NY Times Piece on Higher Ed.

Web 2.0 to Book Deal in 3 Minutes

Re: posting this from Open Culture with thanks to Dan Colman.

After Seth Harwood got his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he began publishing in traditional magazines and journals, as most young writers do. But those publications were slow to launch his career. Things changed, however, once he started publishing online. And they really changed when he released his crime novel Jack Wakes Up as a free podcast (via iTunes, RSS Feed, & MP3) and distributed it through social networks. Web 2.0 broadened the reach of his work, attracted fans worldwide, and ultimately landed Harwood a nice book deal with Random House. (RH will be publishing Jack Wakes Up in print early next month). In the short video above, Harwood gives you a quick look inside the making of his podcast, and how it brings exposure to his work. If you’re an up-and-coming writer, there’s certainly something here to think about. You can find out more about Seth’s work at SethHarwood.com.

This guy went to CCSF!

Jon Hammond, CCSF student, circa 1972.

NYTRB to review my novel JACK WAKES UP

YES!! I just found out today that my novel JACK WAKES UP (out May 5th from Three Rivers Press/Random House) will be reviewed in the Sunday NY Times Book Review on May 10th!!

Help me celebrate by hooting when you read this! (Please.)

I'll be giving a series of readings in SF and around the Bay Area that you can find out about here: sethharwood.com/readings Look for postcards about these events to show up on Diane's desk very soon, as well as COUPONS to buy the book at a discount from Books, Inc.
You can also view the postcard here.
All best!
Seth