Uh oh. Time for byebye money. Dalkey Archive’s yearly holiday sale, with 10 books for $65 or 20 books for $120.

Fictionitis |fick shun eye tus|

noun

a disease of the frontal lobe that obliterates the impulse to write fiction almost before (in the time-space continuum) the impulse is acted upon; the foiling of grand plans and even grander fantasies as a result of said disease: I contracted fictionitis minutes after conceiving of a fiction-writing-for-poets series on HTMLGiant; I will wash my mouth out with soap, but it won’t cure the disease.

After traveling, spending time with your family, overeating and drinking, how do you deal with all that post-Thanksgiving guilt?

if there’s anything you need to know about “contemporary indie lit” it’s that all you need to do to get a book published is write one  – Impossible Mike

Hello again after a little bit. Question: what would you say is the best post ever published here at HTMLGIANT? Feel free to nominate more than one post (and include a link if you can).

In a week or two, I’ll post a follow-up tabulating the top choices. Which won’t mean anything, necessarily, but might be fun to look at.

What do you do on Saturdays between waking up hungover/alone and going out/drinking?

This is the only Christmas record allowed in my house: Agoraphobic Nosebleed “Make a Joyful Noise”. Eat.

What are your favorite short (120 pages or less) novels?

You ever fart real loud at a reading?

What are your favorite long (500pp+) novels?