Daily Archives: October 2, 2007

All Review Conventions Apparently Destroyed In Fire, Free-For-All To Save Literature Ensues Via Internet

In addition to the old conventions of giving a pass on giving someone a bad review, previously covered here, it used to be that you didn’t try to destroy first-time writers. Carolyn See thought better of that in the case … Continue reading

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From Cary Tennis on Salon

Perhaps when you think about courtship you imagine a man appearing before you with a witty but self-effacing statement of introduction, interested and charming, socially and economically qualified, doing all the things that would allow you to slip into a … Continue reading

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