Wednesday Wanderings

1.) I recently became enamored with a Facebook post by Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis. In this post Ellis lays out "Ten Rules to Change the Game." He's speaking specifically about poetry but his "rules" extend to all of us and I immediately thought about them in regard to fiction. These rules can be found at WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE a collective blog. (This particular post was compiled by Daniel Nestor.) Or see Ellis's FaceBook page.

Ellis's latest book is Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems newly released (August 31) from Graywolf Press.

2) Danielle Evan's book Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self (released September 23) has received rave reviews, including a fabulous video review from Ron Charles of the Washington Post. You can see the review all over the net but check it out on Tayari Jones's blog where you can register to win a FREE copy of the collection.

3) This blog began with my desire to talk about book trailers but it became too complicated so I decided to post Sena Jeter Naslund's book trailer for Adam & Eve  (released Sept. 28) and post some links about book trailers. Those of you in KY can see Sena at 6 p.m. Friday at the Speed Museum in Louisville. See Sena's FB page for details.



See These links for more about book trailers. They come as mini movies, discussion, slideshows, etc. I find them fascinating:

Publisher's Weekly Blog ShelfTalker from 2009 by Elizabeth Bluemle. Shows several example trailers.

The 2010 Moby Awards for Best and Worse Book Trailers. I had a great time looking at these winners and losers.