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D-Nasty’s 1st Serial Goes to Radar

Dana Vachon is OK.jpgRadar sent us a note yesterday afternoon to let us know that they’d picked up the first serial rights to Mergers & Acquisitions, the debut from Dana Vachon (left), which they describe as “a thinly-disguised novel about hijinks in the investment banking world.” We’re further told that the magazine beat out New York and The New Yorker for the excerpt, which threw me for a momentary loop: Can you remember the last time New York ran fiction? (And none of your snide jokes, now!) Anyway, the Vachon-filled Radar goes on sale in two weeks.

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Thursday May 23: Real Talk about Life after Publication

These days, writers aren’t just writers: They’re social-media mavens, seasoned public speakers, and one-person publicity machines. And they still have to find time to write their books! Find out what life is like once you've landed that dream book contract in a free web chat with young-adult authors Elizabeth Norris (Unraveling and Unbreakable) and Brodi Ashton (Everneath and Everbound) — plus special guest Kristin Rens, editor at HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray. Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. ET. on Figment.com.