these days, if you want a big book deal, get blogging. Book publishers stateside, having finally figured out that the internet is not an evil alien sent to destroy their business forever, are eagerly scanning the web in search of the next potential literary sensation. They already found one in Julie Powell's Julie/Julia Project, an online diary detailing one desperate thirtysomething's attempt to keep mind, body and soul together by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking within the span of a year. The next big thing? Dog Days, the debut from Ana Marie Cox, former editor of essential political blog Wonkette, and the political novel of the season. Blog on!