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The Bengals will soon be placing punter Kevin Huber on the season-ending injured reserve list after he fractured his jaw and cracked his vertebrate, and the team has a workout setup today with several free agent punters. As of now, only former Buffalo Bills P Shawn Powell is confirmed to be one of the five.
We looked at several free agents on the market yesterday, and it's probably safe to assume the five being worked-out will come from that list. There's not many, if any quality punters on the market at this time of the year, and it doesn't help that Cincinnati is replacing a potential Pro Bowler in Huber with a guy right off the street.
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And now by popular demand.. I have found a pic worthy of my new avatar! Enjoy everyone
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An infrared picture of the planet LkCa 15b, with an icon marking the position of the host star. Image courtesy Kraus and Ireland.
Published October 21, 2011
A new picture of a Jupiter-like world swaddled in gas and dust is a direct image of what may be the youngest planet yet seen, astronomers report.
The newborn gas giant, dubbed LkCa 15b, orbits a sunlike star 450 light-years away in the northern constellation Taurus. (Related: "'First' Picture of Planet Orbiting Sunlike Star Confirmed.")
The planet orbits inside a disk of material around the star that's no more than two million years old. By contrast, astronomers estimate our solar system is 4.6 billion years old.
(See "Youngest Planet Confirmed; Photos Show It Grew Up Fast.")
The big baby planet may be up to six times the mass of Jupiter, according to theory-based calculations, and it appears to orbit 11 times farther from its parent star than Earth does from our sun.
The new picture was made in near-infrared light, but "the planet would probably appear a deep red to our eye, since it's still glowing from the heat of being formed," said Adam Kraus, lead study author and an astronomer at the University of Hawaii.
Separating Light From Light
Kraus and colleagues zeroed in on the young star based on previous observations that showed a conspicuous gap in the star's surrounding debris disk.
Such gaps are thought to be telltale signs that massive, newly formed planets are circling inside the disks—a protoplanet's gravity would clear away a wide swath of gas and dust as it accumulates matter.
(Related: "Birth of an Earthlike Planet Spied By Spitzer.")
"This [gap] is a huge benefit for astronomers who want to find planets—we know a planet is probably there, and we even know approximately where to look," Kraus said.
"We just needed to find a way to distinguish the very faint planet from its very bright parent star."
For this, the team turned to the Keck II 10-meter telescope on the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
First off, the telescope's deformable mirror was able to correct for distortions in the collected starlight caused by Earth's atmosphere.
The team then used a small mask with several holes placed over the light-collecting mirrors, a method called aperture mask interferometry. This technique allowed the team to block out the light from the host star while capturing the fainter glow of the disk and its embedded planet.
Observing Planet Birth in Action
Kraus and his team plan to continue observing LkCa 15b so they can pin down its temperature and orbital characteristics, such as the shape and orientation of its path around the star.
The team also hopes to expand the search to other stars that have surrounding disks with gaps—and perhaps begin to answer some basic questions about early planet formation.
(See "Three Theories of Planet Formation Busted, Expert Says.")
"We'd been looking for this kind of planet for several years, specifically because we know that observing planet formation in action would tell us a lot about how it actually works," Kraus said.
"My first reaction was that this is finally going to tell us how planets really form!"
The youngest-planet study was published online this week on the research website arXiv.org and has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.
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Apple is getting into streaming radio, according to The Wall Street Journal. But Pandora has survived worse.
Savage Beast Technologies launched its music kiosk software business in 2000—at exactly the wrong time. The brick and mortar music industry was collapsing. Tower Records, the first to offer Savage Beast's service, closed the last of its U.S. stores in 2006. Virgin Megastores shuttered in 2009. Other major retailers that sold CDs, including Circuit City and Borders Books, followed suit.
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Soon after Microsoft named Satya Nadella as its new CEO, the Twitter world went crazy over decoding the Indian-origin former cloud head.
While Nadella himself is not much of a Twitter crazed techie; users of the microblogging site, from partners to pundits opined what his appointment would mean for Microsoft.
According to PC World, Nadella won an immediate endorsement from former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, who wrote that he loved Microsoft's decision of appointing someone who knows the business and has watched the moves for years.
However, some users were still confusion if Nadella was officially declared the next chief. Thanks to the six-month-long flood of speculations and rumours.
Another user RameshK, posted an image displaying a dialogue box asking for CEO replacement of former boss Steve Ballmer with Nadella.
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By Andrew Phillips On April 2, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Lifestyle
When you think about the city of Philadelphia, I doubt fresh produce, large gray chickens or a rotund pig named Milkshake rarely come to mind.
If you haven't been to Greensgrow Farms, you are missing out. Not only do they have Milkshake and chickens, Greensgrow Farms is a cool agricultural oasis that presents a verdant contrast against the gritty Philadelphia backdrop.
Greensgrow Farms offers local fresh produce through farm stands and mobile markets, a much-desired alternative to the processed foods in our chain supermarkets. Located at 2501 E. Cumberland Street, Greensgrow Farms offers a variety of events, classes, and workshops about eating healthier and living a more sustainable lifestyle.
I recently attended a workshop on raising chickens at Greensgrow. Marianne Morrison (Aviary team, Philadelphia Zoo), and Maureen Breen (Community outreach coordinator, Backyard Chickens)'s tutorial covered best practices on how to care for chickens from infancy until egg-laying hens.
I was surprised to learn that raising chickens is an effective way to lower your carbon footprint. You'll save money on your grocery bill and chicken droppings can be reused as compost and fertilizer. Also, little chicks and chickens make a cute addition to the family.
Here's 10 essential facts about raising chickens:
- It is illegal in Philadelphia and many other cities to own chickens. If you are a country dweller, feel free continue to on to facts 2-10. If you are city resident, Green Philly Blog does not condone any illegal behavior; proceed at your own risk.
- Talk to your neighbors before you buy chickens. They will probably be concerned about the noise level. Chickens cluck at about 60-80 decibels, which is considerably less noisy than a dog. However, reconsider getting a rooster because they are on the high side of 90 decibels.
- Keep your chickens away from dogs and cats. Dogs are natural predators, and it is nearly impossible to break them of the urge to hunt the new fuzzy creatures. A sturdy fence can prevent a feathery massacre.
- Providing shelter for chickens is easier than you would expect. A plastic bin with a heating lamp, chick feeder and water supply will work well when they are little chicks. As chickens grow, you should invest in a coop, making sure the structure is well insulated and well-ventilated. A modified doghouse works well as a coop. Heating lamps can help to sustain the temperature, but you have to be careful so as not to overheat the chickens. Consulting with an avian specialist to can help you provide the best possible home.
- An average chicken eats 3 measuring cups of feed a day. Commercial pellets and leafy greens are a healthy source of food for chickens, and mealworms are a good snacks. Since chickens need more calcium when laying eggs, keep in mind oyster shells as a good source.
- It is important that you socialize with chicks. You want your chickens to trust you, so spend time with them during the day when they are most active. At night, they shut down and do not move.
- Make sure that there is no food left in the coop at night. This will help keep predators like rats, raccoons, and opossums away who might steal your eggs or attack your chickens.
- Chickens live 6-10 years. They lay eggs for about 5-6 years.
- Safety tips: Always wash your eggs. Make sure that you provide your chickens with a dry, clean environment to help to prevent salmonella.
- Fun fact: The chicken is the closest living relative to the T-Rex. When you buy your chicken, you'll be the closest to fulfilling your childhood dream of owning a pet dinosaur.
Readers, if you have chickens, what has been your experience? Do you think that people should be allowed to raise chickens in the city? Tell us what you think about raising chickens and more in the comments.
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"A sturdy fence can prevent a feathery massacre."–hilarious! Really interesting and engaging post! Very informative and the tips covered all of my questions as far as health and safety.
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It's been years since Blake Edwards made a funny film, and this 1981 effort may have been one of his last consistent laugh producers. Richard Mulligan plays a Hollywood producer who realizes that his career may be over when the public sees his latest film: a big-budget musical that lands on test audiences with a thud. In a moment of madness, he hits upon the idea of reediting it to include soft-porn reshoots--including a shot of his movie-star wife (Julie Andrews), who has a squeaky clean public image, baring her breasts (which the squeaky clean Andrews actually does). Scathing in its satire of Hollywood numbskullery, the film features terrific performances by Mulligan, Robert Preston, and William Holden (in his last film). --Marshall Fine
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America's Suburban Schools Facing new Pressures. One of the problems with many school reforms being implemented in schools today is that they are being done in isolation -'" from one another and from other policies that are necessary to actually allow the education changes to work. In the following post, two professors explain how housing policy affects America's suburban schools in a profound way. Amy Stuart Wells is a professor of sociology at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Douglas Ready is an associate professor of education policy at Teachers College. Wells leads the Center for Understanding Race and Education at Teachers College, founded in 2008 for research and outreach activities related to issues of race in educational institutions. Published: 9/8/2014 3:47:00 PM
Accounting For Higher Education Accountability: Political Origins of State Performance Funding for Higher Education by Kevin J. Dougherty, Rebecca S. Natow, Rachel Hare Bork, Sosanya M. Jones & Blanca E. Vega. TC Record. Sept. 2014.
Examination of the political origins of state performance funding for higher education in six states (Florida, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington) and the lack of its development in another two states (California and Nevada). Published: 9/4/2014 1:17:00 PM
Basil Smikle, Ph.D. candidate in P&E on MSNBC, August 17, 2014.
Basil Smikle, a Ph.D. candidate in the Politics & Education program and a political strategist, participates in a panel discussing Gov. Jay Nixon's press conference in Ferguson, Missouri. MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki. August 17, 2014. Published: 8/19/2014 11:24:00 AM
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Rachel Langlais, an alumna of the LPP program in the TNTP blog, July 10, 2014
Rachel Langlais, an alumna of the Leadership, Policy and Politics program, 2012, currently works as a Senior Program Manager on the Partnerships and Research team at The New Teacher Project. Recently, Rachel, together with a co-writer, has published an entry on a TNTP blog titled "Embracing our own big data." Published: 7/28/2014 1:16:00 PM
Report by Professors Amy Stuart Wells and Doug Ready and EPSA Students and Alumnae Documents "Separate But Unequal" Suburban Schools
Sixty Years After the Brown Decision, Teachers College Study Finds
"Separate But Unequal" Schools Prevalent in Nassau County, Long Island
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Sixty years after the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, schools and communities in suburban Nassau County, Long Island, are segregated by race and ethnicity, resulting in schools with mostly black and Latino students and fewer resources than majority-white schools, according to a new study released by Teachers College on May 2.
The report, Divided We Fall: The Story of Separate and Unequal Suburban Schools 60 Years after Brown v. Board of Education, which is online here: http://bit.ly/PXy3HQ, was discussed at an all-day symposium at Teachers College about the impact on today's suburbs of the Brown decision.
The report was authored by EPSA's Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology and Education; Douglas Ready, Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy; students Lauren Fox, Tameka Spence, Elizabeth Williams and Allen Wright; and alumnae Allison Roda and Miya Warner.
Scheduled speakers at the symposium included experts on race, schools and housing from Teachers College, Harvard, Brown, Georgetown, Northwestern, the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as local education and government officials in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Xavier de Souza Briggs, vice president for economic opportunity and assets at the Ford Foundation, delivered opening remarks, and Jeanie Oakes, director of educational opportunity and scholarship programs at Ford, closed the proceedings.
An agenda for the symposium, including a schedule and biographies of speakers, is online here: http://bit.ly/1lHmQrg . A live webcast of the symposium may be accessed here: http://bit.ly/1hkbKn8 for the duration of the event.
The report describes a "perfect storm" of economic and political factors—including budget constraints, increasingly burdensome accountability mandates, and mounting anti-public education sentiment among some stakeholders—which are taking a heavy toll on racially changing suburban schools and leading some to question whether or not the county's network of small, racially homogeneous school districts are too inefficient to be sustained.
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In Lynchburg alone, more than 1,000 seniors signed up, and still more than 400 currently do not have gifts under the tree.
The items they're asking for are very basic: Toothpaste, shaving cream, and slippers.
Organizers say the shortage hasn't come from lack of interest. They say people have taken a senior, but not many people have brought back any items.
Organizers say in order for these gifts to be delivered, they need to be turned in no later than Monday, December 10.
"These people typically are isolated, can't get out and usually don't have visitors. So having a volunteer on their doorstep bringing them a Christmas gift and can stay and visit, that's awesome. It's the best part about the program," said Brenda Dixon, director of client care at Home Instead Senior Care.
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A New Path to Theological Liberalism?
- Friday, October 27, 2006
Are American evangelicals charting a new path into theological liberalism? That is the serious question posed by Wayne A. Grudem in Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism? This new book is one of the most urgently needed resources for evangelical Christianity, and it represents one of the most insightful and courageous theological works of our times.
Wayne Grudem is no stranger to controversy. Currently Research Professor of Bible and Theology at Phoenix Seminary in Arizona, Grudem is the author of several important volumes on a range of theological issues. Most importantly, he is the author of his own Systematic Theology and Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth. He also co-edited the landmark volume, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, with John Piper.
In Evangelical Feminism, published by Crossway Books, Grudem argues that evangelical feminism now represents one of the greatest dangers to the continued orthodoxy of the evangelical movement. "I am concerned that evangelical feminism (also known as "egalitarianism") has become a new path by which evangelicals are being drawn into theological liberalism," he explains.
In this new book, Grudem considers twenty-five different patterns of argument put forth by evangelical feminists, and demonstrates that every single one of them either contradicts or compromises the authority of Scripture.
In considering the arguments put forth by evangelical feminists, Grudem is careful to avoid ad hominem attacks on egalitarian scholars and spokespersons. Instead, he considers each of their arguments with considerable scholarly care and attention, drawing the logical conclusions from the methodological assumptions the egalitarian scholars embrace.
At the same time, Grudem is careful to specify and name the scholars whose proposals he considers, and the book is carefully footnoted and documented so that readers can follow the arguments for themselves. Grudem's use of the term "theological liberalism" is certain to be controversial. After all, the very genesis of the evangelical movement in North America was grounded in an effort to avoid the errors of theological modernism and liberalism that had already by the midpoint of the last century overtaken the mainline Protestant denominations. Grudem defines theological liberalism as "a system of thinking that denies the complete truthfulness of the Bible as the Word of God and denies the unique and absolute authority of the Bible in our lives." In defining evangelicalism over against theological liberalism in this way, Grudem returns to the Scripture Principle that stood as foundational to the evangelical movement.
Grudem is equally careful in defining evangelical feminism as "a movement that claims there are no unique leadership roles for men in marriage or in the church."
A work like Evangelical Feminism has been desperately needed, and Grudem's new book arrives just in time. A new generation of younger evangelicals is facing the challenge of evangelical feminism just as the current and the larger culture are moving even more swiftly against biblical authority. Grudem understands that the temptation toward evangelical feminism is the same as that which has attracted so many theologians, pastors, and denominations in recent decades. As a matter of fact, he correctly observes that "evangelical feminists today have adopted many of the arguments earlier used by theological liberals to advocate the ordination of women and to reject male headship in marriage." Interestingly, Grudem provides an historical overview which traces the emergence of evangelical feminism and egalitarian theory to 1974, when Letha Scanzoni and Nancy Hardesty published their work, All We're Meant to Be and Paul Jewett of Fuller Theological Seminary published Man as Male and Female. As Grudem observes, "While egalitarian positions have been evocated since the 1950s by theologically liberal Protestant writers, no evangelical books took such a position until 1974."
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Deloitte's review of UK banks' annual reports, to be launched at the BBA conference today, shows that in spite of the increasing volume of annual reports the main area of concern is over the disparate way in which information is presented.
The length of annual reports has grown an average of 20% compared with reports from 2008. These increases reflect the need to meet the additional requirements set out by accounting standards setters and regulators or as demanded by investors.
Mike Lloyd, Banking & Capital Markets audit partner at Deloitte, the business advisory firm, comments: "Banking is a complex business and reporting financial and non-financial information in a clear and concise form to satisfy the needs of both the sophisticated and non-sophisticated reader of the annual reports is challenging. Our review shows that banks are taking great steps to meet these demands, and this response is likely to continue to evolve."
The review highlighted the desire of the banks to avoid a regulated and prescriptive reporting template. The BBA drafted a Code for Financial Reporting Disclosure, which was voluntarily adopted by the larger UK banks for 2009 reporting, committing them to providing high quality and meaningful disclosures to help users understand the financial position, performance and changes of the business. The BBA code has subsequently been finalised, and the FSA has stated it will discuss its expectations on areas where further improvements could be made with UK banks in advance of 2010 annual reports being finalised.
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One could not help but feel impressed when walking past hall after hall, filled to the brim with all kinds of stands & machinery, at the 2014 edition of Interpack @Messe Düsseldorf.
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If you tried to write down the various sectors connected to the packaging and labelling industry you would need a very large sheet of paper. Think how much longer that sheet would have to be when adding all the various services and products that are imbedded to each sector then you can get an idea of how diverse Interpack was.
Interpack can say with a certain pride that they are the largest Packaging & Labelling trade fair in Europe, and as a venue Messe Düsseldorf is a perfect host. The fair ground is vast and more than once I regretted not having brought some kind of two-wheeled transportation with me.
It quickly became apparent to the players in the P&L markets that being present at Interpack was the place to be. Those who had been reluctant with their budget and presence at the fair must have quickly regretted not having done more. Often we hear that the general trend at fairs is that companies spend less and less on stands and are leaving the heavy machinery at home. This at any rate was not the case at Interpack. Conveyer belts were running, automated arms were moving, and packages of all magnitudes were being wrapped, moulded, labelled, scanned, stored and much more.
Many stands were often very visual and left a lasting impression. I believe that one of the main reasons of this positive vibe was the angle the exhibitors took towards the actual end-results of their products or services. The n°1 question from the visitors at a fair like Interpack is still 'what can you do for me?' It comes down to deciding what story you as a business or supplier want to tell.
Bringing the focus towards the finished product or production process, leaves visitors with a very clear idea of what a certain product or service could do for their own business. A focus and perception that is too often neglected or even forgotten by many businesses, who are in my opinion too focused on a specific technical aspect of their product or process, instead of making clients & prospects dream of its applications.
A particularly interesting feature @ the Sappi stand was the use of Sharingbox. This customized digital photo-booth added a nice extra dimension to their stand. The tool allowed visitors to snap a picture of themselves, send the image to their mailbox, print it on paper (which ties nicely into Sappi's activities) and share it on facebook. A perfect balance between gathering information on your visitors and leaving people with a lasting impression.
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Thank christ you didn't call upon Joe Clark for this.
Joe Clark would have answered any and all questions. But most answers would correspond to what has already been published: "I contacted agents and asked if they might be interested." Man bites dog, fuckface.
Tell them you fell into a TigerPit, fuckface
That TigerPit over the lava pool, fuckface
"They have the right friends, generally."
Helpful yet daunting!
Am I the only one bothered by the graphic? The fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Right. It's "The sly brown dog quickly jumped over the lazy dog." (using every letter in the alphabet)
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Breathtaking story, Mr. Gallaway. Warm congratulations. As a fellow devotee of Wallace, I especially loved that first description of your novel. DFW as opera queen!!–that might have helped a great deal, come to think of it.
Great post. (Your book cover is pretty!)
dear "anonymous" (from someone who worked at a literary agency) –
while i understand there are bad agents, and do not want to diminish your experience because i don't know which agent you're talking about, there are several complaints you make that seem to demonstrate confusion about appropriate expectations of an agent. an agent's job is to make the deal, period. this can be more extensive or less extensive, depending. i'll elaborate.
as matthew galloway and alexander chee eloquently pointed out, agents now do a lot of heavy-lifting re. editing. This is an exciting and important part of the job for a good agent. However, an important distinction needs to be made about WHY the agent does editing at all. (1) Of course – the agent wants (should want) the book to be every bit the success you do. The agent's role is to help you discover or unearth what is genius (or sellable) about your book (sellable to the publisher, to the public, to the award committees, your legacy/ posterity – depending on your genre and personal objectives). However, once you have an editor, the agent should not be an editor – it is stepping on the real editor's toes. As an agent I loved and used to work with would explain to her clients "I was your editor up until this point, now so-and-so will be your editor, and I value this editor's role and have intentionally put you into good hands going forward". When the book sells – the editing job shifts, as it should. (2) An agent wants to sell your book, and often this requires extensive and critical editing. THIS is the reason (#2, not #1) that editing has shifted from publishers to agents. Editing happens upfront because the agent couldn't sell the book without editing it, for a variety of reasons (publishers not creatively envisioning opportunities for books that need work, editors being overwhelmed with marketing, email, production and distribution roles, the changes to publishing generally and the increasing difficulty of making money doing it, etc.), and this is why the agent takes the trouble to edit.
So – when you approached an agent AFTER you'd already found a publisher, that is why the agent didn't lift a finger to edit your book (and shouldn't have). Your agent should handle and negotiate the deal terms in this case. As you say, this is why you went to the agent, because you were daunted with foreign sales etc. And, when the agent negotiated your contract for you, s/he did his or her job. Period. It IS the editor's job to edit, and the agent's job to sell the book. If you'd approached the SAME agent at a different point in the process, you'd like have had a different experience. But your expectations don't make sense to me in the context of when you began working with your agent. Editing was necessary by the agent – the sale was already made.
Also, I'm curious to know what you thought was outrageous that the publisher was asking for that your agent wasn't helping with. Yes, an agent is an author's advocate, and should be irrevocably and fundamentally and passionately dedicated to this vocation. But, did you ask your agent nicely? (I'm serious – it's a professional relationship, as Alexander Chee admonished.) Did you ask for reasonable things? You said you thought your agent was "working for" the publisher, and didn't respond to your requests because s/he had to manage the relationship out of consideration of 12 other books. In contrast to your reasoning, because your agent had 12 other books with this publisher, this means your agent would have had A LOT of negotiating power to persuade the publisher on your behalf. The publisher would care just as much about his or her relationship with your valuable agent, who this publisher relies on for bringing them 12 valuable projects.
This leads me to believe that in fact your agent did not think your requests were reasonable. Is it possible you were not familiar with the publishing process, and things the publisher were asking for were quite standard, and you were balking at things that are customary in the business? Or that were so minor that it was really not a good idea for the agent to make a fuss about it? This would have been an example of that agent not only acting in self-interest, but also acting in YOUR interest, and doing the agent's job of also guarding YOUR relationship with the publisher. Yes, agents and publishers manage their relationships with each other, but agents, especially, also manage an author's relationship with the publisher – which may have been the agenting work your agent was doing that you completely missed.
As someone who also has writerly inclinations, I understand and sympathize with authors who find it a murky process and even an unsavory one. That is why agents are there – you're good at writing (and you like it), the same may not be true for you re. handling business relationships or deals. Let the agent do this for you – and listen to them. And, dare I say, thank them, profusely.
Awesome, practical and strategic advice! I am also reminded of a previous posting: http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/urusula-nordstrom-sendaks-editor-on-wild-things-1964
*realizes his literary agent hates him*
Today I am old and tired and though I have a splendid agent and a lovely and occasionally involved editor, this business of writing and selling and publishing books just sounds like work. That's bad, isn't it. Really bad.
omg, ps, note to self- one day learn to use words such as "coloratura" to advise delicately; surely, bill = part literary diety; Matt G., lovely and worth-reading retelling. thank you. any chance you'd publish the "high concept" agent list?
Since I didn't make the list, I think it would be wrong to publish it, but I can tell you that there were four agents on it, and none of them were surprises.
I thought this was very engaging, and everything, but, because I (probably) wrongly think that everyone in Manhattan is trying to write a (the same?) novel, I did not post a real comment about it.
Just this one.
Did I just read Andrew Chee's novel? Cause , it felt like it.
Wow. This was great. Such a fascinating insight.
Unsure if this would inspire me to write a novel, or put me off doing so. Luckily I have zero talent in that respect so this isn't an issue. Phew.
That was a really interesting read. I have to admit that connections played a way bigger role in these anecdotes than I'd expected, but it's cool to see all the different ways these relationships can come about. Also, having been an editorial assistant at a major publishing house (or what I assume "Anonymous" thinks of as an "intern"), I would be shocked to discover that more than 15% or so of that post was true.
So the basic message is fairly simple. Profoundly simple: Finding an agent means entering a relationship and if you don't feel comfortable with it, then you should leave, right?
Because ultimately, that's something folks ignore. But if you look at agents/managers for virtually any artist in the world, you can see the same dynamic.
Also—no disrespect to anyone who does not think like this—but why would anyone want to create something in the world of words known as a "novel" and not create art? Reading the commerce aspects of the advice here all I could actually think is that if someone were to actually express a super-ego and look at their work as something they create but can live on it's own then the work could speak for itself. I mean, unless your goal is to create pulp fiction… And there is nothing wrong with that. But I have a problem understanding the personal mentality if anyone who writes novels they don't see as art but see as a piece of commerce to pay off their BFA/MFA.
Also, nobody really touches on the fact the Interwebs are really changing the way someone can make a name out there. Laugh as you might at all of the insta-blog/book deals but that is the future. I know more than a few folks who never published in any journal or played the BFA/MFA game and got recognition in multiple fields.
Interesting read, but the advice still seems awkward and dated at best.
I can't speak for the other contributors, but I was rejected from the only MFA program I applied to and made whatever reputation I have solely through publishing stuff on the internet for a couple of years. Now editors I meet can say things like, "Oh, we read such-and-such on that website, and liked it." But unless you are turning a flash-in-the pan blog into a book as quickly as possible—and let's be honest, a blog is happiest in its own medium and not in need of a concrete analogue except insofar as there is money to be wrung from it—I think you'll find a lot of the old advice still applies.
I mean, I don't have an MFA to pay off, thank god. And I wanted to write something that couldn't be anything but a novel, and to be able to think of it as legitimate "art." I had the supreme good fortune to be guided by a reader through revisions that placed an emphasis on that art, revisions that only kinda incidentally make the book more marketable. Because, at least in theory, good art is more commercially valuable than bad, right?
All I'm saying is, despite being a non-MFA, internet-savvy millennial, I got somewhere in a somewhat old-fashioned way, with a somewhat old-fashioned process. I mention it only so that we do not end up thinking of Stuff White People Like as the only viable model for success in the publishing world in the 21st century. We forget, in the roar of the publishing industry's self-analysis, that newer mutations can often thrive alongside established species, and not just on their graves.
Besides, the blog advice is simple: create a heavily branded blog that people would like to read on the toilet, get a lot of traffic, wait for the editor's e-mail.
Respect that. But also my Internet advice comes with the following: The publishing of media as we knew it is dead or dying. No upward swing in publishing in any way for any reason because the audience is changing.
So my main caveats about dealing with old world publishing tropes is simple: These are people who in many ways have jobs that will not exist in 5-10 years. So the advice someone in a dying industry can give to folks coming from a new media perspective is desperate at best.
Or perhaps a better analogy is: You learned how to work with leather. You're good at it. Do you want to work for a buggy whip manufacturer that has a great new idea that will merge buggy whips and horseless carriages. Or do you want to pioneer the new world of driving gloves and leather trims on cars?
It really is like that out there so be careful. Big publishing is dying and wants your precious lifeblood.
I understand your general point, Spy Magician, but in terms of literary fiction, I think traditional publishers (as in book publishers, not internet concerns) still sell the vast majority of books. I'm curious if you can list some examples of recently published novels that have either been commercial or critical successes (however you want to define it) where the author in question has a bigger presence on-line than in old media. (I might be stupid, but I can't really think of any; to me the internet remains primarily a promotional tool, as Miles pointed out, at least in the sphere of literary fiction.)
Your example is kind of a straw man, so let me put it this way: Literary and academic review journals are slowly being replaced by online equivalents. A few folks interviewed in this piece never went the traditional route and ended up at the same point. Ditto with tons of other pre 30 "memoirists" out there. It's narcissistic and blind to presume the whole media world is changing but the world of novel writing specifically in print will magically survive.
And you are right, the Internet is mainly a promotional tool. Mainly because the commodification issue has not been solved yet. But there are examples of art projects being funded on places like Kickstarter, or even bloggers asking for donations from readers and even getting them. 10 years ago online tip jar systems failed and now they are coming back in their own way.
If in 10 years from now print publishers I will print out and eat my words. But the game is over.
Unless you want to be delusional like vinyl album enthusiasts who believe vinyl records are coming back because of a minor hipster resurgence. Guess what? The golden age of the record industry is over and the 1960s-1980s are never coming back.
Books will be a slower death but it will never be a growth. The fact a few homeless guys on my block use Kindles speaks to that. And these are guys I know for a fact used to schlep boxes of books to sell them on the street.
Cassandra over and out.
painting has been declared "dead" off and on now for oh, 30-40 years? and no one ever gets tired of talking everyone to their own death about it. and painting isn't dead, it just spins off into it's some lovely iterations on and on and on. i am old-fashioned, and basically old! but literary fiction, even if the business models change, isn't dead and neither is the publishing industry. i would be really interested to see how the internet changes this business model as it currently stands, but right now it's as Miles said: a great place for editors to click thru your online work. also, that's like saying the graphic design industry was dead when everyone was using macpaint and then photoshop came out. or something.
Very much agree with this! I expect some Big Publishers will continue to exist and move online, some will fail, and a range of independent ones will find new ways (some good, some bad, because that's how it always is) to use the internet for their/our purposes, which as writers usually means telling our stories (loosely defined) and as publishers means selling these stories in some form or another.
also, not everyone on the planet has an internet connection, actually. or wants one. or can afford one. and how many of those people want to download books. the internet is kind of retarded, too. sometimes. just a little. and so is everyone on it. so it would be super interesting to see what kind of model the internet could provide. love you, internet. but then, a video of a bear marrying a kitten happens and it's all good. so.
ps. matthew i love the internet so don't worry.
Jennie, painting as a viable commercial entity outside of painting walls is indeed dead. Photography was the first major nail in the coffin. Why pay and seek out a talented painter when you can find one of the myriad of photographers who can take an actual picture of reality. Why do you think modern painting forms/methods have grown? It is truly an artform now in the literal sense.
Also, no method of doing anything fully dies. But the scope and scale changes to the point it becomes irrelevant.
I mean in high school in the 1980s I had friends who made decent money waiting in lines for tickets for a local scalper. Nowadays some kid somewhere writes a script to auto-buy tickets in bulk and thus the market for kids willing to wait in lines and get some money is gone.
Also, not everyone needs the Internet at home to benefit. There's more than enough free access. So someone with a Kindle and a power outlet needs to only find some free Wi-Fi and there they go!
The more major point is this all really comes down to money and not much else. So I personally predict in the next 5-10 years something will swing in favor of creators so I could–let's say–have a very popular video on YouTube and a reward is I get a penny per unique video view. Not anything to retire off of, but at least I get some pocket change for filming kittens doing something. And in the case of authors it's not inconceivable to see someone start out as a writer by self-publishing a PDF of a work, ask for donations and if the work has legs there you go.
If at the end of the day a beginning author can get $5,000-$10,000 via online donations (see my note on Kickstarter above) that's actually right on par with getting a book advance. But without a publishing house involved or agents involved.
Yes, this is idyllic, but I genuinely believe this is the way it will go.
Hey Spy, I don't disagree with you at all in terms of your future writing scenarios, but I think you're only seeing/describing part of the picture. Even if everything you say comes to pass, do you really think it's going to destroy the big, multinational publishers? My guess is that both will continue to operate. Let's check back in ten years and see who's right!
I think the wires are crossed here. I agree with you as well. But mainly from this very simple perspective:
• CD sales were destroyed when someone devised a way of easily converting CDs to MP3s.
• DVD sales were destroyed when someone devised a way of easily converting DVDs to AVIs, MP4s and whatnot.
• Book sales will not be destroyed in that way since there is no easy way for a normal person to convert a printed book to a PDF.
Large publishers will still exist and have some edge. No doubt on that. But the option for a casual author to have a wider audience and collect money from readers directly is going to grow.
agree. somewhat.
i could be wrong but painting, overall as big ticket items, drive the art market still. and mileage may vary according to year, taste, and which dealer needs to pay off what debt… also despite jaded and over it painters themselves, nevermind photographers, painting grinds on deliciously. much like the publishing industry. basically (as an editor friend just shouted into the phone) NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT (including me ha ha) and are only guessing at what the future of the industry will look like. Right now, a writer still needs an agent or you are looking at an extremely on-the-fringes career or a very honorable maybe fruitless DIY one. nothing you suggest is inconceivable but writers still need agents, even if it's just to curtail their lunacy for five minutes.
did fugazi have a manager? i bet they did?
ok i'm out. peace.
A couple names come to mind: Blake Butler (Ever; Scorch Atlas) has a two book deal with Harper Perennial now. Also, Shya Scanlon, based on an internet serial called Forecast 42 (revealed over 42 different websites) now has Forecast with Flatmancrooked. Might not be commercial or critically successful enough for your definition though.
It's changing, the landscape. Many universities are adding in a web journal in addition to a print run (typically small) or dropping print for online due to the cost. I'm a big fan of the printed book, but it's changing, so much of the way we read. Great article.
How badly do I want to read The Metropolis Case RIGHT NOW? Badly.
How upset am I that it won't be available till after Christmas: quite.
Can people stop using "which" like that. It is really driving me nuts.
ok fugazi did not have a manager. "My manager? I am the manager — what are you talking about?" Mackaye said to one audience member in the montage recording who jokingly asked to see his manager. "We have no manager."
I bet Fugazi had a booking agent though? And everything else you said was totally on, I think! Bottom line — I'll eat my shorts if agents aren't around in ten years and basically doing the same thing they're doing now, which I think makes the whole idea of finding a good one (if you're a writer) still relevant. But hey, I'm biased, obviously, because I wrote/compiled the post lol.
As a published author of ten non-fiction titles I gave up on looking for agents a long time ago. None of my books were sold through an agent, instead I used research and hard work to find just the right editor at the right publishing house for each book (so far O'Reilly, McGraw-Hill and Wiley). Even though some of them say they only accept agented submissions that's not always the case; if you can find a way to establish a discussion with an editor you may be able to pitch a book.
The last time I tried to get an agent was after I had seven books published, and even with that track record it was nothing but dozens of rejections (well mostly being ignored actually). So I went back to editors I knew and asked if they knew other editors suitable for my book, and one of them did, which led to a commission.
Since then I only ever deal with editors and have been able to negotiate acceptable terms for my books that I doubt an agent could better anyway. I'm not sure how it works in fiction, but for non-fiction, I am proof that you don't need an agent (and now I'm not sure what I'd do with one if I had one :)


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Lakeland Disposal Service, Inc., operated a 39-acre sanitary landfill three miles northwest of Claypool in Kosciusko County, Indiana. The landfill was licensed by the Indiana State Board of Health to accept municipal and certain industrial wastes. Beginning in 1974, general refuse and hazardous wastes, including cyanide and sludges containing paint, hydroxides of aluminum and heavy metals, were disposed at the site. In 1978, the Kosciusko County Circuit Court ordered the landfill closed as a result of improper operations. The area has several wetlands, which could be affected by contaminated runoff from the site. There are approximately 1,100 residents living within two miles of the site who rely on private wells for their water supply. Claypool's two municipal wells are located within three miles of the site.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) proposed the site for the National Priorities List (NPL) in June 1988 and finalized the site on the NPL in March 1989.
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Threats and ContaminantsAccording to the Indiana State Board of Health records and other information, wastes disposed at the site included at least 18,000 drums of paint sludge, 8,900 tons of plating sludge, and two million gallons of plating sludge containing various hydroxide sludges of aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, selenium, and zinc. Drummed wastes include benzene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, ethyl benzene, methylene chloride, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethane, and xylene. Additionally, vinyl chloride, trichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethene, antimony, and lead were found in groundwater at levels exceeding their established primary drinking water standards. On-site soils are contaminated with heavy metals.
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On a routine cargo delivery mission the Tantalus Penal Colony, a prisoner escapes by stowing away in a package beamed up to the Enterprise. When McCoy doubts the methods being used in the prison after examining the prisoner, Kirk and a female medical assistant with whom he had an "encounter" with at the previous year's Christmas party beam down to the penal colony to investigate.
This episode is a very 1960s critique of psychiatry. It makes arguments which still hold merit, even if they seem somewhat antiquated today. It also features Spock's first use of the Vulcan mind meld. King.
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A former ConAgra Foods executive was charged Thursday with eight counts of wire fraud, with authorities alleging he spent money on himself and his softball team that was intended for company marketing purposes.
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There was this older married couple who came to my till. The husband was joking around saying I was charging them for 'an extra item' when they had more than one of the item.
As he continued to do this he said to his wife. "you see she did it again.who is this girl?"
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And then I said it. "I'm a Timelord."
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