News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #73…

Item: Let’s bury the Hachette. Yeah, I know, Hachette is French and probably not pronounced like hatchet, but I couldn’t resist. What I’m arguing for is to forget about the Amazon v. Hachette saber rattling. These behemoths can rattle their corporate steel as much as they want, and the NY Times can write as many biased articles about the controversy as they want. I’m tired of it. Moreover, everything’s been said already; I’m not seeing any new thoughts (in spite of Lee Child). Trad-pubbing v....