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Bibliotech Episode 13: Author Margaret Atwood

Bibliotech Episode 13: Author Margaret Atwood

Here on Bibliotech, we’ve had on several authorpreneurs who write things called ‘novels’. However, today, we are extremely fortunate to have a guest who writes actual Literature. Starting in 1969 with her first book, “The Edible Woman” she has released over forty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays including ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, “Oryx and Crake” and her latest release, “Year of the Flood.” Please join me in welcoming she who needs no introduction, a giantess literature, the great and powerful Margaret Atwood.

  • http://kimscraftblog.blogspot.com Kimberly Davis

    This was just a fascinating interview: Watching an established author adjust to the new technologies. Canada in the sixties sounds a lot like today on the web!

  • Bob Goodwin

    Mark -

    You mentioned a new Mac word processing program on this show that is based on a note-card format and permits easy moving of pieces around a document. I wondered if you’d ever tried the “Outline” function in MS Word? I’ve used it in technical writing where a hierarchical outline is useful for organizing content. (Think: paragraph-section-chapter-book, etc…) You can grab text at any level and drag it around the whole document very easily. Moreover, you can toggle between views so that you’re not stuck in “outline.”

    Nice show!

  • http://www.bibliotechshow.com Mark Jeffrey

    Bob –
    Yes I have tried Outline in Word — in fact, I once had a six month gig programming in Word Basic, so intimately familiar with all the in’s and out’s :) Trust me, Scrivener was made because Word didn’t do what we authorial-types want it to.

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  • http://jacquebona.com Jacque Bona

    What an interesting show. Ms. Atwood was inspirational and fascinating. Her openness and business savvy to learn and embrace the technology of the internet is awesome.

    I have never read her literature, but I have now added her two novels, Oryx and Crake and Year of the Flood, to my GoodReads to-read list on my Kindle DX. I have also just followed her on Twitter.

    Mark, you mention you are on Twitter. You do not have a twitter link on your site to follow you. What is your twitter name?