Author: Matt
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Chit-Chat
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I just put up “Query for Down to a Sunless Sea” under Pages. It has served me well, for some reason. Perhaps my credits, after all these years, are substantial. In any case it is working. Rip off the structure for your own purposes. Received a new review at http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com.…
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Query Letter for Down to a Sunless Sea
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Dear Editor: I am querying you as to a possible review of Down to a Sunless Sea. This short story collection presents a variety of styles, providing a different reading experience — poetic, journalistic, nostalgic, wrlyly humorous and even macabre. “Herbie” was listed in Martha Foley’s The Best American Short…
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More Mindlit
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I just completed several paragraphs when the computer ate it up; so I’ll try again. Man and his Gods by Homer Smith (1952), a medical doctor, and with a preface by Einstein, is a masterful take on the fables we believe in, our religions. Piece by piece he demolishes the…
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My Days of Reading Are Over
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I am of a mind and time of life when reading no longer counts as much. No, I am not counting on my personal literary treasure trove to last forever, drawing upon old memories of fabulous words and remarkable pages. I find it more intensely meaningful to grasp my life from…