Don't cry for me, Great Neck

Gawker has potentially identified the "semi-successful mid-list writer" whose article Monday on Salon caused such apoplexy among writers who hadn't even published one book, let alone five. It's bisexual author Amy Bloom.

You think you've got problems, Ms. Writer? Check out this blog entry by novelist Pamela Ribon, who is despairing of selling her second work. (Link courtesy Bookslut.)