This week’s question from my mail is a bit embarrassing:
“You said that violence is sometimes necessary to make a point. What does that mean?”
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The musings of someone who picked it up on the streets.
Grace or Redemption
Popular fiction, at its best, is like walking down the street holding a mirror facing outward. It starts as nothing more than a reflection of who we are as a society, but the spectacle of it forces us to want to improve ourselves. Our image is never as attractive as we’d like, so the temptation to at least straighten our hair is instinctive.
My Point is?
Tuesday is my mail day. It’s time to be even more self-indulgent than usual to answer a burning question.
One common response I have can be put several ways. The nice version is:
You write about so many different things. What is your blog about?
The not so nice way is this:
What makes you such a know-it-all?
Writing Back
I enjoy getting mail about this blog. Really, I do. While I’d like to respond to them, both in private and in public, this format doesn’t seem to be advancing the discussion I think we all want to have about the publishing industry. Or starting the fight we want to have, as the case may be.
Cartoon
The trees are more vivid with color, and are made alive by a frisky wind. This time of year is a challenging and spooky one for many people because the energy of summer flails out in one burst, but we all know what happens when it is spent.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 