Archive for March 2010

TAKE JOY

March 21, 2010

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 [...]

A MODEST PROPOSAL

March 10, 2010

En 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, 2010

I 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 [...]


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