Thanksgiving Leftovers

As GalleyCat continues to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, here are a few links to our favorite posts over the last week…

A few 2009 National Book Awards finalists shared recession-era advice for writers.

Penguin unveiled a trippy new “Vampire Academy” cover.

We spotted the airport-edition of the best books of the year.

The Romance Writers of America (RWA) cut off Dear Author co-editor Jane Litte for her online opinions that included “numerous posts on your blog and on the ‘romfail’ thread on Twitter that indicate you do not support RWA or romance authors.”

Tweetbookz helped people self-publish their Twitter feeds.

Finally, Harlequin renamed their self-publishing unit.

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