aaron | April 17, 2008
Writing, as they say, is 1% inspiration, 99% sussuration? — no — usurpation? — no — constipation? … perhaps I should look it up … aw who am I kidding, I’m too lazy to look it up. Besides, the quote is probably not even about writing. It’s probably about cooking or origami or that type [...]
aaron | January 16, 2008
I have wonderful timing. This week’s theme of rejection could not be more apropos. The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award first cuts were made last night and it looks like I’m not one of the 836 people who advanced to the next round. I have yet to receive my official rejection email but I imagine it [...]
aaron | January 11, 2008
As painful as this is, here goes: rejection a-go-go! (P.S. – If you’re curious why I’m engaging in this bit of masochism, please see my previous post) 1/9: I must admit that I enjoyed Caleb Cross and Bigger Falkirk as characters, and I thought Brown handled the challenges to their friendship thoughtfully. But after talking [...]
aaron | January 10, 2008
So there I was, Salt Lake City 1997, final round of interviews for the Rhodes Scholarship. I shouldn’t have been there. The previous rounds had included enormously talented individuals from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the like. As an example, one of the guys at the State level, a Harvard chap, had started a non-profit whose [...]
