Don’t Act Like You’re Best Pals
I recently had lunch with an agent from one of the major Hollywood agencies. I’ll leave it up to you to guess. Which agency was involved? A) Creative Artists Agency B) International Creative Management C) William Morris Agency You can also determine, keep your eyes on your own paper now, the circumstances that lead to my lunch meeting. What…
continue readingEnough Already
I’ve about had it with a couple of commercials. The shocking car crash thing was pretty cool, and effective… the first 1,256,329 times I saw it. But now, with All State insurance and Volkswagen both machine gunning our airwaves with the nice-drive-in-the-car-oh-my-god!-smashing-screeching-air bag-deploying thing, I really don’t care. Another television commerical element I’m sick of…
continue readingWeird Ad Thingy
You might see an odd advertisement thing pop up on Slushpile.net today. This is something that other sites on the server use but is not part of Slushpile.net. It shouldn’t be showing up here. Please bear with us while we correct this problem.
continue readingWhy That Author Will Help You
On Monday, I posted a slightly facetious explanation of why that author won’t help you. I’ve been blessed with assistance from a number of kind-hearted writers so I know that the sarcastic species of authors I detailed on Monday are not alone in the literary landscape. There are people willing to help you. And today, I’ll try to be…
continue readingLike Waiting By The Phone
Undoubtedly, you have noticed how literary bloggers are impossibly popular with the ladies. Since I prefer for Slushpile.net to remain at least reasonably polite and fit for mixed company, I spend a great deal of time deleting the comments left by nubile young ladies offering themselves up to me. When I arrive at literary events, my limosine is besieged by crowds of adoring female fans. And…
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