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“Shabby”
“Shabby” Not so long ago, I reported here, in nearly ecstatic style, that a highly suitable publisher was expressing the kind of interest in my recently-completed book, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, that was really promising. Then, instead of going … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal's "Confessions of a Young Philosopher", acquisitions editors, anti-semitism, author's plight, authoritarians, authors, auto-theory, book editors, breaking the silence, c.v., changes in publishing, changing mores, children playing, climate of opinion, computer crash, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, confiding, consistent story, conversation topics, crazy-making lies, creative play, default state, editor's budget, editor's interest, editor's rejections, editor's words, fabled editors, fitting the publisher's list, girl talk, good reads, honest dealing, instant gratification, Jewish books, Jewish calendar, Jewish sages, Jewish themes, jilted at the altar, job security, losing the past, manuscript submissions, marketing books, marketing department, memoir, men in taverns, new media rythms, pitching your book, playing outside, pregnant silence, press guidelines, print communication, promising press, publisher's "Jewish list", publisher's budget, publishing guidelines, publishing industry, readers and silence, reading habits, reading public, smoking, state of publishing, suitable publisher, talking about books, teachers and silence, the human norm, the realm of values, timeline, truthfulness, unsupervised play, women friends, world of yesterday, writers and silence
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