Comments on: The Reverse Query Theory http://scottstories.com/2009/03/27/the-reverse-query-theory/ a collection of words about worlds Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ryan Field http://scottstories.com/2009/03/27/the-reverse-query-theory/#comment-514 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:49:00 +0000 http://scottstories.com/?p=1859#comment-514 You could be right about the economy. Certain areas of publishing have been hit hard. I just don’t remember an easy time for writers. And, frankly, I think publishing in general would have changed drastically in spite of the weak economy. It’s been long overdue. I went to a real estate luncheon with my parnter last week and we started talking about the Kindle reader. Almost everyone at the table had one, and they were all buying e-books.

]]> By: scottyus http://scottstories.com/2009/03/27/the-reverse-query-theory/#comment-513 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:44:56 +0000 http://scottstories.com/?p=1859#comment-513 Just getting around to replying here, Ryan. Sorry.

To your first part, all the news about firings and agents not taking on projects that “normally” they might suggested to me that it’s even harder now. Sure, it’s always been hard and perhaps there are even more people submitting which pumps the rejection numbers up, but hard times falling definitely has closed the door a little further in my opinion.

And the Mona Lisa was cool to see, no doubt. You can’t get very close, and it’s surrounded by students with cell phones taking the same picture. I was more impressed, to be honest, with the Palace park surrounding the pyramid or Le Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre. Of course the museum itself was sprawling and amazing, but seeing the old girl was more a quest to fulfill than an examination.

That said, despite the attendant nuisances, I did let go a quiet “wow”. If you meditate on the power of that painting while looking at it, she almost winks at you. ;)

]]> By: Lisa http://scottstories.com/2009/03/27/the-reverse-query-theory/#comment-512 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:16:23 +0000 http://scottstories.com/?p=1859#comment-512 Sadly, I think the Mona Lisa really only deserved one line. She’s far nicer in photos when you can’t see the thousands of students pointing their cameraphones at her. She really suffers by comparison to her more stunning gallery neighbours as well.

She’d seem more at home in an Italian villa than in grand Parisian society.

Perhaps it’s intentional. The French and their wacky sense of humour…

]]> By: Ryan Field http://scottstories.com/2009/03/27/the-reverse-query-theory/#comment-511 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:50:14 +0000 http://scottstories.com/?p=1859#comment-511 I think you said it best when you talked about not giving up. I’ve seen a lot of people disappear over the years.

The other thing I’d like to comment on is the idea that’s been going around lately that the economy is hurting new writers. Well, I don’t know about that. I’ve been in publishing for a long time, and I can tell you that it was just as hard to get an agent and get published fifteen years ago as it is today, if not harder then.

The Mona Lisa only gets one line?

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