In case you missed my post at www.lindajhutchinson.com/blog, I've posted a vignette here. See my website blog for full details.
I have two articles to write for two other publications. I have plenty on my plate at the moment and I’m always seeking more work to keep me busy when present works have been delivered.
So why did I spend an hour and a half reading http://www.thesmokinggun.com/, a very long investigative report into whether the Oprah Book Club endorsed best seller “A Million Little Pieces” is fact or fiction?
TSG’s article is entitled “A Million Little Lies”. That’s why.
Not only did TSG give compelling reports of police interviews, arrest record searches, and fact-finding missions, but they have also interviewed author James Frey, and they are now being threatened with a lawsuit by him. Why?
It seems he may not have told the whole truth, as he promised he had done. His story has touched millions of lives. We believed him.
Will his second book, the one that takes off where this one ended be more truthful?
His website at http://www.bigjimindustries.com has been shut down; the message: “as the controversy and resulting traffic dies down, I’m sure the site will go back up.” I’m suspecting the host site crashed when controversy-caused hits to his site sucked up all the bandwidth. (My son does that to me when he’s home, so I know how disruptive it can be.)
What Mr. Frey is being accused of is claiming to write a non-fiction autobiographical story, while incorporating too much “artistic—or creative license”. In other words, his “true account” may not have much truth in it at all.
I’m wondering how the very classy Oprah will deal with this. Especially since this book touched her so deeply that she altered her book club “rules” to include contemporary authors again, rather than only endorsing the classics. TSG’s report calls Frey the author who “conned Oprah”. This story is far from over!
January 20, 2006
January 05, 2006
I'm suffering a bit of "deadline overload" this week. I'd thought it would be an easy writing week and I'd finally be able to write some fiction. Ha!
My truck-driving son and brother left here on New Year's day. No interruptions and no firm deadlines on the horizon until January 20th. Ha!
I completed the requested revisions on a Charity Guide article pre-deadline and started going through my stack of submission calls. Then BOOM! My January 20th deadline for Construction Equipment Guide got moved up to January 6th.
Deadlines--I love 'em! In truth, I was ready for it. My plan? To meet the deadline like our Buckeyes met Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl!
I love my writing life!
My website blog has been updated, too. Today's entry is a bit controversial. I've forwarded it to Andy Rooney for comment. We'll see what happens.
My truck-driving son and brother left here on New Year's day. No interruptions and no firm deadlines on the horizon until January 20th. Ha!
I completed the requested revisions on a Charity Guide article pre-deadline and started going through my stack of submission calls. Then BOOM! My January 20th deadline for Construction Equipment Guide got moved up to January 6th.
Deadlines--I love 'em! In truth, I was ready for it. My plan? To meet the deadline like our Buckeyes met Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl!
I love my writing life!
My website blog has been updated, too. Today's entry is a bit controversial. I've forwarded it to Andy Rooney for comment. We'll see what happens.
January 02, 2006
Ending it Right/Beginning Anew
The end of 2005 started 2006 off just right:
Both my son and my little brother--who is nearly young enough to be my son and six feet tall--were home. They both drive big rigs, they're both owner-operators, and they both officially live here with us. Unofficially, our place is "the bed and breakfast". They aren't here often. Not nearly often enough. But, they both made it home for New Year's Eve!
On December 28th I moderated the chat at The Writer's Chatroom. Our guest for the evening was one of my favorite authors, Mr. Earl Emerson. His mystery/suspense novels will keep you turning the pages while trying not to chew your fingernails right down to the nubs. Not falling off the edge of your chair is a bonus. This Seattle Fire Department lieutenant is a superb writer! I was allowed to moderate the chat because he's from my beloved Washington state, and I'm such a fan of his. What an honor! You may purchase his books at The Writer's Chatroom.
I've had the time lately to catch up on some much needed housekeeping; to include updating my website and my resume. My website is now outfitted with hot links to some of my favorite sites. I'm hoping some of my writer friends don't take offense at some of the tags tied to their sites; like Audrey Shaffer's..."Audrey's attempts to get a life"...
I have my calendar updated for January, my task list firmly planted in an Excel spreadsheet, and my last writing paycheck of the year in the bank. Life doesn't get much better than that.
Both my son and my little brother--who is nearly young enough to be my son and six feet tall--were home. They both drive big rigs, they're both owner-operators, and they both officially live here with us. Unofficially, our place is "the bed and breakfast". They aren't here often. Not nearly often enough. But, they both made it home for New Year's Eve!
On December 28th I moderated the chat at The Writer's Chatroom. Our guest for the evening was one of my favorite authors, Mr. Earl Emerson. His mystery/suspense novels will keep you turning the pages while trying not to chew your fingernails right down to the nubs. Not falling off the edge of your chair is a bonus. This Seattle Fire Department lieutenant is a superb writer! I was allowed to moderate the chat because he's from my beloved Washington state, and I'm such a fan of his. What an honor! You may purchase his books at The Writer's Chatroom.
I've had the time lately to catch up on some much needed housekeeping; to include updating my website and my resume. My website is now outfitted with hot links to some of my favorite sites. I'm hoping some of my writer friends don't take offense at some of the tags tied to their sites; like Audrey Shaffer's..."Audrey's attempts to get a life"...
I have my calendar updated for January, my task list firmly planted in an Excel spreadsheet, and my last writing paycheck of the year in the bank. Life doesn't get much better than that.
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