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Superannuated, My Ass
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According to my dictionary, it is to be obsolete, old-fashioned or outdated. None of this applies to me and yet it does. Because this particular culture says so. This culture has an implicit statement to make about age and purpose. There are manifest and subtle latent cut-offs for people. In fact we have perfected retirement in […]
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Tell It All The Tyranny of Mormonism, Mrs. T.B.H. Stenhouse
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Recently I read Fawn Brodie’s biography of the charismatic charlatan and all around creep, Joseph Smith, founder of the cult religion, Mormonism. The book came out in the early seventies and is a bit stodgy; however, it is backed up with solid historical matter, for Brodie was a historian of some note, a Pulitzer Prize winner. […]
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Query Letter for The i Tetralogy (Updated)
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Dear Editor: I am querying you as to a possible review of The i Tetralogy. The i Tetralogy is a fictionalized account of the devastating effects of the Holocaust. The culmination of four decades of reflection and introspection, my therapeutic work with Holocaust survivors, and my own experience as an American Jew — the tetralogy […]
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Query Letter for Gruffworld
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Although the book was not accepted for publication, I believe the query got me read. The credits at the end are omitted. If I were to try to get it reviewed on a blog or ezine, I might very well use the same language, with adjustments here and there and a bit of fine tuning […]