posted the news earlier today. “It comes with great sadness to announce that Ramona Fradon has passed away just a few moments ago. Ramona was 97 and had a long career in the comic book industry, and was still drawing just a few days ago. She was a remarkable person in so many ways...
with special reference to Stesichorus' account, which only survives in fragments. This is not her first investigation of myth. In "TV Men" (Glass and God), Carson plays with Hector and the Trojan War in an inventive and resonant treatment of mythic material interwoven with the shooting of ...
An editor familiar with the tropes, structures, and market trends in your book’s category is going to be able to help you better than one who does not. You want to be able to trust the feedback you get, don’t you? While I’m on the subject of trust, and since today is ...
That’s the trouble with those much-vaunted experiments in which disgruntled writers submit the opening pages of something like PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to agencies in an attempt to prove that good, solid writing no longer stands a chance, by the way: any Millicent who has been at it a while ...
Especially for first fiction or memoir, it’s not enough for an agent to recognize that a writer has talent and a book has market potential: they like to fall in love. If you’re a good pitcher, you already know the reaction I’m talking about: the eyes becoming moist with desire, ...
“You think you have an ague? Back in the day, we had agues.” Granddad peered through the window. “‘Bout time we accumulated some significant rainfall. Sure do need it.” “We sure do,” she agreed, mopping her blow, nodding her head, and nervously playing ...