Quote
"He would go to the study in the morning after a hearty breakfast and stay there until dinner at about 5:00. Since he skipped lunch, and since his family would not venture near the study — they would blow a horn if they needed him — he could usually work uninterruptedly for several hours. … After dinner, Twain would read his day’s work to the assembled family. He liked to have an audience, and his evening performances almost always won their approval. On Sundays, Twain skipped work to relax with his wife and children, read, and daydream in some shady spot on the farm. Whether or not he was working, he smoked cigars constantly."

Mark Twain ’s routine – and other daily rituals of literary greats. (via explore-blog)

(Source: , via explore-blog)

Photo
theparisreview:

“Reading through the slush pile is like looking for tigers in the jungle: they’re camouflaged not only by their stripes but their surroundings. An editor has to be unflaggingly alert and discerning, alive to any perceptible movement in the shadows.”
Read more from Jeffrey Eugenides on Plimpton Prize winner Ottessa Moshfegh from this year’s Spring Revel here.
Photo Credit Alexander Porter/BFAnyc.com.

theparisreview:

“Reading through the slush pile is like looking for tigers in the jungle: they’re camouflaged not only by their stripes but their surroundings. An editor has to be unflaggingly alert and discerning, alive to any perceptible movement in the shadows.”

Read more from Jeffrey Eugenides on Plimpton Prize winner Ottessa Moshfegh from this year’s Spring Revel here.

Photo Credit Alexander Porter/BFAnyc.com.

Quote
"You never get the book you wanted, you settle for the book you get."

James Baldwin (via theparisreview)

Photo
theparisreview:

A telegram from Dorothy Parker to publisher and editor Pascal Covici. (via)

theparisreview:

A telegram from Dorothy Parker to publisher and editor Pascal Covici. (via)

Photo
Kitten/Van Gogh

Kitten/Van Gogh

Quote
"Why do we reward success on the job with a promotion out of the job and into management? It’s a phenomenon that reveals antiquated flaws in organizational design."

Often wondered this about media organizations. What makes reporters excellent at story-getting often makes them catastrophic at managing other people, etc.

What If You Don’t Want to Be a Manager? - Anne Kreamer - Harvard Business Review

(via s-m-i)

There are great bloggers. And there are people who are very good at managing bloggers (although that’s a lot rarer, and probably harder). But the chances of finding one of the latter in the ranks of the former? Approximately nil. Josh Marshall, maybe?

(via felixsalmon)

(via felixsalmon)

Photo
theparisreview:

Did you know that Norman Mailer once affected a bohemian goatee? Well, he did.

Dear lord…

theparisreview:

Did you know that Norman Mailer once affected a bohemian goatee? Well, he did.

Dear lord…

Photo
@steviejohnson13 takes the field at Reliant

@steviejohnson13 takes the field at Reliant

Photo
Amtrak smoke break in Lafayette

Amtrak smoke break in Lafayette

Photo
Snow is really coming down in #yeg. Kinda pretty.

Snow is really coming down in #yeg. Kinda pretty.

Tags: yeg