Rowling Marks End of Writing Last Book
MetroMix - J.K. Rowling marked the spot where she finished the final "Harry Potter" book. "J.K. Rowling finished writing `Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows' in this room on 11 Jan 2007," read the message on an antique-style statue at Edinburgh's five-star ...
Writing is easy -- if you have a lot of glue Ciscoe tells how he ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - I pinned down Ciscoe Morris for a recent phone interview to get his thoughts on the publishing of his first book: M.B .: Ciscoe, we are all so proud that you finished your book, but it seemed like it took a really long time -- most writers get nine ...
Thornton Owes Writing Career To Wilder
andPOP - (andPOP) - BILLY BOB THORNTON credits his screenwriting career with an inspirational talk from late filmmaker BILLY WILDER. The Hollywood actor decided to pursue a second career as a movie writer after a chat with Wilder, who co-wrote the screenplays ...
Whitney Balliett, New Yorker Jazz Critic, Dies at 80
New York Times - Whitney Balliett, a jazz critic who in more than 40 years at The New Yorker magazine encouraged readers to hear jazz through his vividly metaphorical writing, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 80. The cause was cancer, said his son Will ...
Obituaries in the News
Forbes - A graduate of Cornell University, Balliett joined The New Yorker in 1951, writing poetry and pieces for the "Talk of the Town" section. In 1957, he began writing a jazz column, which he continued until 1998. He also contributed book, film and theater ...
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