecedented in the history of The New Yorker, admits the magazine's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. To put a
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Vanity publishing is to authors as a prostitute is to love – Prof. Okpoko

Professor John Okpoko is a Mass Communication scholar, who has taught book publishing in many Nigerian universities for years. In his book titled “Understanding Book Publishing, he reveals different genres of book publishing and their peculiarities. Excepts below. Generally, there are three kinds of
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The Crazy Reason Gwen Stacy Was Killed off in Spider-Man Comics

Of course there's always the writing to fall back on and the fact that she could have been just one woman in his life that meant something very special but wasn't destined to stick around forever. Obviously that wasn't good enough for the writers though since they went to Stan Lee with the idea to kill her
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Run away to the circus with Esme Dooley, a book by Minnesota sisters

Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan are publishers and authors of “Esme Dooley & The Kirkkomaki Circus,” an exciting and beautifully designed paperback for middle-grade readers featuring the adventures of two cousins at the turn of the 20th century. Holly and Jane are also sisters, which made for an
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Bigger Vision links basketball, faith in Whitestown

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Bigger Vision links basketball, faith in Whitestown

By Current Publishing on January 6, 2018 Carmel Community, Zionsville Community. Tom Abernethy, right, gives a high-five to Owen Howe during a Bigger Vision BBall event. (Submitted photo). By Rick Morwick. Throughout a career that spans decades, Tom Abernethy has built a basketball resume
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Waterstones' early Fire and Fury stock sells out 'within minutes'

Other retailers, such as Foyles and Sainsbury's, are not expecting to receive stock until Tuesday (9th January), they said, despite publisher Little, Brown moving official publication date forward to today. With retailers inundated with requests to buy it, Amazon is likely to benefit in the meantime through
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A feast for bibliophiles

The fair also marks the return of a publisher from Pakistan as last year only one distributor had set up a stall. However, Sharma sought to downplay this, stating that there are many other international publishers participating in the book fair and urged visitors to show equal interest in them. “Why focus only
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“Fire and Fury”: Tell-All Book Released Today, Despite Trump Efforts to Block Publication

The feud between President Trump and his former chief strategist Steve Bannon is escalating amid the publication of a new tell-all book in which Bannon accuses Donald Trump Jr. of “treason” and predicts Robert Mueller's Russia investigation will find evidence of money laundering. President Trump is
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The snapping point

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The snapping point

The mission: to simplify Snapchat in a way that shifted its focus from big publishers back to close friends. The result, which creates a separate, dynamic feed for content from your friends and another one for publishers and other users who don't follow you, is supposed to be rolling out to users around the
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Best creative writing ghostwriters websites us

Best creative writing ghostwriters websites us. Oakland Schools Office and Conference Center . October 15, 2014 3:17 am . The staff of Oakland Schools administration department was in need of additional Related Services • ADA Compliance Surveys • Bid Analysis Negotiation • Code Analysis
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The best books to look out for in 2018

She's a writer who doesn't lack humour – of the dark, ironic kind. Kudos (Faber, May) brings an end to her elegant trilogy about a creative writing teacher. Many bookmen and women think Cusk a difficult writer, which is another way to say she is a serious one. Other serious novelists with work out this
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Jon McGregor: 'I have never been asked how I juggle writing and fatherhood'

I read an interview in the New Yorker recently with Mikaela Shiffrin, one of the world's leading slalom skiers, in which she talked about how little time she actually spends on the slopes. After accounting for the hours spent travelling between training runs, kitting out, warming up and sitting on chairlifts,
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CSIRO PUBLISHING | Functional Plant Biology

Abstract. Root systems architecture (RSA) and size properties are essential determinants of plant performance and need to be assessed in high-throughput plant phenotyping platforms. Thus, we tested a concept that involves near-infrared (NIR) imaging of roots growing along surfaces of transparent
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Fine harvest for farmers of fiction

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN) – An unprecedented year for burgeoning literary talent has yielded a profitable harvest for publishers. In terms of the creation of literature, both critics and publishers can agree that 2017 was a busy year, and one also filled with achievements, judging by the number and
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BY THE BOOK: Ndinda Kioko

Ndinda Kioko is a Kenyan writer who was listed and published in the Africa39 project, a selection of 39 writers under the age of 40 from Africa. PHOTO| COURTESY … Ndinda is a Miles Morland scholar for 2014 and is currently in University of Oregon completing her MFA in Creative Writing. She is the
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Mulwa: I didn't agree with Ngugi, but I'm now wiser

He talked to writer OUMAH OTIENOH about playwriting and the East African literary scene. … There is a lot happening in creative writing, especially on moral issues. Let's not be stuck in … Talking about ego, what advice would you give to budding writers who plunge into writing but can't tame their ego?
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Mainers rush to get copies of blistering Trump White House account 'Fire and Fury'

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Mainers rush to get copies of blistering Trump White House account 'Fire and Fury'

1 on the Amazon best-sellers list. In an action usually reserved for “Harry Potter” books, Kramerbooks in Washington, D.C., started selling the book at midnight Friday and had dozens of people waiting in line. Christie, at Print, said that before this week they did not expect “Fire and Fury” to be so hot.
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A green Rama, a golden Lakshmana

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A green Rama, a golden Lakshmana

His father was a strict grammarian who lamented the fact that there is a lot of sringara in creative writing, but that didn't prevent Sathya Vrat Shastri from pursuing his passion for the genre. At 88, Shastri, a renowned Sanskrit scholar who has been conferred the Jnanpith and Padma Bhushan, still travels
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Indian Journalist goes missing after publishing story on Kulbhushan Jadhav

Indian Journalist Chandan Nanday, who filed the story on Kulbhushan Jadhav, goes missing on Saturday. The story was published in Indian digital platform The Quint on Friday and has been retracted by the outlet on Saturday. The news of Nandays disappearance was shared by Pakistan Foreign Office
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A President Who Attempts to Ban Books That Expose Him Should Be Impeached

The most jarring development was the authorization by the president of the United States of a move by his lawyers to block the publication of the book that details his dangerous duplicity and scorching incompetence. After an initial excerpt from the book was published, and additional excerpts began to
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WEST SEATTLE SCHOOLS: Seattle Lutheran High School 'J-Term' goes international

My junior year, I took 3 classes in total: fiber clay, creative writing, and team sports. J-Term let me decompress from finals and start the new year off fresh while also letting me pursue some of my hobbies in a classroom environment. However, when I heard about the first J-Term Abroad trip, I was instantly
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Sense and Sensitivity for Jan. 6, 2018

You can go the self-publishing route. Many people like using Amazon CreateSpace, which is affordable and easy to use. What's tricky is that you have to do all of the promotion yourself in order to get your book published. Alternatively, you can work to find a literary agent who will shop your book to a
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Book Deals: Week of January 8, 2018

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Book Deals: Week of January 8, 2018

After a nine-publisher auction, Lee Boudreaux at Doubleday acquired North American rights to Claire Lombardo's debut novel, The Year We Were Born. Lombardo, a recent Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate, was represented by Ellen Levine and Alexa Stark at Trident Media Group. Set in the upper-crust
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semantic-release/gitlab

gitlab – :fox_face: Set of Semantic-release plugins for publishing a GitLab release.
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Trump tries to block controversial book, publisher to release it 4 days early

Rattled by a one-two punch of betrayal and scandal, Donald Trump on Thursday tried to block the publication of a bare-knuckle book that portrays his White House as a fetid stew of backbiting, incompetence and dysfunction. The publishers responded by moving the release date up by four days to Friday
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Trinity Mirror hyperlocal platform to absorb news website

Darren Sher, head of emerging products at Trinity Mirror, said: “The aim of InYourArea has always been to increase the discovery and awareness of local news and information sources, whether that be from local blogs, other publishers or public services. “Teaming up with the GetReading team will
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A lot of Republicans are wrong

Antenori finds plenty of anecdotal evidence there, something like Donald Trump citing the recent cold spell as evidence against global warming, reasoning like a preschooler. Gary Fincke is professor emeritus of English and creative writing and former Writers Institute director at Susquehanna University.
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COLUMN: A note from the publisher

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COLUMN: A note from the publisher

For those with long memories, the move to a single weekend paper marks a return to The Sun Chronicle's 6-day publishing cycle which existed up until Oct. 1, 1989, when the late Paul Rixon launched a Sunday edition. Three decades later we are returning to our roots, and for much the same reason: to
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Calendar for Saturday

New members welcome. Check website for program: www.csnoonlions.org/ . Brazos Valley Authors, 2 to 4 p.m., Larry J. Ringer Library. The group is for local writers ages 18 and older who are interested in self-publishing. B/CS Sister Cities, 5:30 p.m., TB&T Community Room, Bryan. bcssistercities.org/.
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New tell-all Trump book generating a 'Harry Potter-level' response at local libraries

Trump's personal lawyers have threatened to sue the book's publisher, Henry Holt, serving to only push up the publication date four days, according to the New York Times. A spokesperson for the local library said that the book has generated an incredible response with Denver residents. They say it's
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Need someone to write my resume

Need someone to write my resume. Writing Creative Writing. Hourly. Hours to be determined. Less than 1 week. $$. Intermediate Level. I am looking for a mix of experience and value. Posted 1 hour ago
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Writer to read works Tuesday at GW Frank Museum

“It's a lean format that a lot of people have to work to fit their writing into that format, especially with structured poetry. Most of my recent poetry doesn't fit into that … Jensen finished her masters degree in creative writing in 2010 from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Two years later she studied in
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Fairfax author brings the stars down to earth

It's just been a lot of hustle,” Barry said of the writing and publishing process. “I'm just always busy, and now I'm marketing this book, so it's just a lot of hard work, and it's just nice seeing it pay off.” A native of Bloomburg, Pa., a modest town on the Susquehanna River, Barry is the daughter of an English
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