Reports of Gabriel García Márquez's retirement have been greatly exaggerated, the ancient Colombian magical realist is complaining. Though his agent said he was done, García Márquez claims that he's always writing. Just not publishing.
Writing is not a performance art. But given the power and connectivity of modern writing implements, there's no reason it can't be. Here's a time-lapse view of essayist Paul Graham composing a recent piece.
Josh Ozersky, the meat-crazed Restaurants Editor for Citysearch and the proprietor of food blog The Feedbag, has contracted the "disease of kings." He's well aware that he brought this on himself and is unrepentant:
