Writers: Stop Navel Gazing

The Death of Fiction: Lit mags were once launching pads for great writers and big ideas. Is it time to write them off?

“Stop being so damned dainty and polite. Treat writing like your lifeblood instead of your livelihood. And for Christ’s sake, write something we might want to read.”

By Ted Genoways in Mother Jones, Jan/Feb 2010.

[via Gerry Canavan]