Half Of 25-Year-Old's Writing Onion-Denied
The fabled Onion looms large across the online humor landscape. For the
average struggling satirist, this institution - syndicated through mainstream media sites and with
multiple bestselling books - represents an unattainable pinnacle. Imagine, then, being contacted out
of the blue by the Onion with an invitation to try out for a position. It's like being called by the
Yankees because of your performance on the company softball team. It happened to John Curtis, and
though he didn't end up making the team, he has a remarkable story to tell.
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Self-Publishing for Fun, Profit and an Ounce of Legitimacy
Self-publishing has had a sketchy reputation amongst writers, readers and publishers alike due to a
combination of understandable problems. It can be high cost (both for the author and the buyer), low
quality, and the sales will invariably be a fraction of what they would through a traditional
publisher. But there are ways around most of these problems, assuming you're willing to do the
work.
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Tilting at Windmills: Cervantes and the Modern Satirical Novel
Don Quixote looms large in our cultural consciousness; most people are
familiar with the phrase 'tilting at windmills', indicating a futile activity. But at the time
Miguel Cervantes published the story of the dutiful knight with a sadly feeble grip on reality it
was not a simple comedy, but rather a searing satire that put an end, once and for all, to the
doggedly enduring pretenses of the chivalric world.
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