Friday, November 6, 2009
Another Inconvient Truth
Al Gore speaks about his new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Global Climate Crisis at Harvard Bookstore.
Notes from "Practical Tips on How to get Published"
On panel:
Boston Review is a bi-monthly, general interest magazine with lots of space for poetry,
idea pieces, investigative journalism articles. Always taking in new writers.
Plough Shares Literary Review send in paper submission, not folded, paperclip.
Harvard Review- Publishes twice a year. Committed to publishing beginners and student writers.
Pitching- A literary review has a lot of readers. These readers are usually post grads or working currently on their MFA.
A lot of good stuff gets rejected.
If you get a rejection letter that says send more writing then send more!
Newpages.com = list of just about every journal.
Length of online journal 500-1400 words.
If you are a serious writer most get as much experience possible by writing in as many genres and get published in many different periodicals.
Query Letters-
Try to promote yourself
Be very honest about accomplishments and be polite
Make it as easy as possible for your readers to get you
Be clean
Demonstrate familiarity with publication
Pay attention to when editors change
Everyone loves to discover unpublished writer
Since for a literary review your submitting your work just needs to be short and simple
First line say what piece is poetry, book review, short fiction etc.
Date the letter
Never staple use paperclips
Address and contact info.
Do tell if you are a grad student
Follow-up if you haven't heard back in three or four months
Most importantly literary reviews are looking for a high level of control in writing.
Boston Review is a bi-monthly, general interest magazine with lots of space for poetry,
idea pieces, investigative journalism articles. Always taking in new writers.
Plough Shares Literary Review send in paper submission, not folded, paperclip.
Harvard Review- Publishes twice a year. Committed to publishing beginners and student writers.
Pitching- A literary review has a lot of readers. These readers are usually post grads or working currently on their MFA.
A lot of good stuff gets rejected.
If you get a rejection letter that says send more writing then send more!
Newpages.com = list of just about every journal.
Length of online journal 500-1400 words.
If you are a serious writer most get as much experience possible by writing in as many genres and get published in many different periodicals.
Query Letters-
Try to promote yourself
Be very honest about accomplishments and be polite
Make it as easy as possible for your readers to get you
Be clean
Demonstrate familiarity with publication
Pay attention to when editors change
Everyone loves to discover unpublished writer
Since for a literary review your submitting your work just needs to be short and simple
First line say what piece is poetry, book review, short fiction etc.
Date the letter
Never staple use paperclips
Address and contact info.
Do tell if you are a grad student
Follow-up if you haven't heard back in three or four months
Most importantly literary reviews are looking for a high level of control in writing.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
A Year Ago Today...
I flew back to the US from backpacking for three months visiting 24 countries in Europe. The day this picture was taken, I took a five hour train ride to see the Matterhorn. Unfortunately, the clouds covered up the mammoth mountain and instead of seeing just buildings in the background there would have been a gorgeous peak. It was taken towards the last leg of my travels. While this photo shows a tired and disappointed me, seeing this reminds me that I accomplished one of my dreams that I had never thought would be possible. For this reason it is my favorite picture. 
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
School Lunch
Friday I am going to a elementary school in Somerville to have lunch with kids and talk to the principal about what kids like and don't like to eat. I hope it's pizza Friday! 
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Drowning in Bobbing Apples
Tribute song from 2005 to help benefit UNICEF
Musicians included:
Win Butler & Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)
Beck
Feist
Devendra Banhart
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Roky Erickson
Peaches
Dntel
Syd Butler (Les Savy Fav)
David Cross
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jenny Lewis & Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley)
Dan Boeckner & Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade)
Steve Jocz of Sum 41
Nick Diamonds and J’aime Tambeur (Islands)
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