Tidbits - 12/15/10

In keeping with this season of giving, Craig Lancaster has written a Christmas short story, on sale at various outlets--but not for his benefit: all the proceeds are going to charity.
On a similar note, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga, presented a check for $1.5 million to the American Red Cross for its International Response Fund. Meyer had pledged $1.00 of every first printing, US sales of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella.

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In this Interview, Phyllis Gobbell, whose new book, A Season of Darkness was released this month, gives good insight into writing true crime and writing in general.

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Western historian and author of more than seventy books, Richard S. Wheeler, has an interesting post about university writing programs.

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Who owns the publishers? The GITP blog gives a few answers.