Move over Twitter... Make Room for Tumblr

 

		RICK SANCHEZ: Move Over Twitter... Make Room for Tumblr
	No TV network or newspaper can convey the thoughts, sentiments and feelings of people on the ground as well as their own words can, but there are limitations to getting your news in 140 characters or less. That's where Tumblr comes in.

 

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Which eReader Beat The Kindle In Ratings?

 

		Which eReader Beat The Kindle In Ratings?
	The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader is more than merely a worthy competitor to the Kindle, as I wrote when I saw the...

 

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The Most Bizarre '80s Choose Your Own Adventure Books

 

		The Most Bizarre '80s Choose Your Own Adventure Books
	Back in the days before video games became as ubiquitous as they are today, Choose Your Own Adventure books were the escape from reality of...

 

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Huffington Post: Query Fail: How NOT To Write a Query Letter

 

		Query Fail: How NOT To Write a Query Letter
	Want to write a query letter that will really get the attention of literary agents? There are plenty of ways to do it, but not...

 

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Crime Novel Becomes Reality for GW English Professor!

GW Professorial Lecturer in English Matt Fullerty, who is currently teaching ENGL 62 (Comedy) and ENGL 52W (English Literature), recently found himself in the middle of a national news story in the UK.

Last weekend, a human skull was dug up in the garden of broadcaster/naturalist Sir David Attenborough in London. It turns out to be the long-missing head of an 1879 murder victim named Martha Thomas, who was killed by her maid Kate Webster.

In a peculiar twist, Dr. Fullerty has been writing about the murder--in the form of a novel--for the past two years. After the murder, Kate impersonated Martha Thomas around London, wearing her clothes and jewelry, and selling her victim's belongings. After trying to flee to Ireland, Kate was arrested and put on trial at the Old Bailey, eventually confessing to her priest. She was hanged in Wandsworth Prison by the "royal hangman" William Marwood on 29 July, 1879.

When the story broke on Saturday in England, Matt became the go-to source for the British press. The result was a feature in Tuesday's Daily Mail about life of the killer (and the man who hanged her).

You can read more about Matt Fullerty's novel The Murderess and the Hangman here. Matt is currently looking for a publisher for his work, and we hope this strange turn-of-events will help him land a book deal in time for Halloween!