Thank you for your impersonal, form rejection note that took three months and required you to use an entire business-card sized slip of paper.  read more »

There are no patrons. There are only artists. Have you noticed this Portland phenomenon?  read more »

How do you find and work with literary rock stars and transform fledgling, genius authors into cash machines for your agency and your reputation? Well, you’ve come to the right spot.  read more »

Here are my suggestions for how to attend Book Expo America, as a writer who becomes a publisher who goes to Manhattan in search of ad dollars.  read more »

Our favs on Flickr of Obama-inspired artwork and photography under Creative Commons Licensing.  read more »

The Obama campaign inspired a cultural revolution that swept the country at the speed of online connectivity. As our new President amassed more hopeful voters—of which I was one—Camp Obama was broadcasting daily with emails, RSS feeds, press clips, blog posts, tweets, YouTube videos, Diggs, Facebook entries, and so on.  read more »

This week marks the one-year anniversary of Writers’ Dojo. The experience has been different than I expected and much better than I imagined. At the heart of it is the work, writing for hours each day, and the space, offering community and solace for serious writers.  read more »

Among these illustrated masterpieces, largest in my memory for fanciful and delightful artistry is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It has to have been one of the most elaborately decorated children’s books of the time, perhaps of all time.  read more »

I had a lightning blot, lo a bolt, of inspiration, to begin this blog with a bit of nonsense that would somehow combine fact, prose, verse and artwork. I thought this suggestive of our new online magazine.  read more »