http://jurgenfauth.com the funk is its own reward Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:08:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be joining Tammy Nam (Scribd), Andrew Pate (On Demand Books), and Calvin Reed (Publishers Weekly) for a conversation on "The New Book Club: Social Networking" at Mediabistro's eBook Summit in New York next Tuesday, December 15.  You can follow event news on Twitter via the #ebooksummit hashtag and eBookNewser's ... http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/12/09/jurgen-at-mediabistros-ebook-summit/ Recent coverage for Fictionaut: At the Huffington Post: "Transcend and Include: Fictionaut and the Future of the Literary Magazine." It's been a long time since I last used a colon in a title. At Mediabistro, I was interviewed by Jason Boog and Matt Van Hoven. Live! Ron Callari wrote a great overview of ... http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/11/07/fnaut-in-the-news/ Not much ever happens at Main Beach. http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/11/07/main-beach/ At the Huffington Post's new book section, I talk about the ideas behind Fictionaut: What would happen, I wondered, if you gave in to that pull and let anyone publish? There are a great many writers worth reading, many of them published and many more who never make it past the ... http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/10/12/why-anyone-can-publish-on-fictionaut/ Carson and I just launched Fictionaut. Read the announcement or click right through to the newly-public front page. http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/09/29/fictionaut-launches/ Nina Dermansky Fauth, 8/6/9, 1:33pm. More photos. http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/08/14/introducing-nina/ Some photos from San Francisco. Full set and slide show on Flickr. http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/05/26/san-francisco-2/ If Jim Jarmusch can get away with No Limits, No Control, perhaps you might enjoy my exquisitely dull Flip videos. Hey, it's all about "pure experience."  If you like, follow & friend me on Vimeo, YouTube, or Flickr for more.  I'm expecting more exciting subject matter soon. (More posts tagged ... http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/05/07/boring-short-films/ From the best movie of the year so far to the baldfaced atrocity that was Watchmen, here's a roundup of recent reviews, in order of preference: Adventureland. Greg Mottola, 2009. ***** Mesrine. Jean-François Richet, 2009. **** 1/2 Tokyo Sonata. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2009. **** Sin Nombre. Cary Fukunaga, 2009. *** 1/2 Tokyo! Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho, ... http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/04/01/new-reviews/ The local TV station in Hattiesburg, MS, used to segment its bite-sized news coverage with fanfare flashes that moved quickly from "World News Now!" and "Local News Now!" to conclude with uplifting "Good News Now!"  Well. In case you haven't heard yet, Marcy's second novel Bad Marie, follow-up to the ... http://jurgenfauth.com/2009/02/24/good-news-now-2/