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  What did you think of Muse 2008?

  I thought Muse and the Marketplace was the best conference I've ever attended at which to meet and interact with agents.  Thanks to Katherine Sands, I realized how much work my query letter needed and have since addressed that.  I was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk to agents in so many venues over two days.

   

  Jonathan Franzen was the weakest part of the conference.  I found him arrogant and hypocritical, with his comments on how difficult it is for a literary writer like him to reach the shallow masses - yet he's thumbed his nose at Oprah Winfrey who wanted to do just that.  He blew a golden opportunity to bring his literary fiction to a wide audience but instead chose to live in his ivory tower and criticize everyone who doesn't live in one.  I wish you had allowed time for us to pin him down on this issue.

  Posted 30 Jun 08 in the narrative ark