Here is something that is not about either PA or books but somehow is still wonderful. An ebay post about a never-urinated in wetsuit was done with so much panache and delightful British slang that it became an amazing fundraiser for Japan. Check this shit out! (Metafilter)
Failed Nevada Republican pol Sharon Angle has chosen to self-publish her memoirs , which you know have to be the crazy scribblings of a serial killer. (Yahoo). Meanwhile, fellow wackjob Jack Cashill won't stop until he proves that Barack Obama didn't write his memoirs. (The Daily Beast).
Writer Beware Blog posted info regarding the Midwest Literary Magazine, which is soliciting your work so it can steal it and reprint it without your permission.
The ridiculous in the world of writing: That dude with the (admittedly funny) fake twitter account for Rahm Emanuel has landed a book deal based on the fake Rahm tweets. (New York Times) Writers need to find new ways to insult each other, so some are resorting to Twitter, as in this Michael Chabon/ Ayelet Wylman/ Katie Roiphe fight.
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