I’ve been immersed in researching two sub-cultures for my book. One of these worlds is psychic mediumship. The other is that of underground hip hop, specifically the Minnesota brand of b-boying and b-girling. For most of the population here, it’s basically under the radar, almost invisible. For those involved in it, both as members of [...]
Archive for March 2010
TAKE JOY
March 21, 2010A MODEST PROPOSAL
March 10, 2010En route to finding the perfect agent, I’ve found that the majority of them now accept emailed queries, only. A few tolerate snail mail as an alternative, and, one agency – clearly an endangered species — demands a query exclusively by post. The shift to email makes sense. It requires no stationery or postage. There’s [...]
BETWEEN THE LINES II
March 5, 2010I am great. I am shit. I am great. I am shit. This drums in virtually every writer’s head, says Betsy Lerner in The Forest for the Trees. In a blog post, she admits: “I’ve never known a writer to say, I’m at the top of my game, or I killed a new chapter this [...]
