Read more writers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34792/writers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:00:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71287/5-sexiest-writers-in-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pulitzer is fine and all, but James Brady Ryan issues a different sort of a honor in Nerve. The five sexiest authors of all time: Sylvia Plath: A tragic figure for sure, but still a beauty. Jack Kerouac: So he’s a little bit of a cliché at this point;...http://www.newser.com/story/71287/5-sexiest-writers-in-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 13:35:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69793/oprah-picks-short-story-collection-for-book-club.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOprah Winfrey has blessed the book world's eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing's surest hitmaker yesterday picked Uwem Akpan's debut collection, Say You're One Of Them , guaranteeing sales generally unthinkable for short stories beyond works by Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever and other giants of the art form. Akpan, 38, is...http://www.newser.com/story/69793/oprah-picks-short-story-collection-for-book-club.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 8:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67038/boozing-authormom-hits-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStefanie Wilder-Taylor made a name for herself penning light-hearted accounts of life as a hard-drinking mom, so her blog readers were shocked when she announced that she was laying off the sauce, the New York Times reports. Drinking-while-parenting “was a way to express that we’re still fun people,” but when...http://www.newser.com/story/67038/boozing-authormom-hits-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 13:07:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66308/behind-mad-men-arewomen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe misogynists who populate Mad Men's character ranks might make you think otherwise, but seven of the show's nine writers are women—a rarity in Hollywood, where 80% of primetime programs in 2007-08 had no female writers. “A lot of people think women can only do women shows,” one female...http://www.newser.com/story/66308/behind-mad-men-arewomen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 14:21:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50250/lbj-biographer-aims-for-eternity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLyndon Johnson's biographer takes his work seriously—so much so, he didn't cover LBJ's presidency for 30 years, Newsweek reports. Rising from the tabloid world in the 1960s, Robert Caro first wrote a painstaking biography of New York mogul Robert Moses. Next came a volume on LBJ's youth; Caro even...http://www.newser.com/story/50250/lbj-biographer-aims-for-eternity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Feb 2009 18:56:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43484/one-month-50k-words-writers-race-to-finish-novels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAspiring novelists are packing coffee shops in the Twin Cities and elsewhere as the frenzy of National Novel Writing Month heats up, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Founded roughly a decade ago, “Nanowrimo” challenges writers to conquer procrastination and get 50,000 words down during November. The emphasis, say the organizers,...http://www.newser.com/story/43484/one-month-50k-words-writers-race-to-finish-novels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Nov 2008 9:53:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38112/to-blurb-or-not-to-blurb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite a reputation for being over the top, book blurbs are more meaningful than not, writes William Leith in the Guardian. The blurber, as a rule, cannot expect endorsement in return, but he "is flattered to be asked, and wants to score a tiny ad for himself on the blurbee's...http://www.newser.com/story/38112/to-blurb-or-not-to-blurb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Sep 2008 15:40:02 CDT