Laurie Abkemeier
I'm a Literary Agent with DeFiore and Company—blogging about authors (mostly my own) and publishing.
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Just a reminder that Maurice Sendak was incredible. He’s also today’s google doodle.
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You may have seen my Learning Opposites piece floating around the web but before I upload the full image I wanted to focus on the parts that make up...
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Ribbit.
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“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.”— Neil Gaiman
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NYT Obtains Jonah Lehrer's 65-Page Book Proposal "A Book About Love"
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The Philadelphia Orchestra commissioned David Ludwig to compose a concerto for principal bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa. Ludwig was enamored of...
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted it here but I’ve been updating the Spacey Space Life blog weekly!
Wanna see some random alien-like creatures?...
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Been thinking about frogs.
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Story of my life.
When it comes to your career, pulling an occasional all-nighter can be advantageous — you’re working when others are sleeping. An all-nighter also can improve the quality of your creative work product.
—Eric Epstein, author of THE 24-HOUR GENIUS, an ebook original from InterMix/Penguin
Read the rest of Eric’s essay at the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy.
Is staying up all night the secret to success and creativity? Eric Epstein, the author of The 24-Hour Genius: Unlocking Your Brain’s Potential with Strategic All-Nighters, sure thinks so. Is the author some wild partier, or a stoner? Hardly. Epstein, 35, is a quiet-spoken corporate lawyer, who practices with a firm in New York City and teaches legal writing at Columbia Law School. He just wants the world to know to know that a well-planned all-nighter can boost your creative juices — even advance your career.
Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/17/a-midnight-rendezvous-with-eric-epstein-author-of-the-24-hour-genius/#ixzz2WZWrGfC9
“What Should I Do with my 20s?” by Triet LeTanh
Inspired by Cal Newport’s SO GOOD THEY CAN’T IGNORE YOU.
A new book promotes the merits of working through the night, and offers tips on making the most of it
For more, visit the24hourgenius.tumblr.com!
Former vegan and author of THE MINDFUL CARNIVORE Tovar Cerulli talks about pursuing wild meat in the spirit of vegetarianism.
Read more and find out why this bunny is holding a rifle: http://www.utne.com/environment/ex-vegan-turned-hunter-zm0z13jazros.aspx#ixzz2W8L9DGnC
Want to write for publication but have no idea where to start?
If you live in the NYC area, you can get coaching from longtime journalist and author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong—right in her living room!
At Jennifer’s Getting Published “living room workshop,” you’ll hone an idea, finish a piece, and complete a targeted pitch before the class is through.
“Jennifer’s teaching style was great! She infused her own background and experience in pop culture and journalism into every class, making it fun and fast-paced. She challenged the class with assignments that got our writing juices flowing. She was also very accessible and really cared about us as fledging writers. I would definitely take another class with her.” —Lori Gaon, Article Writing student
From Jennifer’s website…
I’ll be organizing a fall 2013 “living room workshop” in my apartment in the East Village area of NYC. We’ll be scheduling “Getting Published, from Pitch to Finished Project” based on the needs of those who sign up, but we’ll meet for 10 weeks starting in September, three hours per weekly session.
The class will work like this:
1. Everyone will come to the first meeting with a three-minute (or shorter) oral pitch for a published piece of nonfiction—an essay or an article. You’ll present it to the group for friendly feedback that helps you shape it into a one-page written pitch by the next class.
2. From there, everyone will work on the project for the remainder of class with guidance from me, as well as feedback from me and your peers.
3. The final two weeks we’ll spend honing your pitch once again, this time into an official pitch letter. We’ll also help you to target it to appropriate editors at appropriate publications.
4. You will leave the workshop with a finished piece as well as a finished pitch.
Price is $399 for the entire 10-week class.
If you’re interested or would like more information, please contact Jennifer here!
Chickens Do Fly!
Lauren Scheuer’s ONCE UPON A FLOCK (Atria Books) featured in “Chick Lit” by Natalie Danford, American Way
An ebook original from InterMix Books/Penguin: THE 24-HOUR GENIUS by Eric Epstein. Coming June 18 and available for pre-order everywhere ebooks are sold.
Visit the24hourgenius.tumblr.com.
“All characters evolve in the way they are used, but the @ symbol’s evolution has been particularly striking,” Keith Houston says. “It was mundane for a long time, only to undergo a startling transition during the beginning of the computer revolution that put it at the center of the way we think about the Internet.”
Forbes’ Laura Shin says Cal Newport’s SO GOOD THEY CAN’T IGNORE YOU “will show you how to develop the ‘skills’ portion of career capital.”
The Wall Street Journal’s Max Watman says DEERLAND is “a different kind of deer book.”
