Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant

Shortly After Noon

• Scott wants to know: What is the literary mainstream?
• In Seattle, the Tiny Ninja Theatre has concocted a plastic toy version of Hamlet.
• Viggo and Cronenberg sitting in a tree.
• Jim Fergus has had enough of personal details about authors. The Rake (and others) have their own thoughts on this question.
• Tod Goldberg takes Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers to task.
• What's your favorite word not in the dictionary? (via Book Ninja)
• And be careful where you order those Amazon used books. A Los Angeles woman found the words "Death to all Muslims" on the inside cover when she received her shipment. (via Moby Lives)