Bullock Texas State History Museum
Closure Needed for A Shot in the Dark Stories
RECEIVED Tue., Aug. 4, 2009
Dear Editor,
A Shot in the Dark: What about success stories? We’ve all done it. We’ve all opened the Chronicle and turned straight to A Shot in the Dark. Perused for the chance that it’s us they’re looking for. Lamented the ad placer’s timidity in BookPeople. Vicariously been that alluring reader in jeans and a white shirt flipping through the Turkey travel guide. We identify. We hope. And we wonder. Will the book lovers connect? Well, what if you told us? I propose that The Austin Chronicle begin A Shot in the Dark success (or failure?) stories section. Because don’t we all want to know if it ever works out in the end?
A Shot in the Dark: What about success stories? We’ve all done it. We’ve all opened the Chronicle and turned straight to A Shot in the Dark. Perused for the chance that it’s us they’re looking for. Lamented the ad placer’s timidity in BookPeople. Vicariously been that alluring reader in jeans and a white shirt flipping through the Turkey travel guide. We identify. We hope. And we wonder. Will the book lovers connect? Well, what if you told us? I propose that The Austin Chronicle begin A Shot in the Dark success (or failure?) stories section. Because don’t we all want to know if it ever works out in the end?
Jamie Lippman
