Anne Panning talks to Melissa Scholes Young about her debut novel, her writing process, the benefits of social media, and the advantages of working with a small press.

What an awesome and terrifying idea: novelist Silvia Hartmann will write her next novel live on Google Docs and let anyone who wants to follow along—and send her feedback on her work. (Via.) Hartmann explains in a press release on her website:
This project, known as “Hartmann Book Live” aims to go one step further [...]

Gadgets, online personae, and constant motion threaten the extinction of solitude. Does our need for incessant connection threaten creativity?