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13 May 2009

Palin signs deal to write book for HarperCollins Neither Palin nor HarperCollins would not say how much she was being paid. Asked why, the governor and 2008 Republican nominee for vice president said she didn't want to distract from the substance of the book. ... The governor said she wants to do a lot of the writing herself...

post by: Joe Beese at: 09:18 | 19 comments

"The governor said she wants to do a lot of the writing herself..."

Oh, that's a great quote.

posted by Miko 13 May | 09:21

I don't know what she's thinking - the market is already crowded with children's books.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 13 May | 09:25

I look forward to coloring in it.

posted by BitterOldPunk 13 May | 10:35

I have a perverse desire to be Sarah Palin's aide-de-camp / campaign manager / etc. It's like the most challenging turnaround job in the universe.

Or is it like being the Octomom's publicist; it doesn't matter how good you are if the client is a trainwreck?

posted by Firas 13 May | 10:52

The governor said she wants to do a lot of the writing herself

That'll keep it at a George W. Bush reading level.

posted by kirkaracha 13 May | 11:19

LOL awesome Bitter

posted by eatdonuts 13 May | 11:45

Neither Palin nor HarperCollins would not say

Hey, journalist: You didn't need a "not" after using the "neither-nor" construction. That there's a double negative, which is kind of frowned upon in formal written English.

/grammar-nazi>

posted by jason's_planet 13 May | 12:20

Sigh, I'm really tired of hearing about this woman.

posted by octothorpe 13 May | 12:29

They better hurry, will anyone care by the time this is published? Does anyone care now? I can't see her being relevant to the Republicans for much longer.

posted by King of Prontopia 13 May | 12:44

Selected excerpts:

"How To Save All Those Newspapers People Have Been Putting In Front Of Me All These Years"

"I Learned To Field-Dress A Moose And Run A State And Also, Too!"

"What God Said About What I Name My Children"

"Winking: The Holy Orgasm"

posted by Lipstick Thespian 13 May | 13:16

I'm sure it'll be a big moneymaker. Really, what else can you say? It won't have any literary merit, it won't have any dirt, it won't have any revelations, it won't have anything in it that hasn't been focus-grouped to death.

Wait, here's some stuff: will there be a big sheaf of color photos in the middle? I'm thinking yes. Will she read the audiobook herself? I'm thinking yes, but it'll be seriously abridged. Will the Zondervan edition have an extra chapter about Jebus? I'm thinking nope, that it'll be subtler than that.

posted by box 13 May | 14:41

Another great quote:

"It will be nice to put my journalism degree to work on this and get to tell my story, Alaska's story. There have been so many unauthorized books and publications that have spoken to somebody else's opinion of who I am what my family represents and what Alaska is all about," she said.

This I-am-Alaska branding... what do you think?

posted by box 13 May | 14:41

I'd be annoyed if I were Alaska.

posted by richat 13 May | 15:16

Wait...if I WAS Alaska?

Man, I had a friend call me out on a slight grammar mistake recently and now I'm afraid and frightened most of the time.

posted by richat 13 May | 15:17

"If I were" - that one. Subjunctive mood.

posted by Miko 13 May | 15:23

"Which newspapers do you expect to review your book?"

"All of them."

posted by dhartung 13 May | 16:23

So some of my grammar instincts are intact! Whew.

posted by richat 13 May | 17:52

She should seriously contemplate reading Looking for Alaska by John Green before writing her book. A good journalist always does research, you know.

Also, she shouldn't write her book. A good journalist knows that sometimes less is more.

And finally, I have lost respect for Harper Collins. Okay, that's not true. I understand that there are some unpleasant business decisions folks have to make. Like laying off thousands of employees, or saving the lives of twenty people on a train while killing one. Hmm. Couldn't they have made one of those decisions instead?

posted by brina 13 May | 23:22

I'm holding out for her tell-all shocker about the Wardrobe Scandal, called "If I Did It."

posted by taz 14 May | 00:08

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