Have you ever pitched a story or novel to an editor, face-to-face?
It's a rare opportunity that few amateur writers ever get. Media Bistro has turned the whole ritual into a web video reality television show, giving us an uncomfortable, staged, but ultimately instructive peek into the mind of an editor at Blender Magazine.
Even though the video creates the illusion that personal connections to the editor don't matter, the advice will serve you well as you write (or speak) your next pitch.
Once you polish your literary gem, you might want to submit to a brand new literary journal run by some of the most creative minds in non-fiction and fiction. The Normal School is now accepting "Creative Nonfiction. Story. Poem. Critique. Experiential Recipes." The excellent Emerging Writers Network has the submissions guidelines and some notes about the staff.
I gotta tell you, I love Wes Anderson and his films, but I wasn't terribly moved by The Darjeeling Limited nor the short web video now paired with the film. Our buddy Steve Bryant has a snappy review and some ideas about what the web short means for us web writers:
"You can't really construe the decision as a victory for "online video" (whatever that means), since any merit to the piece is somewhat overshadowed by the fact that Natalie Portman appears nude in it."
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