It’s the last line in Some Like It Hot, one of the greatest American comedy films of all time: “Well, nobody’s perfect.” One of my favorite filmmakers, Billy Wilder, directed and co-wrote that film. When I lived in Los Angeles,…
Dead Darlings contributor Jennie Wood has given us an insider’s view on the process of publishing her debut novel, A Boy Like Me. Jennie will celebrate the launch of A Boy Like Me at Machine in Boston on September 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. Recently, she…
Friend of Dead Darlings, Crystal King, taught us all about Feedly. Now we have a ton of articles in our feeds and feel compelled to share them in bite-sized links of writing goodness. Grab some coffee, a yogurt, a Go-Gurt…
A vision’s just a vision if it’s only in your head… One of my all-time favorite show tunes is Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together because every single word about the state of art and commerce is spot on and resonates…
By Jennie Wood In this monthly series for Dead Darlings, I’m documenting the step-by-step process of publishing A Boy Like Me. For part two, Sarah Pruski and I discuss how she created the book’s cover. Sarah created multiple versions of…
(In this new monthly series for Dead Darlings, I’ll document the step-by-step process of publishing A Boy Like Me. Here in part one, I discuss why I chose to go with an independent publisher for this novel.) As 2013 drew…