{"id":5199,"date":"2010-11-16T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/11\/16\/links-for-2010-11-16\/"},"modified":"2010-11-16T08:25:50","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T08:25:50","slug":"links-for-2010-11-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/11\/16\/links-for-2010-11-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-11-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2010\/11\/15\/an-open-letter-to-mfa-writing-programs-and-their-students\/\">An Open Letter to MFA Writing Programs (and Their Students) \u00c2\u00ab Whatever<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;So, MFA writing programs, allow me to make a suggestion. Sometime before you hand over that sheepskin with the words &#8220;Master of Fine Arts&#8221; on it, for which your students may have just paid tens of thousands of dollars (or more), offer them a class on the business of the publishing industry, including an intensive look at contracts. Why? 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