Comments on: Abramson Leslie Consulting v. Steve Fellner

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By: amy

amy — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:36:53 +0000

Oho. Well, Seth’s just hissed at me on his ALC blog, so I’ve responded.

http://abramsonleslie.blogspot.com/2009/09/q-september-2009-3.html#comments

I invite legal issues.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Oho. Well, Seth’s just hissed at me on his ALC blog, so I’ve responded.

http://abramsonleslie.blogspot.com/2009/09/q-september-2009-3.html#comments

I invite legal issues.

By: Hamster

Hamster — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:42:44 +0000

If only people put this kind of effort into writing poetry.

By: Hamster

Hamster — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:42:00 +0000

If only people put this kind of effort into writing poetry.

By: HTMLGIANT / Why Fellner Removed His ALC Post

HTMLGIANT / Why Fellner Removed His ALC Post — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:03:13 +0000

[...] those still interested in the ALC/Fellner story, I spoke with Steve Fellner over the phone on Saturday. I want to share his side (with his [...]

By: A

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:04:32 +0000

I can’t figure out what annoys me more–Seth’s assertion on the ALC blog that he co-authored The Creative Writing MFA Handbook (sorry, folks, it’s clearly authored by Tom Kealey, with Seth as a contributor for the latest version) OR the erroneous hyphenation of “highly-regarded” whenever ALC refers to its consultants.

First of all, don’t misrepresent yourself.

Second, “quality” creative writing is subjective (which makes this whole endeavor a farce, in my opinion); the rules of hyphenation are not. I would hope that these consultants could at least help their clients with the very basics of writing, and I’m sorry to see that their website portrays otherwise. Proofread, damnit! And if you don’t know basic grammar, hire a grammar consultant!

By: A

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:04:00 +0000

First of all, don’t misrepresent yourself.

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Etl World News | Assorted links — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:49:52 +0000

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By: Sam M

Sam M — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:46:14 +0000

Yeah, this seems a little weird. But what about this statement from Fellner?

“the idea that one should ethically manipulate their art to receive possible help from other poets and fiction writers?”

But the whole reason to go to an MFA program is to manipulate the art, right? If it didn’t need manipulated, from an aesthetic or other point of view, why would you attempt to join a community (by which I mean, pay tuition) in order to have classmates and professors critique it.

On the other end, we all “manipulate our art” to some extent in order to get an agent. After we get an agent, we manipulate it again to get it published.