April 23rd, 2010

On blogging and trying to get published

If you’re new to this blog, it shouldn’t take long to learn that I’m currently trying to find a literary agent.  I’ve completed a fantasy novel, Volve, and I’m working on a second (unrelated) novel now.  I’ve got four to six more novels simmering in my mind, some of which have been there for quite some [...]

April 23rd, 2010

Querying again / Reducing word count

Every step in the process of trying to publish a book teaches new lessons.  Faithful readers may recall that I sent out nearly thirty query letters for my novel Volve in September, and met universal rejection.  I deduced, hopefully correctly, that the specific problem was my 130 thousand word length, which exceeds the upper limit [...]

April 21st, 2010

Soccer players kissing, blah blah blah

Paul Scholes and Gary Neville play soccer, professionally apparently, in a country called–wait, let me look this up–England.  Except there it’s called “football,” which I assume explains the unexplained popularity of soccer.  The British have apparently spent decades sitting around very large stadiums watching a bunch of men stand around an enormous field, wondering when [...]

April 20th, 2010

Shitting on Phil Collins, Part Two

Yesterday I explained my personal sentimental connection to the work of Phil Collins and Genesis, and how my perspective has evolved with my musical tastes.  Even with that as background, I still feel bad for the rest of this post, so here is a disclaimer:  I love Phil Collins.  He’s one of the greatest rock [...]

April 19th, 2010

Shitting on Phil Collins

A friend emailed this morning to let me know that Phil Collins has scheduled a three-night stand at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC.  Everyone has that first band that made them like music, and Genesis was mine.  ”