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Bezos Loves Books
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March 29, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

In fact, the Amazon CEO loves them so much that he has just bought Goodreads, a social media site for …
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Category: Commentary, Writerly Advice | Tags: Amazon, amen, author, Bezos, book, capitalism, consumer, Goodreads, hate, Hitler, love, publishing, purchase
What does it mean to be published now?
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September 16, 2012 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

I can’t believe that I’m publishing yet another post on publishing. But when David Ackley asked the question last week …
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Category: 100 Days Of Summer, Commentary, Writerly Advice | Tags: Alt Lit, Alt Lit Gossip, digital, facebook, fictionaut, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, publishing, Virginia Woolf
Will A Good Book Sell Without Promotion?
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August 14, 2012 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

Long response to a writer friend, who complimented me on my ability to promote myself and thereby contributing to the …
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Category: 100 Days Of Summer, Question, Writerly Advice | Tags: 100 days 2012, book, promotion, publishing
Death. Decay. Doom.
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December 29, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

A few years ago, I missed my dad’s death by a few hours. I had business not far from his …
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Category: Goings-on | Tags: 2011, 48, Airline Reading, birthday, C G Jung, Cronenberg, death, decay, diddly-squat, Dogzplot, doom, Fatboy Review, fiction, flash, Letras Caseras, literature, Necessary Fiction, Northville Review, publishing, Sigmund Freud, Taffimai Metallumai, The Rumpus, Tom Cruise, writing
“What Is The Best Writing Advice You Actually Follow”
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September 12, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

I keep picking the juiciest berries from online conversations elsewhere and lug them here. This stimulating question was asked by Kathryn …
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Category: Commentary, Goings-on | Tags: Collection, Flash Fiction, John Gardner, novel, Novelist, publishing, red lemonade, writer
How do I know what I think until I see what I say?*
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August 30, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

A recent serious illness** gave me ample time to think & I’ve decided to suspend blogging for now, despite of …
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Category: Commentary, Tools, Writerly Advice | Tags: Blogging, book, Dürer, Don Quixote, publishing, Rhinoceros, Stories
What I Expect From My Literary Agent
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August 6, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

I woke up with an odd line in my head: “My [literary] agent must be ugly and effective.” I didn’t even …
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Category: Commentary, Goings-on, Writerly Advice | Tags: Agent, beach, disintermediation, effective, Internet, Literary Agent, Picasso, Publicist, Publisher, publishing, ugly, writing
i hate wasting time…
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August 3, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

…but i’m generous with space, which is why i re-post my reply to a post by richard nash at red lemonade. …
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Category: Commentary, Writerly Advice | Tags: baboon, bergman, community, jenny davidson, kindle, online, paris, penguins, publishing, red lemonade, richard nash, thoth
Gastarbeiter: > kill author
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February 18, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

They write: “We have a desire to shake things up if we can.” And they do: Nothing To Flawnt welcomes …
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Category: Gastarbeiter | Tags: anger management, gastarbeiter, hippies, indie, kill author, mag, online, publishing, survey, woodstock

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«At a party, I stood next to a bald guy with a beard who didn’t say anything. I noticed a nearby couple put their heads together and whisper while pointing at me. They were smiling so I went over and inquired if I could help them in any way. “No, not at all,” said the woman, “but listen, isn’t that Sir Salman Rushdie who stood next to you just now? We’re such fans.” The man nodded.»

Excerpt from: My Friend Salman Rushdie, in: Pachydermini Pack 4 (Turtleneck Press); donation dependent download.

«Tara, I look at us in that photo, taken so many years ago, I look at you sandwiched between Tom and me, with our left arms in casts, so ridiculous, it makes me think of music that is ridiculous also, music by Charles Ives with two bands playing against one another, or two melodies backpacking a third, or an instrument entering a dialog of two other instruments like a dangerous stranger. It makes me think of your musical voice and your rich hair, Tara, I’m thinking of you as my ship begins the landing process.»

Excerpt from: Friends, in: In Those Days We, available online at Issuu. Paperback version to appear.

New Sun Rising—Stories For Japan

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I am German writer who lives in Berlin. My short fiction has been published widely. My work has been nominated for a Micro Award, two Pushcart Prizes, two Best of the Net awards and two Million Writers Awards, and a novella of mine was longlisted for the Paris Literary Prize. My short fiction collection "Thank You For Your Sperm" is published in 2013 by MadHat Press. My mosaic novel "Gizella" is forthcoming from Folded Word Press. I have a lush web site at marcusspeh.com (English), I blog on Tumblr und Deutsch auf marcusspeh.de. Join me on Facebook, on Twitter, Pinterest or send me an email.

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