Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Writing the Query Letter
So, you’ve finished you’ve novel. Now what? Well, most writers would start by tracking down a literary agent or a publishing house that is right for them. They would get a subscription to the Writer’s Market, browse through the agencies or publishers, and then choose about fifteen to send off sample pages and a query…
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How to Write What You Know By Nathan Feuerberg
It is common to hear people advise writers to, ‘Write what you know.’ Everyone from granddaddies to customs officials will hand out this bit of information to aspiring writers as though it is the answer to everything. And in a way it is. Whether the advice giver knows it or not they are pointing out…
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Understanding Vantage Point In Writing By Nathan Feuerberg
Often, first time writers pick up a pen because something has happened in their life that they believe others should know about. Maybe they have just finished the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous or possibly they watched a friend bleed to death in Iraq and they’ve decide they need to write a memoir or novel…
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Los Pueblos Mancomunados by Mittie Roger
I arrived in Benito Juarez by foot. The second class bus dropped me at a fork in a curvy road with nothing in sight. Yet I was not only relieved, I was overjoyed. Nausea from the tightly-enclosed space, sharp turns, and lack of moving oxygen had nauseated me. When the bus driver yelled “Benito Juarez,”…
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Pre-Columbian Pyramids – Cañada de la Virgen
After a 13-year-long investigation, the archaeological zone, La Cañada de la Virgen, finally opened to the public in 2011. These ancient ceremonial ruins were once home to rulers and priests between 300 and 1050 A.D. They also served as a burial ground, (some remains are a thousand years older than the structures themselves) a precisely aligned…
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La Biblioteca Publica – San Miguel de Allende
La Biblioteca Publica (Insurgentes # 25) can be considered the “heart” of community life in San Miguel. Enter the courtyard of the old convent turned tanning factory turned Biblioteca on any given day and you will see a flurry of activity. Under one arched passage way children’s art projects are underway. At iron tables in…
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Exchanging Money In San Miguel de Allende
The easiest way to change your money into Pesos is with your ATM card. Using an ATM to get pesos gives you the best exchange rate and you don’t have to pay a high commission. If you opt to bring cash, there are a few places in the center that can do this service. (Make…
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A Place in the Heart By John Scherber
Writer and longtime San Miguel resident, John Scherber, was nice enough to allow us to republish the following excerpt that was originally published in San Miguel de Allende: A Place in the Heart. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. A Place in the Heart People visiting San Miguel often wonder what…
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Defining Point of View: Pros and Cons of Six POVs in Fiction
Point of view is one of the most important decisions that a writer makes when writing a story. Point of view dictates how close the reader comes to the characters as well as how the narration is related to the reader. It is trendy these days to get as close as possible, so that the…
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Mexican Immigration to US Comes to a Halt
Mexicans are staying in Mexico. “No one wants to hear it, but the flow has already stopped,” Mr. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project at Princeton, recently said. “For the first time in sixty years, the net traffic has gone to zero and is probably a little bit negative.” Even with border violence, economic…
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