Here’s a synopsis of my novel-in-progress, the third I’ve written and the first for publication, expected this summer. Although I’m halfway through the second draft, there is a chance I’ll revise this synopsis, for the millionth time.
Make-Believe : A Novel
by A.J.Duric Continue reading
A “Dear Writer,” note arrived all the way from Iowa City three days before Christmas.
My first real rejection from a literary journal.
I think I’m going to frame it, because notes can be framed, and feelings like the brief, hot flash of rejection thankfully can’t. Continue reading
I recently enjoyed an essay published online in Australian literary journal Overland, Sympathy for the devil?: Caroline Hamilton on small presses and free markets.
She illustrates well a middle ground between commerce and community Continue reading
As a former music critic, I like to sometimes check in with the current tastemakers and so recently went through The Top 100 Tracks of 2011 at Pitchfork, whittling it down to ten, in order of most fun to, well, an ode to hipsterdom! Continue reading
Recently, I read the Slate op-ed piece by Farhad Manjoo in reaction to a New York Times op-ed “Amazon’s Jungle Logic” by Pulitzer-winning author Richard Russo. Continue reading