| Subject: Re: What about ... |
| From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 10/18/09, 17:39 |
| To: lancaster.karen@gmail.com |
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From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:14:29 -0400To: Karen Lancaster<lancaster.karen@gmail.com>Subject: Re: What about ...Oh, I misunderstood you. Well, Charles Johnson is actually pretty big, and Stacy McCain is connected to Palin through the biographer, as well as to tons of other conservative pundits. Anyway, I asked Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone if she wants to see it and I'll meanwhile rewrite parts to make it better.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:Why do you think he turned it down? Be critical if you have to.On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think Hogan turned this one down just because it was too long -- I also don't think those are big enough names for VF.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:I
Well I did shorten it and send it to him, he just turned it down again, and then it went on to blow up at Huffington Post.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, remember the last thing Hogan declined he had asked you first to shorten, make more web-readable and you just couldn't do it for some reason.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Do you think I just need to rewrite some of the wordier portions and shorten it as well?
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
For your LBJ book deal:#2 guy at Texas TribuneManaging Editor Ross Ramsey
rramsey@texastribune.orgIf you don't hear from him, then Texas Monthly:For your other stuff, did you pitch to those new names I sent you?The DailyBeast
**New name:
Bryan Curtis
Bryan.curtis@thedailybeast.com
The Atlantic
**New name, online editor:
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
Harpers
**New Name:
Jennifer Szalai
**New Name:
Bill Wasik