http://killingthebuddha.com/
Blake and Kirk:
Potentially day-making news: the editor of the crazily-named publication linked above just contacted me asking if I would publish http://offwithourheads.blogspot.com/2010/07/typical-american-impulse-or-well-pray.html in their magazine. She found it through Stephen Prothero, the religion writer, who is Dan Prothero's brother, who is Lavinia Spalding's boytoy, and we all know who Lavinia is, besides being my facebook friend and, therefore, one of the readers of a slightly-edited re-posting of this essay on FB a few days ago and she was not put off by my tendency to write extremely cumbersome sentences.
Wondering what people do when approached like this? Do I pant yesyesyes while humping her leg, or do I play hard to get, or do I say, sure, let's talk about it, or do I do research and find out how much I can ask for money-wise, or do I say, eh, I dunno, maybe your magazine is not Granta or the Paris Review or even Paris Match and all that and maybe I don't want to consort with the likes of you Buddhakillers, slam?
Whatchathink?
Yeah, sent it. Why not? There's more where that came from and it seems like a good thing to get your voice out there. And then maybe you can ask them to take it easy on the Buddha.
ReplyDeleteWould very much value your "ruthlessexfoliation" when i've had a chance to do the obvious editing. Yes?
ReplyDeleteIn the words of Def Leppard, "You betcha."
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