Daily Archives: 03/10/2011

Writers’ quote of the day: Stephen Leather on getting a literary agent

‘The problem now is that it is very, very difficult to get an agent.  That’s partly because once the publishers stopped accepting unsolicited submissions, they started to pour into the agencies, and the agencies have even fewer staff than publishers.  … Continue reading

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Quote of the day: MIT physicist and atheist Alan Lightman on faith and Richard Dawkins

‘What troubles me about Dawkins’ pronouncements is his wholesale dismissal of religion and religious sensibility . . . In my opinion, Dawkins has a narrow view of faith . . . there are things we believe in that do not … Continue reading

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