Results tagged “anamariecox”

After reading the review of Ana Marie Cox's new novel, Dog Days, in the Times yesterday (Cox got praise some of the satire, but the narrative itself was too formulaic), Gothamist wondered what about the other bloggers turned genuine, published (or about to be published) writers and their fates. Are a bunch of online fans enough to make a book successful? But what would be success? Critical praise or bestseller-dom? Link love from the blogosphere? An Oprah endorsement? A kick-ass Technorati ranking? Well, of course, all - and even critically panned books get movie deals! Gothamist has spent about ten minutes thinking about this and clearly, the way to go is to write a pseudo-memoir novel that involves raising a dead brother, Russian Jews, race relations in England, stints in drug clinics, and the Opus Dei, basically The Little Staggering Pieces Are Illuminated White Code.

Blog lists are awesome! Someone emailed us about being #3 on a list of the 10 Most Powerful Women in Blogging from Jack of All Blogs, which was super-flattering but it was clearly a biased list (apparently the writer has partied with our awesome Bostonist and Miamist editors). Anyway, Ana Marie Cox, check; Heather Armstrong, check...but then at number 8, there's...Joi Ito? But, isn't he a guy, just one with a girly name? Damn you, confounding, inscrutable Asian cultures!

Jessica Cutler, ex-blogger, author, The Washingtonienne

Tina Brown, Editor/Writer/TV Host