Ann Coulter on Sarah Palin

Ah, the old-fashioned marketing plug, which aired on CBS News on November 13.

Writer’s tip: Get others, especially those with media prominence, to plug your stuff.

You Betcha! Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue

You can learn something about writing from Sarah Palin. Well, not writing actually, but marketing, which is tantamount in the boom-and-bust world of commercial book publishing.

Her plan of attack (or, as one editor rightly calls it, her “media blitz“):

Interview with Barbara Walters. Check.

Interview with Oprah. Check.

Stoke subdued outrage in the McCain camp. Check.

Counter the leak to the Associated Press. Check.

Voice outrage over a Runner’s World shot that became Newsweek’s front cover. Double check.

Complete month-long book tour that deliberately avoids big cities. Underway.

Sarah Palin’s not an author. She’s a brand–but a brand that sells.

Writer’s Tip: Be a brand.

A Post on the Inevitable Sarah Palin

CBS News on Going Rogue: An American Life (I apologize if there’s a commercial–it’s CBS’s financial opportunism, not mine):

Writer’s Tip: If you wanna be president in 2012, publish a book. Writing it optional.

“The reality is that the economic crisis we face

is no longer just an American crisis, it is a global crisis — and we will need to reach out to countries around the world to craft a global response.”

-Barack Obama

Full transcript of his economic team announcement here.

“In the United States,

I know the Americans could prove one thing: Contrary to what you’d think, they’re a people who are not only re-questioning their years of crisis, of Bush, but also their own history.”

“Aux Etats-Unis, je sais que les Américains ont pu prouver une chose : contrairement à ce qu’on pensait, c’est un peuple qui non seulement remet en question ses années de crise, de Bush, mais aussi sa propre histoire.”

Congratulations to Atiq Rahimi, recipient of the 2008 Prix Goncourt.

President-Elect Barack Obama

In Chicago, 4 November 2008.

“Our election is in forty days.

Our economy is in crisis, and our nation is fighting two wars abroad. The American people deserve to hear directly from myself and Senator McCain about how we intend to lead our country. The times are too serious to put our campaign on hold, or to ignore the full range of issues that the next president will face.”

-Senator Barack Obama, in reference to tomorrow’s uncertain debate.

“I mean that courage is a kind of salvation.”

-Plato, Republic

“In the world today,

all culture, all literature and art belong to definite classes and are geared to definite political lines. There is, in fact, no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above all classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics.”

-Mao Zedong

“Where there is oppression, there is resistance.”

哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗

-Mao Zedong