What is "Doom Eager"?

Lorrie Moore, from "Better and Sicker"
"Martha Graham speaks of the Icelandic term "doom eager" to denote that ordeal of isolation, restlessness, caughtness and artistic experiences when he or she is sick with an idea. When a writer is doom eager, the writing won't be sludge on the page; it will give readers -- and the writer, of course, is the very first reader -- an experience they've never had before, or perhaps a little and at last the words for an experience they have."

Sunday, June 13, 2010

'Bree Tanner' Proves Lackluster for Indies


Publisher's Weekly reports on indie sales of Meyer's newly-released novella.
'Bree Tanner' Proves Lackluster for Indies


I checked this book out yesterday at B&N. I was surprised to find it was 176 pages long, which seems long to me for a novella. This article reports the book to be 190+ pages, which I believe to be incorrect. What constitutes a novella these days? Of course, the font size was larger than your standard book and it appeared each page couldn't have been more than 200 words on average. The story is written without chapter breaks and represents one day in the life of newborn vampire Bree Tanner.

I feel for the independent booksellers trying to sell a book that has been offered online free by the writer and, because of its size, price point, and popularity, can be sold easily at retailers not directly associated with bookselling.
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