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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston

Amazon ‽ Barnes & Noble @ iBookstore # Indiebound † Powell’s

"With zeal and rigor, Keith Houston cracks open the &, the #, the †, and more—all the little matryoshka dolls of meaning that make writing work. Inside, we meet novelists, publishers, scholars, and scribes; we range from ancient Greeks to hashtagged tweets; and we see the weird and wonderful foundations of the most successful technology of all time." —ROBIN SLOAN, author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

melvillehouse

I recommend this one. And that red ink is a nice touch, guys.

johndarnielle

oh man oh man. catnip.

threeyearsdockside

ANTHONY

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neeeeed

gisbourne

leupagus

This is the moment I fell in love with Bilbo. Because I understand this expression to the depths of my soul.

What's 'blast'?

Sorry. Blast may just be slang from my area. It means to put all of her business, i.e. name, in the public eye.

#Sorry I forget people aren't all from my area #asks #anonymous

Aw, man. Now I'm curious about the author, just so I don't have to read her books. Great use of the Liz Lemon gif :Db

If I was a bigger bitch, I would put her on blast, but, alas, I’m not. She isn’t with a major publisher, though. So her books aren’t wide spread, so unless you specifically search out self-published writers, you probably won’t run into her.

#thisnerd #asks #I do love most self-publishers #Most of my author friends self-publish or use small presses #This lady was just a bitch #A bitter bitch

Having someone tell me bloggers owe authors everything and should cater more towards them

I'm also a book blogger and I wanted to slap the shit out of her. She refused to understand that bloggers generally do this work for free on top of the other responsibilities in their life. She felt bloggers should answer every one of the hundreds or thousands of emails they get a day because it's their job. All she did was ensure I never wanted to read or review any of her books and got herself kicked out of our author group.

Finally having a guy in the office

lifenacademicpublishing

I’m going to take this opportunity to rant. I’ve gotten various version of this “those who can’t do publish” comment on several occasions. “Did you really want to be a writer?” “Do you plan on eventually becoming a writer instead of just an editor?” “Aren’t most editors just failed authors?”...

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QUESTION #1: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER PUBLISHING?

Do any of you publishing people have plans or aspirations to get out of the business some day? Go back to school, or change careers, or move to Montana or some shit?

publishingbabe

I'm not totally in publishing yet, but I am working towards a Master's in English and have teaching as a backup plan.

People abbreviating their school name when it's a school most people have never heard of

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‎So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.

John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society (via perfect)

It's 90 degrees out and I still have to carry a sweater to work