Comments for Jeffrey Dinsmore http://jeffreydinsmore.com Creative Endeavors, Collected Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Legend of Scary Gary: Part 7 by Angi Wilhite http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2011/02/06/story-of-the-day-2-6-11/#comment-723 Angi Wilhite Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:10:54 +0000 http://thestoryoftheday.wordpress.com/?p=2954699523#comment-723 I had to go back and re-read a few Scary Gary stories. When we were walking through what was, essentially, your old hood last month, I thought about those and chuckled to myself. I had to go back and re-read a few Scary Gary stories. When we were walking through what was, essentially, your old hood last month, I thought about those and chuckled to myself.

]]> Comment on The New Dog by Story of the Day: 2-19-11 | Jeffrey Dinsmore's Story of the Day http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2011/02/14/story-of-the-day-2-13-11/#comment-283 Story of the Day: 2-19-11 | Jeffrey Dinsmore's Story of the Day Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:17:43 +0000 http://thestoryoftheday.wordpress.com/?p=2954699561#comment-283 [...] week after we moved in, our friend Rion from high school came out to visit. He was planning on moving to New York and he needed a place to [...] [...] week after we moved in, our friend Rion from high school came out to visit. He was planning on moving to New York and he needed a place to [...]

]]> Comment on The New Dog by Story of the Day: 2-18-11 | Jeffrey Dinsmore's Story of the Day http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2011/02/14/story-of-the-day-2-13-11/#comment-282 Story of the Day: 2-18-11 | Jeffrey Dinsmore's Story of the Day Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:17:36 +0000 http://thestoryoftheday.wordpress.com/?p=2954699561#comment-282 [...] show on the local PBS station that I watched rabidly, but it was only 1/2 an hour a week. My friend Rion, another music snob, would sometimes tape 120 Minutes for me, but he also had a tendency to get mad [...] [...] show on the local PBS station that I watched rabidly, but it was only 1/2 an hour a week. My friend Rion, another music snob, would sometimes tape 120 Minutes for me, but he also had a tendency to get mad [...]

]]> Comment on To Catch a Thief by Story of the Day: 2-24-11 | Jeffrey Dinsmore's Story of the Day http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2011/01/23/story-of-the-day-1-22-11/#comment-286 Story of the Day: 2-24-11 | Jeffrey Dinsmore's Story of the Day Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:14:52 +0000 http://awkwardpress.tumblr.com/post/2904889018#comment-286 [...] I claimed a few weeks ago in the Tower Records story that I’ve never stolen anything, I was totally lying. I’ve stolen tons of things. I [...] [...] I claimed a few weeks ago in the Tower Records story that I’ve never stolen anything, I was totally lying. I’ve stolen tons of things. I [...]

]]> Comment on Professor Blowjob and the Storm Fighters of Courage: Episode 3 by lynnhberger http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2011/03/01/story-of-the-day-3-1-11/#comment-249 lynnhberger Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:48:26 +0000 http://thestoryoftheday.wordpress.com/?p=2954699697#comment-249 I'm comited to the story. I’m comited to the story.

]]> Comment on Professor Blowjob and the Storm Fighters of Courage: Episode 1 by How to Not Get a Literary Agent | Jeffrey Dinsmore http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2011/02/27/story-of-the-day-2-27-11/#comment-272 How to Not Get a Literary Agent | Jeffrey Dinsmore Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:30 +0000 http://thestoryoftheday.wordpress.com/?p=2954699686#comment-272 [...] Professor Blowjob and the Storm-Fighters of Courage. (You can read the series for yourself starting right here.) Prof. Blowjob embodies everything I enjoy about writing – ridiculous characters, absurd [...] [...] Professor Blowjob and the Storm-Fighters of Courage. (You can read the series for yourself starting right here.) Prof. Blowjob embodies everything I enjoy about writing – ridiculous characters, absurd [...]

]]> Comment on How to Not Get a Literary Agent by how to (not) to snag a literary agent | slouch. http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2012/01/30/how-to-not-get-a-literary-agent/#comment-9 how to (not) to snag a literary agent | slouch. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:05:57 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=3874#comment-9 [...] to snag a literary agent By joshuacitrak, on January 30th, 2012 | Thought I’d link to this great post on Awkward. Lots of humor there, but lots of truth as well. Share [...] [...] to snag a literary agent By joshuacitrak, on January 30th, 2012 | Thought I’d link to this great post on Awkward. Lots of humor there, but lots of truth as well. Share [...]

]]> Comment on How to Not Get a Literary Agent by jeffrey http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2012/01/30/how-to-not-get-a-literary-agent/#comment-8 jeffrey Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:20:15 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=3874#comment-8 The best short story we ever got at CP was called "A Surprise from Behind." It was about a gentleman who received a surprise ... from ... well. I should have mentioned Slouch, too! You'e fighting the good fight, Mr. Citrak ... I'll update! The best short story we ever got at CP was called “A Surprise from Behind.” It was about a gentleman who received a surprise … from … well.

I should have mentioned Slouch, too! You’e fighting the good fight, Mr. Citrak … I’ll update!

]]> Comment on How to Not Get a Literary Agent by joshua citrak http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2012/01/30/how-to-not-get-a-literary-agent/#comment-7 joshua citrak Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:10:42 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=3874#comment-7 this is classic, jeffrey! for slouch, we get tons of unsolicited requests to review books which read much like your query, expect minus the attention to punctuation and coherence. i've often thought about just publishing them word for word, but i also worry that people don't have a sense of humor. so for now, i'm sitting on them. the literary world is one stuffed full of stiff shit, my friend, that's for sure. but there are places for this, keep at it. this is classic, jeffrey!

for slouch, we get tons of unsolicited requests to review books which read much like your query, expect minus the attention to punctuation and coherence. i’ve often thought about just publishing them word for word, but i also worry that people don’t have a sense of humor. so for now, i’m sitting on them.

the literary world is one stuffed full of stiff shit, my friend, that’s for sure. but there are places for this, keep at it.

]]> Comment on How to Not Get a Literary Agent by jeffrey http://jeffreydinsmore.com/2012/01/30/how-to-not-get-a-literary-agent/#comment-6 jeffrey Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:07:03 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=3874#comment-6 That was actually sort of part of the plan ... I fantasized that the 19 year old interns might get a kick out of my cover letter and pass it around among themselves and the big head honcho agent would come over and be like, "what are you buffoons snickering about? Professor Blowjob? I'm intrigued ..." It was not a well-conceived plan, admittedly. That was actually sort of part of the plan … I fantasized that the 19 year old interns might get a kick out of my cover letter and pass it around among themselves and the big head honcho agent would come over and be like, “what are you buffoons snickering about? Professor Blowjob? I’m intrigued …”

It was not a well-conceived plan, admittedly.

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