September 25, 2006
PEN PALS TRY IT AGAIN … but did it work this time?
From last week’s Globe and Mail :
“‘This time, it’s gonna work. That’s the difference.” Bruce Walsh is on the telephone from his office in Toronto, talking about the LongPen machine that supposedly allows writers to sign books from virtually anywhere in the world and thus, potentially at least, revolutionize those staples of the literary life: the book launch and the author tour.
“We say “supposedly” because the device, which has been bankrolled by none other than Margaret Atwood, famously flubbed at its much-anticipated international debut in March at the London Book Fair. Atwood is scheduled to try it again on Sunday in a booth at The Word on the Street book and magazine fair in downtown Toronto …. >>>read more
So, does anyone know? Did it work over the weekend? Is the mechanical book signer going to save authors who are forced to turn into travelling saleswomen … or men?
My Path: Lost Lake Trails
My Distance: Two hours
My Beat: You need to listen to a lot of music to get you through two hours of running. But the one that stuck with me today was HAUNTED — by Sinead O’conner and the Pogues.
Victoria Marathon — 13 days to go!!
Honolulu Marathon — 78 days to go.
Posted by Loreth @ 10:39 pm | THE RUNNING LIFE, THE WRITING LIFE
