Everyday I Write Two Books
Elvis Costello has agreed to a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster
Excerpt: "...but don't expect any juicy music industry gossip. In a statement issued Tuesday, the publisher said Costello had "resisted the rewards for writing a traditionally scurrilous and scandalous biographical memoir."
The first book, scheduled for fall 2005, will be a "series of intimate narrative chapters taking their cue from the styles, themes and characters found in a number of Costello's lyrics. The second book will be a "work of comic philosophy" entitled How to Play the Guitar, Sing Loudly and Impress Girls ... or Boys."