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The novel won’t stay buried, and neither will its inventor

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Frankenstein-Its-AliveEveryone loves the zombie novel. No, I don’t mean a novel about zombies. I mean the novel itself as an artform, which walks on undeterred by  premature declarations of its demise.

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Publishing Links – Eavesdropping, eBooks, and Evil Drill Sergeants

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Do you guys know how hard it is to come up with these quirky little introductions?   After flagging the articles around the web I want to share, devising a compelling preface is often the most difficult part of the process.

The pressure to tap out enough text so that it wraps down below the badge!   Something topical, quirky, engaging, and yet not too distracting from the cool links to follow?

The need for a new joke, a new angle, a new … oh, hey!  Hmmm, I guess I’m done.

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