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Samantha Johnson, ASJA
 When I was eleven, I taught myself to type. On a typewriter.
Despite the fact that my family’s first computer was still a few years away, typing had become a skill that I needed rather imperatively. I had blossomed into a self-proclaimed writer and was in the habit of churning out voluminous stacks of handwritten stories — all thinly - veiled Anne of Green Gables imitations — that I felt certain were of impressive quality. In fact, to my mind, getting my stories in the hands of a publisher was the only thing that stood between me and literary fame. Unfortunately, all of the publishing companies listed in How to Get Published If You’re a Kid required that manuscript submissions be typed.
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ASJA
 Saturday, Nov. 5: Dream Bold Atlanta
Registration is now open for ASJA Dream Bold Atlanta (#ASJAatl), a one-day conference at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where ASJAers will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with editors, content providers and agents. REGISTER NOW!
Keynoter and international bestselling author Robert Hicks will debut his new book: The Orphan Mother.
A limited amount of rooms are reserved for ASJA event attendees at the Courtyard Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory at $159/night. The cut-off date to book your room is Thursday, Oct. 13. RESERVE YOUR ROOM NOW!
The Writer
In a 1993 interview with The Paris Review, author Fran Lebowitz tells the story of one day walking into Sotheby's and being shown a manuscript of Mark Twain’s. As she and an employee were examining the manuscript, the employee said that, while he considered himself to be knowledgeable about Twain, he would be calling in a Twain scholar to explain why there were little numbers scribbled all about the manuscript. Fran, however, knew the answer.
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The Poynter Institute
Time Inc. announced a remaking of its editorial structure in a bid to increase collaboration across its portfolio of magazines. In a memo to staff, newly appointed chief content officer Alan Murray announced a series of appointments aimed at improving "our ability to take advantage of opportunities that cut across individual titles."
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Publishers Weekly
The future of publishing is fraught with opportunity and peril. Here are 10 trends shaping your future as a writer and/or publisher. The rise of e-books: Ten years ago, e-books accounted for less than 1 percent of the trade book market. Today, e-books account for about 25 percent of dollar sales and 40 percent–50 percent of units. Although the rate of growth has slowed for e-books, the affordability and accessibility of digital will continue to erode print readership.
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The Atlantic
For better or worse, writers and readers live in an age of the million-dollar book deal. The Big Five publishers (Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster) increasingly gamble on massive book advances in hopes that they might put out one of the biggest hits of the year. Last fall, Knopf — a division of Penguin Random House — paid an unprecedented $2 million advance for the first-time novelist Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire.
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In the Open
In theory, the idea of a small claims board that could adjudicate copyrights claims where the monetary value is not too high seems sensible. Federal litigation is very expensive and intimidating, so a small claims mechanism could make it easier for independent artists and small businesses to defend their rights.
Nevertheless, I have never been very enthusiastic about the idea, in large part because the devil is definitely in the details of any proposed scheme.
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Writer's Digest
The setting sets the stage for what comes next and almost determines it. In the next paragraph we encounter a black cypress tree full of white pigeons so we know we’re somewhere near the California coast. The hills around the ranch-cup are "washed with lean March sunshine. Silver thistles, blue lupins and a few poppies bloomed among the sage bushes." The poppies are another giveaway. They are the California state flower.
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Contently
Not too long ago, blogging was the de facto way of making your voice heard on the internet. Now, some are beginning to ponder if blogging is all but dead. The number of millennials who maintained a personal blog declined by half between 2006 and 2010. Not surprisingly, this roughly corresponds to the rise of social media and micro-blogging platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Since then, the so-called "death of blogging" has been a recurring conversation topic in writing and media circles.
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The Poynter Institute
Andrea Seabrook has a big theory about American politics, and she thinks you should hear it. After spending much of her career covering Congress for NPR and making an independent podcast about Washington, D.C., Seabrook's been led to one conclusion: The two-party system is on its way out.
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