Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

An Interview with Rich Wandschneider

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Ed Battistella

After a five-year stint in the Peace Corps, Rich Wandschneider came to Wallowa Country in 1971, as a community development agent with the OSU Extension Service. In 1976, he opened the Bookloft bookstore in Enterprise and in 1988, with help … Continue reading →

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Indiegogo and Goodreads

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I‘ve been keeping up with my summer reading, which will soon transition to my sabbatical reading, and even joined Goodreads so you can those read those here. Right now I’ve finishing Mike Madrid’s Divas, Dames, and Daredevils, Melissa Mohr’s Holy … Continue reading →

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New on the blogroll

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I’ve added a few items to the Literary Ashland blogroll. We’ve already got some great local publishers listed: Ashland Creek Press, which (check out Midge Raymond’s new book Everyday Book Marketing), Krill Press, which features mysteries and Ken Lewis’s excellent … Continue reading →

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Where errors come from

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I recently wrapped up a 75,000 word manuscript (on the linguistics of apology). Along the way, the work ballooned up to 100,000 words, slimmed down to 65,000 and finally landed at a fighting weight of 75,000. It’s a long story—the … Continue reading →

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