Operation Mongoose

Five Bestselling Books Initially Rejected By 20 or More Publishers

editorialhell:

I am doing damage to my own industry here, possibly, but I’m also just making the point that publishing is a gamble and though most times the publisher is correct, some books defy the odds…and how:

1. Chicken Soup for the Soul by Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield

  • Rejected by: 36…
Via (Mis)Adventures in Publishing

(Mis)Adventures in Publishing: The Book With No E

editorialhell:

A lipogram refers to a work that intentionally omits a letter or group of letters (often written as an intellectual game or challenge). In 1939, a writer named Ernest Vincent Wright, recognizing that “e” was the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet, challenged himself to write an…

Via (Mis)Adventures in Publishing


(Source: grahamchapman)



yvynyl:

Drumatix


[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

copycats:

All Of The Lights - Portland Cello Project
originally by Kanye West
(posted by sometimesagreatnotion)

Via Copy Cats

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Tangerine Sky by Operation Mongoose




[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

theroadgoeseveron:


Of Oceans :: In Love, Not Limbo

It’s so good to have Emmanuel mining again. Returned as a grrrizly, he continues to dig up the most brilliant gems. Thanks to him, I’ve got this deep blue crystal that formed in the depths Of Oceans, where the pressure of  shifting tectonic plates form not only underground mountain chains and pillow lavas, but the mesmerizing “In Love, Not Limbo.” There is more waiting to be carried to the surface here.

[mp3] Of Oceans - In Love, Not Limbo

Via ∞


landlessness:

Darick Maasen

(Source: facebook.com)


[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Missed Connection by Operation Mongoose

… about that girl you met at a bar, but never scored her digits … like the Craigslist section, only not.

Download here. Get the whole NYC Demo EP on Bandcamp.

Operation Mongoose on MySpace.


112
To Tumblr, Love PixelUnion

We're updating Fluid!

Soon, we'll be updating the look and feel of this theme. Read about the changes here. You can easily turn off this notification in the theme customization panel.

Close