Romance Hub: I eat the internet for breakfast, and so can you!

2011 at 5am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

I’ve been having a ton of fun on my Tumblr blog lately, and because there’s almost no overlap between what I do here (long-form posts about books and the industry) and what I do over there (curate and share links, photos, and videos from my adventures in the internet and quotes from what I’m reading), I want to share some of my latest findings with you here and invite you to visit me over on Tumblr or subscribe to the RSS feed if that’s more your speed. Here are links to some of the best pieces I’ve seen this week.

On the Industry10 Reasons Your Novel Won’t Get Published…I’m especially fond of #3.Can you imagine The Great Gatsby as a 3-D movie? It just might happen.The New Yorker asks “Why do people love Stieg Larsson’s Books?”Speaking of The New Yorker, a breakdown of their featured authors, remarkably lacking in womenNew York Times critics do some serious job justification in a series about why criticism matters. On the Huck Finn DebacleComing soon: a new, N-word free version of The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSusan Orlean on the connection between Captain Underpants and the whitewashing of Huck Finn“Scrubbing Huck Finn, and Our History”The Guardian on why “Censoring Mark Twain’s ‘N-Words’ is Unacceptable”Just for FunAwesome music video entitled “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors”Smart Bitch Sarah Wendell live-blogs reading Snooki’s bookAn entire blog devoted to pointing out the flawed logic–and awful writing— of Twilight

And just in case you needed a reminder that reading is sexy:

What have I missed? Feel free to share links to the great pieces you’ve read lately in the comments. I hope you’ll take some time to visit me over at Tumblr…in the meantime, I think I might make these link round-ups a regular thing. Whaddya think?

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Rebecca Rasmussen onJanuary 13th, 2011 10:36 am

That top ten list of reasons why your novel won’t get published is hilarious!!!! xo

NovelWhore onJanuary 13th, 2011 11:05 am

Love the “Reading is Sexy” reminder, even though your blog header works just as well!
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Sandy onJanuary 13th, 2011 5:07 pm

Hell, girl, if that is what you do for breakfast, what’s going on there for lunch?
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