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So...
The only agency that has called me (so far) has been The Associate Group -- who want me to come in and register at 2pm, and bring a hard copy of my resume.

Note: My printer doesn't work -- It doesn't want to acknowledge that it has an ink cartridge. I will be -- hopefully -- printing this hard copy at Staples shortly after this update, and then making a half-dozen photo-copies of it while I'm there.


Anyway, since I'll be down town early in the afternoon, anyway I will also have the opportunity to renew my health card (yay!) before having tea with the lovely Ami_B. Who can tell me all about her fabulous mirror ideas and, hopefully, will listen to me kvetch about the plot-hole problem I just discovered in my novel.
Gah!

Anyway.

In other 'news': I saw "Aragon" last night.
<*sigh*>

Okay.
I confess, it's fairly clear that the script -- or at least the original story -- was written by a kid. Having any of the characters completely re-state the Back Story, including information that *every character in the story already knows* (and the reader/audience already knows because the Back Story was outlined in a dramatic wording/voice at the beginning of the book/movie) is... wooden, at best.

Of course, this is coming from someone twice this kid's age, who can't (just at the moment) get her own damn story to sort itself out properly. So take that with a grain of salt.

One thing that bugged me: The implication that (A) Dragons are born for fighting -- specifically fighting human battles -- and are subserviant to the humans with-whom they choose to bond. That didn't strike me as... right.

The author does get points for writing a dumb-ass seventeen year old boy *as* a dumb-ass seventeen year old boy (hormone-fueled, over-confident, etc...)

So, yes. A fun movie, but kind of dumb, none the less.

Note to Self

For my own reference, as well as anyone else's:

Call for Essays on Menstruation.

Cool! :-)

From the Site:

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We are looking for essays and creative nonfiction that analyze, question, and explore all aspects of menstruation and menstruation culture. Potential topics include:

* menstruation and gender – how does menstruation fit into (or conflict with) experiences of gender?
* menstrual products advertising & the “sanitary products” industry
* menstruation, personal relationships, and sex – from phobias to fetishes
* menstrual education – what do we learn and how do we learn it, what do we teach and how to we teach it?
* menstruation as a human rights issue – how are women’s periods dealt with in prisons, shelters, mental institutions, long-term care facilities, and other institutions?
* women who voluntarily/intentionally stop menstruating
* men’s experiences with / attitudes regarding menstruation
* menstruation humor
* menstruation and ridicule/shame
* transmenstruation – what kinds of issues come up around menstruation for intersex, transsexual and transgendered people?
* premature menopause (organic or induced)
* enjoying/appreciating menstruation
* menstruation and/in the workplace
* menstruation through the eyes of Western medicine
* the “menstrual alternatives” movement (e.g. reusable pads/cups/sponges) and its culture
* menstruation in straight vs. queer spheres
* feminist culture and menstruation

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

* NONFICTION only.
* NO fiction, poetry, or memoir. (This means that unless there is a specific reason for it to be in your piece, we do not want to hear about when you got your first period or how bad your PMS is. This is not a collection of first-person narratives.)
* Submissions should be between 1500 and 5000 words in length.
* TWO (2) copies of your submission will be required.
* Hard copy (paper copy) submissions ONLY. No electronic or emailed submissions will be considered.
* Typed or computer printed ONLY.
* Formatting: 12-point type in some generic traditional font (Times, Georgia, Geneva, Courier, etc.), one-inch margins, double spaced. Please include all italics, boldface, blockquotes, section breaks, etc.
* References, if any, may be either footnote or endnote according to author preference and should use Chicago Manual of Style format. No inline references please.
* Please number your pages
* Each submission should be accompanied by a cover sheet that contains ONLY the following data: Author Name, Pseudonym (if used), Title of Submission, Author mailing address, Author e-mail address, and Author telephone number.
* The author’s name or pseudonym should NOT appear anywhere on the submission itself.
* Each submission should be accompanied by a single business-sized self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE, with first class letter postage already affixed). Submissions from outside the USA do not require the SASE.
* Please DO NOT send additional cover letters with your submission,, only the cover sheet as indicated above.
* Please DO NOT send your only copy/copies of your work.
* NOTE: Manuscripts will not be returned. Manuscripts not chosen for the book will simply be recycled.

SUBMISSIONS ADDRESS:
Send all submissions to the following address

Breakthrough Bleeding – SUBMISSIONS
C/o Hanne Blank, Editor
44 E. 26th Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218 USA

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- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)