I found this article in the Wall Street Journal illuminating: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204886304574308530848197684.html

But it seems to be pointing the same direction as so much publishing news these days: alas, I'm out of step! I am definitely in the Episodic camp... just feels more like truth to me.

Where do y'all fall?

I'm new to this sort of thing so I'm not sure if I write in blog or discussion or what. Two poems of mine are in the current issue of Pirene's Fountain at http://www.pirenesfountain.com/current_issue/grandstaff.html

Sari

Prepping for this semester's second writing class tonight at NYU, I got the idea that I should explain to my students that I think of the act of writing as not a single act, but as many acts falling into a few broad categories. In fact I came up with four such categories: audience, juice, craft, reading. These overlap, of course, so really they should be shown in a diagram rather than in a list as here.

AUDIENCE

Awareness of audience means you do all the activities listed here under the… Continue

This reviewer gave my work a really close read and has a lot of in-depth commentary, which feels good...
http://podpeep.blogspot.com/2009/09/free-book-friday-review-principles-of.html

This one succinctly captures so much of what's in the book. And it's local, which I like...… Continue

If anyone knows where I can find a freestanding combination safe (the older and/or cooler-looking the better), all I need is to stand next to the damned thing for a few minutes while a photographer takes some pictures. I need this for a magazine cover, and also possibly for an author photo on the next book...

Much appreciated! Thanks!

Steve