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Mr. Barzak’s big news is finally public. And here’s the Publisher’s Marketplace listing (Thanks, to Ms. Secret!):

 

FICTION: DEBUT
Christopher Barzak’s ONE FOR SORROW, pitched as "THE LOVELY BONES meets CATCHER IN THE RYE," the coming-of-age story of a troubled teen boy haunted by the death of a murdered classmate, to Juliet Ulman at Bantam Dell, by Christopher Schelling at Ralph Vicinanza (NA).

Give the boy his champers.

 

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Except I will not be going "Lalalalalala" until 10 p.m. tomorrow because of The Damn Basketball!

"Nevermind the Buttocks" When Veronica decides to take on a case to find the person who ran over a Neptune senior’s dog, she is taken aback by the startling facts she uncovers.

Please see how far the conspiracies can go in my absence.

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GilmoreGossipCircle

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Whoops:

I Get A Sidekick Out of You. On the night before Lane (Keiko Agena) and Zach (guest star Todd Lowe) get married, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory’s (Alexis Bledel) plans for a bachelorette party go awry, as do the plans made by Zach’s buddies, so the two groups end up together for a makeshift party in a vacant parking lot. Mrs. Kim (Emily Kuroda) informs Lorelai that she cannot attend Lane’s wedding without an escort. Since Luke (Scott Patterson) is still out of town, Lorelai invites Christopher (David Sutcliffe) to be her date. Everyone attends two wedding ceremonies-one Buddhist and one Seventh Day Adventist-followed by a wild wedding reception in the town square. Melissa McCarthy, Yanic Truesdale, Liza Weil and Sean Gunn also star. The episode was written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino.

Get the train back on the tracks, ASP.

 

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Clever Firsts

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From that fabulous piece about Black Swan Green everyone’s linking.  David Mitchell says:

"Teen fashions are mercilessly cruel and short," Mitchell says. "But there are always badges and uniforms that reject the infant and the adult worlds. As a writer you never really alienate people by judiciously using obscure details, because what they represent is universal."

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"To unlearn the experience and street wisdom you’ve gained through tough lessons leaves you vulnerable. It was painful fun."

Definitely a piece worth reading. (Spotted first at Bookninja.)

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Just a Reminder

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Of why Tod Goldberg rocks:

Moral decay of our culture. Let’s examine that for just one moment, here on the day a crazed zombie with a taste for human flesh pushed itself from the earth to save our souls. Baldwin believes that porn is ruining our culture, whereas Bio-Dome did not? Whereas Half-Baked made the world safe for the children? Whereas The Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas edified God? (Of course, the Flintstones do make a persuasive argument that dinosaurs lived concurrently with modern man.)

That would be Stephen Baldwin by the way, otherwise known as Sleazy McBaldwin.

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Monday Hangovers

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  • Emails; I owe a few (million). (And the cat is biting my toes as I type this. And halfway under my chair batting at the wheels.)
  • That Jeff Ford is funny. (And psst, I’ll be posting about a certain book by Mr. Ford over at the LBC on Wednesday, so plan to drop in.)
  • Kameron Hurley reads the infamous VC and takes it apart beautifully.
  • More awesomeness from Rebecca Skloot, this time on tissues. The kind in your body, not the kind you blow your nose in.
  • I love Liza Palmer on certain TV shows: "Jade’s going to self-destruct any minute now — not every episode is going to focus on your ability to twirl, bitch."
  • Sara Gran on one of the worst fictional sins: "More sarcasm: whenever you describe a person of color in a novel, they absolutely must be described as having skin the color of a type of coffee, a type of chocolate, or some combination thereof; mocha frappacino, bittersweet cafe au lait, cocoa with a dab of espresso–as long as you don’t stray from these two food groups, you’re good."
  • Meghan with another lovely rant on feminism. Also, an interesting little post from Paul Collins on how Caitlin Flanagan’s book now differs from the galley; he refers to her as "future footnote."
  • Book Nerd weighs in with an excellent post on the Tournament of Books. Parental advisory: Snark is discussed frankly and honestly.
  • You do not know how upset I am to discover that our UPN affiliate (WWOR out of New York) is showing a BASKETBALL GAME Tuesday night and won’t air Veronica Mars until Wednesday. Grrowl. If it were a WNBA game, maybe I could forgive.
  • Muriel Spark is dead: Read Jenny and Maud.
  • Hop on over to the LBC for the opening festivities of the spring round; as mentioned, I nominated a book this time (beat by a nose, as was nearly everything up; it was close this time). We’re doing some things differently not for this round, but the next one — the nominees for summer are already up at the site to give other people time to read along if they so choose. And there’ll be more of Ed’s mad podcast skillz.

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