“It’s not that she’s an idiot that bothers me. It’s that… she celebrates ignorance.” http://is.gd/3KfW #

Look how AIG is spending that $85bn bailout money… isn’t this CRIMINAL? Really shocking… http://is.gd/3H7o #

BoyGeniusReport is showing a sneak pic of the new Kindle 2… Pointless for Amazon to continue to deny this… but I’m still not excited…

Gotta love this book’s title: “How a Misunderestimated President Fixed a Broken Economy”… Humor? Fiction? http://is.gd/3jng # Justseen this… so bank employees have access to and can change our passwords, can they? Interesting… http://is.gd/3ob5 # Brian introduced us to wordles on LAD last week http://is.gd/3oXb - Now here’s a neat one… http://is.gd/3nFO #

Really thought they’d approve the bailout yesterday - I’m $-9.60 down on Intrade now… http://is.gd/3jF8 # @brianclegg Not that desperate! Plus i’m the same amount up on Obama at the mo… in reply to brianclegg # All our major publishers need to back this guy right now. Anything less would be shameful. http://is.gd/3kF5 # hello #

You may recall that I was terribly clobbered by the appalling iTunes 8.0 fiasco for Windows that eventually ended up erasing my entire music collection (a presentiment of the horrors of the e-book, I feel).  Well Apple have been kind enough to let me download all my purchases again - I’m very grateful.  I still [...]

What are the most common causes of failure for a writer - and what can we learn from them?   Peter investigates.   In today’s Write Report, Donna considers one of the hidden perils of self-publishing, and reports the latest developments concerning the British publication of The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones.   And [...]

The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget… http://is.gd/2X4Q # @brianclegg Sorry about that, will try to do better next tweet… in reply to brianclegg # @indiqo Understand, M - a lot of it about - go to bed! in reply to indiqo # @brianclegg This is truly mind-altering… in the way that PCP is mind-altering… in reply to [...]

What, exactly, is a “novel with series potential”?  And should you pitch your novel as a one-off, or as the first part in a series?  Peter returns to this subject.  In today’s Write Report, Donna tells us how terrorists who fire-bombed the British home of the publisher of The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones [...]

In the week when Damien Hirst made $198 million selling pickled animals, famed art critic Robert Hughes all but crucified Hirst and his “dull witted” patrons in an outspoken attack published in The Guardian.  On Litopia After Dark we discuss whether Hirst is a pioneer - or a pirate, as Hughes maintains.  Also, British children’s [...]

Today’s show concludes yesterday’s discussion between Peter and Peggy Brusseau about what you should ask your prospective literary agent; Donna brings us the latest news featuring a landmark copyright / piracy lawsuit that has implications for writers in the digital future ahead; and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she ponders how writers can [...]

Peter introduces a special studio guest to discuss what writers should ask a prospective literary agent; Donna brings us the latest news about Banned Book Week featuring an attempt to ban Of Mice & Men in Kansas; and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she focuses on the poetry of the rejection letter [...]

Peter exercises himself (for which, read rants) on the subject of writers paying to spam agents with  e-mail submissions; Donna brings us the latest news featuring a legal win in India for the Hari Puttar film that Warner Bros has claimed infringes their trade mark; and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she [...]

Peter answers questions relating to dialogue and submissions; Donna brings us the latest news featuring a new campaign to save endangered words - and how it’s all in the meaning; and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she focuses on resources to help you with your grammar, that perennial bugbear of the writer’s [...]

Amazing live webcam views of the LHC… http://is.gd/2sv9 # $613 BILLION??? Ye gods… http://is.gd/2FQG # Last remnants of his brain gone, then… http://is.gd/2Jsb # The late david foster wallace wrote this… good piece… http://is.gd/2NmW # Sarah Palin’s little hobby… http://is.gd/2zn8 # Is this your sister’s sixth zither, sir? # @brianclegg Oh so cool!!! in reply to brianclegg # J.K. Rowling gives £1m [...]

Peter dissects a television show than went from buzz to bust in a matter of months; Donna brings us the latest news featuring JK Rowling’s munificent gift to the British Labout Party; and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she uncovers a veritable treasure trove of writers’ links and the Internet Public Library… [...]

In the week when the world’s financial industries appeared to go into meltdown, Litopia After Dark zeroes in on the impact this will have on the publishing industry.  What effect will the credit crunch and looming global economic disaster have on the world of books?  We also discuss e-readers, following research into on-screen reading shows [...]

Peter discusses whether writers should see themselves as brands; Donna brings us the latest news featuring a new campaign against Britain’s draconian libel laws and the growing movement against Bratz dolls; and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she continues her survey of writers’ blogland - Black Boxes courtesy of Caroline Smailes and An [...]

Peter discusses what effect the crumbling economy is going to have on the publishing business and specifically on writers; Donna brings us the latest news featuring books not to read before you die and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she looks at what you can learn from agents’ and editors’ blogs on [...]

Peter discusses how to sack an agent; Donna brings us the latest news featuring (deja-vu, anyone?!) the very latest Harry Potter lawsuit and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she examines ways of battling those blogging blues… and don’t forget to let us have your contributions to LITOPIA DAILY via our Open Inbox: http://drop.io/litopia [See [...]