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In Praise of the Lowly Book

I once heard Isaac Asimov say, “A book turns on when you open it, and automatically turns off when you...

My Lucky Day

About a million years ago, back before the Punic Wars (well, okay, it was 1974), I met, in a stroke...

The Mechanics and Mystique of Submitting Your Novel

You’re asking my advice? Just remember, this is only the opinion of one editor– a really knowledgeable and hip editor...

One Day in the Life of Ivan Newyorkervich

It wasn’t an eventful trip.thank God. You don’t want an eventful trip on the Subway; that’s why you’ve developed the...

Alternative Presses (Or” why am I lying here with a tulip sticking out of my ass?)

I‘LL EXPLAIN ABOUT THE TULIP, I PROMISE. The wide world is getting tougher by the minute. If you’re a writer–...
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