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• "Banned" in the Red Room...

  December 15, 2008

  •  Recently the quality control personnel at Red Room contacted me: "We ask that, just like in a real community, members of Red Room use a real photo of themselves on their pages. The dog photo is really cute, but would you mind replacing it with a picture of yourself? You're welcome to put up as many photos of your dog (or bird, or cat, or ocelet, or...) as you want in your image ...
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• That Big Non-Fiction Book Contract Made Easy Part 3--or, my famous letter to Jimmy, who weirdly lost his hearing in one ear...

  December 15, 2008

  • Hey Je me, (that's french for your name),Are you serious about losing the hearing in your right ear and not being able to walk on November 2?  Or was it just a bout of pre-election anxiety. The shit coming from the right back then was enough to make anyone stop using that ear! No?  Now here it is December and your "Still f--d up?" you say.  Still f--d up sounds alright, in August ...
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• That Big Non-Fiction Book Contract Made Easy, Continued--by George Orwell

  December 2, 2008

  • In response to my last post, I received an interesting e-mail from a young writer (I was hoping I was still a "young" writer...sigh). I tried to answer his questions as helpfully as I could, but one was interesting enough that I thought I'd post it here with some thoughts and see if any one else has something to add. He wanted to know if I thought George Orwell, were he pitching Animal ...
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