http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor Literary Logic Askew Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:46:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en                                                                              I have recently launched a new literary and photography print annual. The Camera Obscura Journal is now open for prose submissions. We hope to feature the best literature and photography we can obtain. We will offer a featured writer honorarium of $1000 for the best story we publish in the first ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=23 The sky is your canvas and on a clear day, a clean cerulean slate with which to work. Every decision affects the chi of your factory within its frame: a valley cut by a river, sandwiched between rolling hills. Smokestacks should be spread apart for maximum coverage and staggered, allowing ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=20 MacGuffin Spring/Summer 2009 Cover - Sue Averell While some small press publications do survive, even fewer thrive. Many wind up as squashed bugs on the literary radiator grill in a matter of a few years, and in some cases, months. The MacGuffin has been around since 1984. I hope it lasts ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=19 The Green movement, not unlike any other call for societal change, is propelled by one gallon of science, a pint of conscience, and two (or three) loads of bandwagon (what ultimately makes it a movement). This bandwagon--I’ll call it a “band-station-wagon” (maybe one of those mythical Chrysler electric vehicles), features ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=18 At the risk of having my “green” card revoked, I will admit that I’ve always enjoyed driving my car, preferably a five-speed junker from another decade, a car with stories to tell. Even in Europe where a grid of passenger trains connects the rural crevices with the urban armpits, I ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=17   Imagine that in order to determine how much money to pay the author (very wishful thinking), the local independent bookseller had to first calculate the velocity of the books as they flew off the shelves (more wishful thinking for the author and the indie bookseller). I’ll also add the constraint: ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=16 All M.C. Escher works (c) 2009 The M.C. Escher Company - the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com   My daughter has a game in which a battery-operated elephant shoots plastic butterflies up into the air from its trunk. Meanwhile, everyone lucky enough to have one of the multi-colored nets clamors ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=13 Recently in Frigg, consistently one of the best online literary journals, in an issue filled with compelling ultra-shorts by some great writers, I ran across a lively debate between Randall Brown and Joseph Young about the true definition of microfiction. It is insightful and entertaining. I can see both sides to ... http://www.meparker.com/occams-razor/?p=12