I just received in the mail a solicitation to purchase season tickets for Texas State Football. On the front page of the pamphlet, under a montage of celebrating helmet-clad youths, is the tag:
"BOBCAT PRIDE: THE ULTIMATE TEST DRIVE."
My question: what will this test drive prepare me to buy? Some other type of pride, perhaps? A more ultimate pride? Or do I have to commit to Bobcat Bobcat?
I'm thinking of starting a monthly reading series. It's a lot of work.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Dolly, Strutters, and a new pair of shoes
Hurricane Dolly is making our move a little difficult. We are safe and fine, but the rain is not our friend.
The Texas State Strutters won advancement to Las Vegas on a television show called "America's Got Talent" or something like that. I'm not sure of the exact name of the show.
I haven't bought new shoes in a long time, but it seemed I needed a third thing for the title of this post. What's the newest pair of shoes you guys have purchased? Or your favorite natural disaster?
The Texas State Strutters won advancement to Las Vegas on a television show called "America's Got Talent" or something like that. I'm not sure of the exact name of the show.
I haven't bought new shoes in a long time, but it seemed I needed a third thing for the title of this post. What's the newest pair of shoes you guys have purchased? Or your favorite natural disaster?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Advice
Last month, I finished the story I posted on google groups, and then sent it to a million places. The impetus for finishing it, finally, was an email I got from the Adirondack Review, saying they wanted another story - the one that went into "I Am This Meat."
I finished it, I sent it in, and today I got an acceptance from them, with the caveat of what seems like a major rewrite. I checked out their site, and have found that they are now exclusively an online journal. I could have sworn I'd seen them on the shelves at the UT bookstore. I thought they were print, or, you know, that awesome combination of both.
I really wanted this story to find a home in print somewhere, though, because my other two stories are in online journals, and I have this hangup. But here's my question: should I take the acceptance from AR and suck it up and rewrite so I have another publication under my belt, even though it's not print? I'm not fucking Johnathan Franzen. It's not like I can be picky about shit.
Or should I wait for the print rejections to come pouring in in about four months?
I finished it, I sent it in, and today I got an acceptance from them, with the caveat of what seems like a major rewrite. I checked out their site, and have found that they are now exclusively an online journal. I could have sworn I'd seen them on the shelves at the UT bookstore. I thought they were print, or, you know, that awesome combination of both.
I really wanted this story to find a home in print somewhere, though, because my other two stories are in online journals, and I have this hangup. But here's my question: should I take the acceptance from AR and suck it up and rewrite so I have another publication under my belt, even though it's not print? I'm not fucking Johnathan Franzen. It's not like I can be picky about shit.
Or should I wait for the print rejections to come pouring in in about four months?
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