Re: Experienced Political Blog Writer

Hey Barrett...I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you...I'm having family problems...my elderly Mother is having some cognitive difficulties and I'm dealing with that at the moment...will get back to you again soon...just wanted to fire off a quick note so you don't think I'm ignoring you...Bill
On May 9, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

William-

I imagine that a lot of established writers have plenty of time on their hands these days, just like I do; things are pretty bad out there.

At any rate, I'd like to go forward with this; I don't have a place to blog at the moment, and I'd like to do perhaps one sizable blog post a day along the lines of the samples I sent you. Basically, most of the posts I do consist of me taking apart a recent article or blog post by a prominent or not-so-prominent conservative, so if that's something you'd be interested in having on your site, I'd be happy to do it.

Thanks,

Barrett

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:30 AM, William Ryan <dotcomer@optonline.net> wrote:

On May 8, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

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Hi-

I understand that you're looking for someone to contribute left-of-center political commentary to your picture blog, and I'd like to be considered. I've served as a contributing writer for Politicalbase.com as well as some lesser-known online political outlets, and my other work has appeared in dozens of publications including National Lampoon, The Onion A.V. Club, McSweeney's, American Atheist, and Alternet. My first book, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, was released last year to praise from Alan Dershowitz, Rolling Stone, Air America Radio, and The Huffington Post, among other sources.

I've pasted a couple of links to some recent work below; please take a look and let me know if you'd like to discuss this further.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/8/133235/4406/841/452751

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/10/12304/7961/381/473559

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/7/113813/6689/531/471351

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