When I need to vent before I kick someone.
I’ve been known to bite, too.
Let me begin by saying I am not anti-agent, nor anti-editor. I believe what James Owens said at a recent panel, “My editor makes me look good!” with all my heart. I am all for allies in this crazy venture I hope to launch one day. I do not want them to go away, and […]
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I’m entering the Dear Lucky Agent contest over at The Guide to Literary Agents Blog. It was one of my goals for my downtime–to get a few, selective, queries and entries out there. I thought it would be easy. So can anyone tell me why my brain absolutely freezes when I’m doing this? It’s utterly
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Amazon.com has threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions regarding the sale of electronic books, according to two industry executives with direct knowledge the discussions. NYTimes Look, I know it looks like a good thing for you. Amazon wants to sell you
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pag·eant·ry /?pæd??ntri/ [paj-uhn-tree] –noun,plural-ries. 1. spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation. 2. mere show; empty display. 3. pageants collectively; pageants and the performance of pageants. Guys. Seriously. Glenn Beck? Rush Limbaugh? It’s entertainment. It’s shock-jocks in politics. Like Geraldo and Jerry Springer, they don’t say it because it’s true, they say it to
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We are overwhelmed by sexual images in commercials, art, and pornography, and you might think that the increasing number of images would indicate that we’re moving away from puritanism and towards more positive attitudes towards sex. But in reality, the great mass of those images in all three realms tell us one thing: ‘Sex feels
What’s wrong, you coward? Too intimidated by a real woman to get it up? Or too much of an ass to even get an adult to look at you twice? Well, guess what? Fifteen-year-old girls don’t want you either, you impotent jackass! She beat the shit out of you, didn’t she? And maybe you escaped
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That should teach me to count on a bureaucracy. I’m supposed to get my tax return today. It’s my money and I desperately need it. But here it is, 1037 and no monies. My paycheck is there, telling me that at least one accepted time for direct deposit has passed, but that’s barely enough to
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