To Do: A Shot at Literary Greatness or the Inevitable Alcoholism

• Are you convinced your book idea can become the Next Great American Novel with a little editing help and a publisher? Head on over to Strand Books tonight, where reps from Publisher s Weekly, Time-Warner, Harper Entertainment, and other houses will be on hand to either fluff you or crush you. [Upcoming]
• Just get the bad news that your pitch is not, in fact, publishable? Drink to shattered dreams at The Sexy Magazines and Vacancy Records party at 64 Gansevoort Street. Open bar all night with a $12 donation. On the bright side, no one will bash your sophomore effort. [Shindig]
• What s a punk rocker to do to combat bands like Good Charlotte that tarnish the genre? Write poetry and fiction, duh. At least that s what former Voidoids frontman Richard Hell does. Check him out at the Poetry Project at St. Mark s Church. [flavorpill]