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Monthly Archives March 2007

Some Different Kind of Creature: an Interview with Brendan Halpin

Welcome to After the MFA’s leg of TypePad’s Virtual Book Tour with Brendan Halpin. Brendan, the author of five books, is promoting his new novel “Dear Catastrophe Waitress.” If you’ve come from Rarely Likable, TypePad’s network, or Brendan’s existing readers — welcome to all. Before we launch into this interview, I want to throw a [...]

Posted 29 March 2007 † Gordon § Authors § Books § Interviews § Teaching § Writing § Writing process ‡ Comments (2)

The Satisfaction of Writing

The Satisfaction The pleasure a writer knows is the pleasure of sages. Out of non-being, being is born; out of silence, a writer produces a song In one yard of silk, there is infinite space; language is a deluge from one small corner of the heart. The net of images is cast wider and wider; [...]

Posted 27 March 2007 † Gordon § Writing § Writing craft ‡ Comments (3)

Of Virtual Book Tours

I was recently asked to participate in an interesting new project going on over at Six Apart’s blog network, TypePad, and more specifically the TypePad Books project. In the 21st-century mashup of promotion and serendipitous discovery that seems to go so well with blogging, author Brendan Halpin is talking about his new book “Dear Catastrophe [...]

Posted 27 March 2007 † Gordon § Authors § Interviews § Links § Publishing § Writing ‡ Comments (1)