Wednesday, August 27, 2008
A&E Decatur Blog Festival
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Thanks to the Decatur Book Festival and Dragon*Con, writers will be descending upon Atlanta like a horde of Visigoths this Labody Day Weekend. In advance of two of my favorite local events, in the Arts section this week, the story “Books vs. Blogs” explores the virtues and pitfalls of author's blogs. Since so many writers have blogs, the story focused on a few noteworthy examples, including science fiction author John Scalzi and his popular, 10 year-old old blog Whatever (anthologized in the upcoming volume Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded); horror novelist Cherie Priest and her Livejournal blog; and cartoonist Rich Tommaso’s Seattle Sketchbook.
Since there are soooo many author's blogs out there, I won't claim to offer a complete list of blogging guests of the Decatur Book Festival, let alone Dragon*Con, but here's a few interesting ones. If you have suggestions of the "How dare you not include this one!" variety, please offer them in the comments field. (No, really.)
Kristen Chase: Motherhood Uncensored
Mir Kamin: Woulda Coulda Shoulda
The Place Where Jack Pendarvis has a "Blog" (featuring "McNeil's Gold Medal International Emergency Exit Theatre")
Joshilyn Jackson: Faster Than Kudzu
Art Edwards - Layin' Down the Law
Skip Williamson: My Bitter Agenda
Matthew Reinhart: The Pop-Up Studio NYC
Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo
Tony DiTerlizzi's Imaginopolis Blog
Kevin Anderson and Rebecca Modesta: Wordfire
Incidentally, the Decatur Book Festival has its own blog, natch.
Image courtesy of Subterranean Press
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