Stating the obvious, which somehow I missed
Lopate, editor of The Art of the Personal Essay (Anchor Books, 1994), believes that the true essay is never formless. “It follows a track of someone’s thoughts…”
– from The Practical Writer: From Inspiration to Publication
First agent down, second agent interested. Gave me some feedback on which sample chapters to write (and why) so now I [...]
Anxiety dreams
I had them the day the Salon article went live but I also had a high fever so I was fever dreaming, too. I kept waking myself up talking out loud. Those dreams were about categorizing scads and scads of internet journals, essays and emails. Not surprising. But the night before, when it had just [...]