Hello from The Publicist

Well! I feel pretty lucky this month! A guest posting slot on a blog I really admire. Thanks, Mur, for asking me.

You might know my writing from The New Sleekness, where I have a lot of bossy complaining commentary about the publishing industry; or from a well-circulated piece in which I demand that authors not to ask their publicists to get them on Oprah, no matter what; or from Twitter.

I thought it might be fun here to spend some of the month talking about one of my favorite things: book...