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Links to check out from week of 12/10/23

1. Whoops, file this under “what not to do.” This author lost a publishing deal after spamming Goodreads, per Washington Post.

2. This article on

   The Deep Dive
   zooms out on the above issue, and frames the author’s behavior in a wider context of how Goodreads is failing certain writers.

3. Sigh, another day, another (potentially) devastating turn of events. Spotify crucified musical artists’ successes with their streaming business, now they’re threatening to do the same to authors, on NYT Opinion.

4. I will continue to stump for “Open Throat” being one of the top books of the year (more on that in a coming issue). Here, Worms Magazine had the brilliant foresight to capture some of the immaculate prose in action, via Worms Magazine.

5. The name on everyone’s lips should be…Margarita Garcia Robayo. Learn more about the author making waves, on Byline Byline.

6. Sometimes, you need to take a breather. Fortunately for us, Jezebel’s time out was brief, if not dramatic, via Fashion Week Daily.

   prettyinthepines

   

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7. Will one of my NYC readers puh-lease rent out this beauty of an apartment, overhauled by Pretty in the Pines, more details on Curbed.

8. As a former women’s magazine journalist of a certain age, the name Stella Bugbee invokes sentiments of awe, respect, and maybe a little intimidation.

   The Spread
   interviewed the current NYT Style editor on her storied career, and more. Check out the podcast episode, available now.

9. It’s the most wonderful time of the year for…gift guides. In one of my latest installments for The Zoe Report, I interview astrologer, Maressa Brown, on what to gift each sign of the zodiac, see more on TZR.

   10. And last, it looks like femme fatale/obsessive ingenue trope isn’t quite dead ::more thoughts soon:: according to this forthcoming film, Miller’s Girl starring Wednesday Jenna Ortega.