Daily Archives: June 7, 2010

Privileging the Pretty

It’s not that I hate pretty people.  I’m generally in favor of them–maybe a little less so if that’s all they have to offer, but generally, in favor. But I’m getting tired of beautiful women as main characters in fiction. … Continue reading


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Writing Nowadays–Who You Know

A number of people are lying to you. If you want to get published, it really is who you know. I can hear you shouting all the way over here. “I knew it!” But . . . “But?” you say. … Continue reading


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Sunday in the Park With George: A Very Short Review

I am not referring here to the painting by Georges Seurat, but the musical by James Lapin and Stephen Sondheim.  This musical is not so much of interest to comics mavens, although of course it is about an artist who … Continue reading


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