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Daily Archives: April 9, 2012
High Concept
Since this is the day after Easter and I’m traveling home after Easter revels, I probably ought to be writing about the history of Easter eggs and rabbits, but we all know the celebration stems from the Teutonic goddess Eastre’s … Continue reading
Posted in Book View Cafe, Publishing, Rants, Writers on Writing
Tagged Easter, high concept, quiet fiction
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Having my Cake
by Ursula K. Le Guin The inability to understand proverbs is a symptom of something — is it schizophrenia? Or paranoia? Anyhow, something very bad. When I heard that, many years ago, it worried me. Everything I ever heard about … Continue reading





