Posts Tagged ‘harry potter’

The Debriefer: Billionaire Fireman Cowboy with a Heart of Gold

What do women really want? Harlequin publishers actually appear to know – and it usually involves a terribly scarred man with a compelling physical presence, blazing with an internal fire women long to be scorched …

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Party Pooping Potter

Did Harry Potter’s lawyers (alright, Warner Bros lawyers) act way too heavy-handedly when they recently acted to suppress a Harry Potter-style house party in London?  Press reports suggested they acted like party poopers – but …

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Here Is The News

Donna is still away, so it falls to Peter to attempt to cover a round-up of this week’s news – and there’s lots happening.  The Romance Writers of America have decided that ebook publication doesn’t …

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Are You A Fair Reader?

Apart from being the author of ninety (count ‘em!) books for children and young adults – her latest book,  Deathwatch, is just about to be published – Nicola Morgan is also the Chair of the …

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Halloween Special: The Spooky Show

It’s Halloween and this week Litopia After Dark goes to hell as the panel get their fangs into some of the juicy topics up for discussion.
The prominent atheist Richard Dawkins is stepping down from his …

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The Rights and Wrongs of Rights

Rights and sub-rights – what do you really know about them?  Peter gives you a briefing.  In today’s Write Report, Dame Margaret Drabble feels pressurized to dumb herself down… and Harry Potter breaks yet another …

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Harry Potter Vs. Hari Puttar – Round One to Puttar

Peter exercises himself (for which, read rants) on the subject of writers paying to spam agents with  e-mail submissions; Donna brings us the latest news featuring a legal win in India for the Hari Puttar …

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The Cautionary Tale of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Peter dissects a television show than went from buzz to bust in a matter of months; Donna brings us the latest news featuring JK Rowling’s munificent gift to the British Labout Party; and in this …

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How To Sack Your Agent

Peter discusses how to sack an agent; Donna brings us the latest news featuring (deja-vu, anyone?!) the very latest Harry Potter lawsuit and in this issue of Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she examines ways of battling …

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Submissions, Potter & Pics for your Blog

Peter discusses whether you should finish your manuscript before you submit or if you can start sending it out to Agents and Publishers earlier; Donna brings us the latest news featuring Harry Potter and the …

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Lipstick On A Pig

The J.K. Rowling plagiarism case, psychoanalysing the mind of the Republican voter and mad scientists… such a medley of topics can only be found on Litopia After Dark.  This week, as well as deciding whether …

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Judgement Day for JK

Peter talks about the launch party for Wow 366, a charity book released by Scholastic featuring contributions from various children’s authors. Donna brings us the latest news featuring the much-anticipated verdict in the Harry Potter …

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A Big, Sexy Package

Your book is written, re-written, checked and double checked and you’re ready to find it a home. But in this ultra-competitive publishing climate how do you ensure your novel escapes from the slush pile? …

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Touching The Monkey

This week’s LITOPIA AFTER DARK recklessly plunges into the wild and wacky world of the WOTY (listen to the show to find out!) during which we learn more than we ever thought we’d want to …

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Facebook Face-Off

Last week, we gave Amazon’s Kindle a good going-over – and we’re not finished with the subject yet – well take another look at it quite soon, when we can assess what kind of …

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