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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Short story submitted to three prestigious literary journals
HUZZAH!
I just finished submitting one of my short stories to three prestigious literary journals.
I’ll probably spend an hour or so tomorrow planning out the second wave of submissions so I can be better prepared for the rejection letter if and (most likely) when they arrive. At the least, if I have a plan in place, there won’t be as much time to dwell on the sting of having a story rejected.
Have no fear; I’m not basing my personal assessment of my writing skills exclusively on whether or not three of the top literary journals in America reject my story. Of course, if the story is accepted in any of the three journals linked above, it will do wonders for my confidence in my writing skills (and serve as cause for joyous celebration).
Excerpt from Section 137, On Different Points of View
From The Miscellany of a Japanese Priest (Being a Translation of Tsure-zure Gusa):
All this medley of beauty and magnificence coming and going allows me little time to look at (the procession itself). But at sundown where have all the lines of carriages and ranks of people gone to? In a moment hardly any are left. The rattle of carriages is heard no more, the blinds and the mats are all cleared away, and while I watch nothing is left save solitude, reminding me touchingly of life itself. Truly indeed to watch the high road is as good as looking at a procession.
Wii Homebrew Browser “Unable to initialize network” error solution
If you are receiving the “Unable to initialize network” error when launching the Homebrew Browser application from the Homebrew Channel, press the Home key to return to the Homebrew Channel, wait for the globe icon in the lower-right corner of the screen to stop blinking and remain solid, and launch the Homebrew Browser again.
The globe icon in the Homebrew Channel indicates the network connection status. If the icon is blinking, the Wii is still trying to establish a network connection. If the icon is lit and solid, the Wii has established a network connection.
If the globe icon continues blinking after 30 seconds or if it is grayed out, check your Wii’s network connection settings.
Postcard from 1956 discovered in book sale purchase
I recently purchased a copy of The World’s Great Letters at a local book sale for $1.50. The book was published in 1940 and contains the text of letters written by:
- Alexander the Great
- Saint Jerome
- Christopher Columbus
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Michaelangelo
- Henry VIII
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington
- Thomas Paine
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- John Keats
- Robert Browning
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Dostoevsky
- Charles Dickens
- Abraham Lincoln
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Emily Dickinson
- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- William Randolph Hearst
- Mark Twain
- George Bernard Shaw
- Lenin
As if purchasing a collection of such letters for $1.50 were not already a bargain, I found a postcard advertising The Sporting News. The text of the postcard reads as follows:
DON’T MISS THIS!
You can have the next TWELVE BIG ISSUES of The Sporting News for only $2.00.
You will receive coverage of all developments in all pennant races in the minors as well as the majors, including World’s Series Games. Mailed direct to your home or office for just $2.00.
Send remittance within five days and receive THIRTEEN issues instead of TWELVE.
C.C. Spink & Son
2018 Washington Ave.
St. Louis 3, Mo.
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