{"id":2101,"date":"2011-10-01T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2012-04-06T22:47:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T03:47:54","slug":"bln-classics-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/2011\/10\/bln-classics-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"BLN Classics Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOne of the things that sets VanderMeer apart is his embrace of technology and media. His online presence is considerable and includes a number of web sites, frequent blogging, a short film adaptation of his novel Shriek (including collaboration with pop rock band The Church), his Alien Baby photo project and even a project involving animation via Sony PlayStation.\u201d \u2014Wired.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJeff VanderMeer has written a fascinating book on managing a writing career, including promotion, use of new media, career paths, resources, networking, conventions, and \u2014 not incidentally! \u2014 balancing all of this with actual writing. Recommended for anyone who writes, wants to write, or has written and now wonders what to do next.\u201d \u2014Nancy Kress, bestselling author of Write Great Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMany books tell us how to write, but Jeff VanderMeer\u2019s Booklife<\/em> tells us how to be an author…VanderMeer made me think, question my own path, and make plans for a more focused move forward.\u201d \u2014Mur Lafferty, host and creator of the podcasts Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWho better than VanderMeer, master of the blogosphere and online innovator, to guide us through the burgeoning, oft breathtaking realm of new media…Jeff helps you hunt down the vast advantages provided by social networks, blogs, podcasts, and the like. And the best part is the silly pith helmet is optional. If you\u2019re a writer who knows how to use a computer, then this book is for you.\u201d \u2014Joseph Mallozzi, Executive Producer, Stargate SG-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJeff VanderMeer\u2019s Booklife<\/em> is a frank, revealing, riveting manual by a writer for writers, not simply on how to be a better wordsmith, but on how to be a better human being. I\u2019ll be recommending it to all my writing students. I don\u2019t know how to praise a book more sincerely than that.\u201d \u2014Minister Faust, the BRO-Log<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVanderMeer has struck a new sort of balance with the Internet: charming his dedicated fan base on the web, creating multimedia promotional tools for his books, and actively seeking out new readers like me in the digital crowds. One of my favorite writers.\u201d \u2014The Publishing Spot<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVanderMeer may be creating the dominant literature of the 21st century.\u201d \u2014The Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJeff VanderMeer\u2019s book will rock your writer\u2019s socks off! I\u2019ve long marveled at Jeff\u2019s mad alchemist-like techniques of creation, promotion, and artistic survival through his artful navigation of brambly networks of writers, artists, musicians, historians, hatmakers,
\nbloggers, booksellers, reviewers, and fans. To steal a line from an Eddie Izzard stand-up act, \u2018No one can live at that speed\u2026\u2019 VanderMeer lives at that speed and makes it look effortless \u2014 and fun!\u201d \u2014Leslie Ann Henkel, publicist, Abrams Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJeff VanderMeer has written a smart practical jungle-guidebook for the wilds of 21st century publishing \u2014 its incredible pressures, joys, poisons, and, most importantly, the dangers of a false sense of control…Floaty creative types \u2014 prepare to be taken to task.\u201d \u2014Julianna Baggott, author of Girl Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most literary fantasy writers or fantastic literary writers we\u2019ve got working these days, take your pick.\u201d \u2014Ron Hogan, Mediabistro\u2019s GalleyCat<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Booklife<\/em> is to authors in today\u2019s publishing climate what Writer\u2019s Market was fifteen years ago: essential. A well-organized, lucid guide to social networking, blogging, and the art of being an author in the age of Twitter. Jeff VanderMeer\u2019s advice on maintaining one\u2019s focus in an era of unfettered public access to the artist\u2019s private life comes from his own hard-won experience; he\u2019s been a writer at-home-on-the-web since before most of us had websites. With excellent additions by Matt Staggs and others, Booklife is a worthwhile addition to any writer\u2019s bookshelf.” \u2014Michelle Richmond, NYT Bestselling author of The Year of Fog<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJeff VanderMeer is everywhere. He\u2019s in your house, frightening your cat. He\u2019s on your lawn, and even John McCain can\u2019t get him to leave. He\u2019s applying the poisonous glands of his tongue to the paint of your vintage Chevy. He\u2019s scaling the side of the New York Times building (they\u2019ll arrest them when he comes down, but he\u2019ll never come down!). He\u2019s engorged in the Grand Canyon, entombed in Grant\u2019s Tomb, and impaled on the Space Needle. He\u2019s in the middle of the world\u2019s largest ball of twine. He\u2019s a roving mercenary who kills to earn his living (and to help out the Congolese). He put the bang in Bangkok and the joy in New Joysey. John Waters wanted to make a film about him, but was too disgusted. Harriet Klausner has never had anything good to say about him. Osama bin Laden considered endorsing him, but said even he didn\u2019t hate Western culture that much. And now you\u2019re taking him home with you.\u201d \u2014Matthew Cheney, the Mumpsimus<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cOne of the things that sets VanderMeer apart is his embrace of technology and media. His online presence is considerable and includes a number of web sites, frequent blogging, a short film adaptation of his novel Shriek (including collaboration with pop rock band The Church), his Alien Baby photo project and even a project involving animation via Sony PlayStation.\u201d \u2014Wired.com \u201cJeff VanderMeer has written a fascinating book on managing a writing career, including promotion, use of new media, career paths, resources, networking, conventions, and \u2014 not incidentally! \u2014 balancing all of this with actual writing. Recommended for anyone who writes, wants to write, or has written and now wonders what to do next.\u201d \u2014Nancy Kress, bestselling author of Write Great Fiction \u201cMany books tell us how to write, but Jeff VanderMeer\u2019s Booklife tells us how to be an author…VanderMeer made me think, question my own path, and make plans for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.booklifenow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}