Speaking of cons… Having just taken on the happiness industry, I thought I would follow up by taking on the writing industry. Or, more precisely, the writer factory. Even graduates of bartending schools have some sort of employment on the horizon. But that just goes to show you the sheer genius of the literary-industrial complex. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bread loaf’
Ripping Off Writers Since 1852: The Literary Industrial Complex
Posted in Writing, tagged bread loaf, literary industrial, mfa scam, mfa writing program, sewanee, sewanee writers conference, writers conference on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Writers Conference True/False
Posted in Writing, tagged bread loaf, sewanee, writers conference on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Writers conferences are just excuses for people to sleep around. False. Oh if only. No doubt there is some carousing going on somewhere, but it’s not as flagrant as it was in the “Bed Loaf” days of yore. Flirting abounds, but so do pictures of toddlers passed hand to hand. Writers conferences are just excuses to get [...]
All These Writers!
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged bread loaf, cancer survivor, sewanee, vermont, writers conference on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot has happened since my first writers conference some two decades ago. My father died. My grandmother died. I got cancer. And I became apathetic about writing. Abysmally-low survival rates do that to you. Every action is called into question. A new friend? But soon you’ll be leaving the friends you already have. A [...]
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