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  • How Writers Can Use CafePress
    In a bookselling world filled with memoirs, it requires some ingenuity and online work to make your work stand out from the pack. One writer used CafePress to make her memoir stand out.
    In this encore edition of the Morning Media Menu was author Rachel Shukert, talking about her her memoir, Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour. Shukert shared advice for aspiring memoirists about creating a unique book and writing frankly about one's personal life.
    13 min
  • How To Make a Great Book Party
    In this encore edition of the Morning Media Menu, we interviewed author Evan Hughes about his new book, Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life.
    While introducing some of the great Brooklyn novelists featured in his literary history, Hughes also shared the secret behind a great book party.
    10 min
  • New Yorker Staff Writer Shares Advice
    In this encore edition of the Morning Media Menu, we spoke with New Yorker staff writer and The Lost City of Z author David Grann.
    Author bios on glossy book jackets give the illusion that a writer climbed to the top of the literary profession in heroic, purpose-filled strides. Grann turned that creation myth upside down in an interview.
    14 min
  • Maria Semple Shares Writing Advice
    In this encore edition of the Morning Media Menu from 2010, we interviewed Where’d You Go, Bernadette author Maria Semple. Press play below to listen on SoundCloud.
    She talked about her transition from television scriptwriter to novelist. Semple wrote for shows that included Beverly Hills 90210, Saturday Night Live, Mad About You, and Arrested Development.
    During the interview, Semple (pictured, via) delivered some tough advice for writers considering moving into scriptwriting.
    15 min
  • Make a Meme with Imgur's New Tool
    With Imgur's new Meme Generator, you can instantaneously create a meme to share on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter or your blog.
    AgencySpy editor Kiran Aditham talked about the new tool on the Morning Media Menu today. He also discussed why advertising agency Grey has resigned its account with E*Trade.
    5 min
  • Gay Marriage Planning Apps
    Following two landmark Supreme Court decisions this morning, gay marriage will be recognized on a federal level in the United States, allowing thousands of same-sex couples to marry in a number of states around the country.
    We discussed the news on the Morning Media Menu today.
    4 min
  • How Writers Can Connect To Book Clubs
    Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was novelist Jennifer Miller, a novelist hoping to break the world record for most book club events in a single month. She will try to promote her novel, “The Month of the Gadfly,” by visiting 100 book clubs in 30 days.
    She shared advice for connecting with book clubs, practical tips for any author...
    11 min
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy Returns with Free App
    To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his television show, Bill Nye The Science Guy has returned with a free app.
    TVNewser senior editor Alex Weprin discussed the Disney app on the Morning Media Menu today, talking about Nye's legacy and the features on the app.
    5 min
  • Sylvia Day Shares Advice for Aspiring Writers
    With the release of Sylvia Day's Entwined with You this month, we caught up with the author for a virtual video interview about her bestselling Crossfire series. So far, she has sold more than 7,000,000 copies in English the last 10 months.
    6 min

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