Earl Merkel's Blog – October 2009 Archive (2)

'Publisher Seeking Authors!' Danger, Will Robinson?

'Publisher Seeking Authors!' Danger, Will Robinson?

by Earl Merkel

October 16, 2009, 9:05 am

A writer e-mails me to ask about ad ("Publisher Looking for Authors!").

I reply-- but is your answer different? Respond, and I'll forward your comments.

--Earl Merkel

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Original E-Mail to Earl Merkel:

Sent: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:17 am

Subject: FW: publisher looking for… Continue

Added by Earl Merkel on October 19, 2009 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

Letterman Blackmailed? No-- T'was Just A Misunderstanding...

by Earl Merkel

October 2, 2009, 7:50 am

There's a myth --started, I suspect, by writers-- that all writers write "not because we want to, but because we have to." The compulsion to write is, we tell people, an "artist sort of thing."

Uh-huh. Ri-i-i-ght.

Yeah-- that explains why so many of us stare at the morning's blank computer screen, motionless hands poised over the keyboard, until our eyeballs bleed.

And then we do… Continue

Added by Earl Merkel on October 3, 2009 at 2:30am — 1 Comment