In which I am invited to write about John Lennon.

[noodledoctor]

Well. I got some really quite exciting news today. The mother of an acquaintance of mine has a publishing company that is working on an Apple iBook called "A Lennon Pastiche". It's about John Lennon (who hopefully needs no introduction here) and what his work and life mean to various fans. There's going to be a "page" for each fan, and there's

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[light_frost]

Good luck!

[noodledoctor]

Thank you very much! I've spent a good part of my night e-mailing the people who are coordinating this thing. We're so far negotiating when the interview portion of this thing is going to happen. It's really, really thrilling.

[light_frost]

It sounds like a really great opportunity!

I would like to ask you for some general advice on publishing one's short stories. You seem to know what you're doing...I have no idea what I'm doing.

[noodledoctor]

It is! In their last e-mail, they informed me that I'm going to be able to write and perform a song for this thing as well, which excites me, because I used to be a very musical person but I haven't had an opportunity to do anything relating to my music for a very long time.

Hmm. You've asked me a very interesting question, one which I'd like to answer. Would it bother you if I answered it through a private message? I ask this because it's sort of long and is likely going to involve me giving you "example cover letters" and other such stuff (don't worry, this shall be a good thing).