March 2012
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“Juliet, a young woman frozen in time by ancient magics, is woken in a strange...”
– For whatever reason, my job at a food trade magazine put me on the mailing list for a press release for two new comic series, so I got this great press release on two new series, one about Juliet and one about Dorian Gray.
I like comics a lot, but I don’t think comics are literature in any...
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“Unfortunately I am afraid to let anyone sit on it, for fear of getting it dirty....”
– And then there are the people who write reviews of sofas on the Room & Board website.
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The Actual Definition of Minnesota Nice
Well, it’s taken me five years, and I’ve finally figured out what Minnesota Nice means:
The Timberwolves’ beloved Ricky Rubio was injured last weekend.
And—at least in my social media circles—no one is blaming Kobe Bryant, one of the most hateable people in the whole world, who knocked him over like a jerk. Sure, it’s a typical Sports Injury, and it’s...
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If you want writers to continue getting paid, stop...
Stop buying into the idea that literary magazines don’t need to be paying writers, even if they are well designed or whatever. If there’s a finished product and an established audience, someone, somewhere needs to be getting paid, or you, as a businessperson, need to figure out a way to pay them. And you don’t need a Kickstarter to do it!
And also stop promoting the idea that...
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What Happens When You Learn about Real Places from...
They don’t tell you that in Las Vegas, there is pop music playing everywhere, all the time, in all of the casinos. There are speakers on the streets so that when you are outside there is pop music. There is pop music playing all the goddamn time in Las Vegas, and when you leave it doesn’t leave you for at least a couple of days. It’s not ever the same song that repeats, even...
