Hey, guys. What's up this semester? I'm officially a faculty sponsor this semester, so I thought I'd do my duty and pass on scholarly info. This isn't exactly creative writing, but some of you might find this interesting:
Special panel at the 2007 College English Association Conference March 29-31, 2007 New Orleans, LA ...This panel seeks 10-15 minute papers that explore unexamined questions about Gaiman’s novels. Although this panel will be open to any subject regarding Gaiman’s novels, special areas of interest include:
# Theory of the fantastic # Use of traditional formats in a postmodern world (e.g., American Gods as road novel, Stardust as pre-Tolkien fairy tale) # Deities and faerie creatures as metaphors # The interaction between reader and text/the real and the unreal # Gaiman’s portrayal of America (broadly defined)/Gaiman’s portrayal of England # Literary theories applied to Gaiman’s novels (e.g., psychological, feminist, reader-response, etc.)
whats happenin homies? i hope everyones school term ended well and all that jazz, but now its time to get back to business. so, i think i heard an offer for saturdays as a new meeting day. what time? anytime after three will be cool for me. i work till then. or if someone has a different day they'd like to do it on... speak up! ok later d.
Okay chirens, let's face it. We're all either exhausted, have too much work in front of us, or both. David and Tracie are supposed to turn in for Friday, she's got a hell of a lot of work, and he's doing comps for Christ's sake. Frankly, even if they could turn anything in, none of us would have the time to read it. So, I don't think I'm being presumptious here when I assume that we won't be meeting until the semester is over. So crank the schoolwork out, and we'll get together say, the first weekend of the summer.
I for one, vote we move the first meeting of the summer to a bar.
All right guys, here is what I was talking about. This link should take you to the page that has all the basic information about the book binding services at CafePress. Each book would have a flat $7 binding fee, and would then cost an additional $0.03 per page. So, a 200 page book would cost us, I mean, the School, $13. So, take a look at let me know what you think.
Just so you lot know...we've postponed the meeting (scheduled for 3/31)to 4/7. Brian and I both will be in New Orleans for the Tenn Williams Fest so we won't be around for the meeting.
But be prepared for the 7th!! (This means you, Thornhill ;P)
How to write for Rolling Stone NEW YORK (AP) -- Think you have the write stuff?
MTV and Rolling Stone are teaming for a reality series that will focus on amateur journalists as they compete for a one-year staff position at the legendary magazine, an MTV spokeswoman announced Wednesday.
"The series will capture the drama and excitement of the fast-paced world of Rolling Stone," said Lois Curren, executive vice president of MTV programming, in a statement Wednesday. "Rolling Stone has long been an incubator for top journalists, which makes this an amazing opportunity for aspiring writers."
The untitled MTV series, scheduled to premiere later this year, will be taped from June to August in New York City. It will shadow candidates as they interview musicians, actors and politicians, and work with editors.
Wannabe contestants should visit www.rollingstone.com or www.mtv.com. The deadline for applications, including writing samples and a short video, is April 7.
Writer Beware has received the greatest number of advisories/complaints the past several years about these 20 agencies/agents. None of these agents has a significant track record of sales to commercial (advance-paying) publishers, and most have virtually no documented and verified sales at all (many sales claimed by these agents turn out to be vanity publishers). All charge clients before a sale is made, whether directly, by charging fees such as reading or administrative fees, or indirectly, for "editing services."
Writer Beware suggests (and Miss Snark agrees whole heartedly) writers searching for agents avoid questionable agents, and instead query agents who have actual track records of sales to commercial publishing houses.
THE LIST: *The Abacus Group Literary Agency *Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to "book doctor" Victor West of Pacific Literary Services)
*The Literary Agency Group, which includes the following: -Children's Literary Agency -Christian Literary Agency -New York Literary Agency -Poets Literary Agency -The Screenplay Agency -Stylus Literary Agency (formerly ST Literary Agency) -Writers Literary Publishing Services Company (the editing arm of the above-mentioned agencies)
*Martin-McLean Literary Associates *Mocknick Productions Literary Agency, Inc. *B.K. Nelson, Inc.
