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Entries from February 25th, 2010

and then I got ticked off (updated!)

February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · general, life, publishing, reading

A friend asked if I’d seen this op-ed by David Alpaugh in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. I responded to her directly, then figured, why waste a good rant? (Thanks for the nudge, Gretchen.) Yes I did see this, and it ticked me off because it’s insipid. There’s too much poetry! The good stuff gets [...]

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ten rules…

February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

In the immortal words of Jim Anchower, it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya, so here it make up for it is…a link. I know, I really shouldn’t have. But it’s a good one: Ten Rules for Writing (from various people who probably know what they’re talking about), a la Elmore Leonard, [...]

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