Blogs to Books

A note on the PublishersMarketPlace Offerings Board yesterday jolted memories of previous posts on blogs becoming books, bloggers getting book deals because they blog, etc. It seems that Ray Rhamey, who writes about editing at Flogging the Quill has gathered together the wisdom of his blog into a book of the same name which he's now offering as a "how to create compelling fiction through an under-the-covers look at editing plus coaching by a novelist/editor. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone who yearns to be a better writer". I also checked back recently with A Gag Reflex, mentioned in a comment here, and found the author dickering with a publisher, while blogger Michael Willis continues posting long pieces of fiction in his Bread and Roses. Even farther in the past, my first mention of this phenomenon (which I can't find in Writer's Edge, but posted elsewhere), was "Bitter is the New Black" by the woman who writes at Jennsylvania. She blogged and wrote out her bitterness over a job termination. She is currently awaiting a contract from NAL/Penguin for the book version and says Details magazine is doing an article on "bloggers with book deals". Damn! Another query I should have sent sooner.

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