Waiting
Revisions are finished, and the current novel is back with my agent. Now begins, again, the tortuous waiting for her to read it. And then she’ll either want more revisions or will deem it ready to go out to editors. …
Light Boxes by Shane Jones
Trying out something new around here. A book review, and an interview with that book’s author. Do let me know if you enjoy it, and if it’s something you’d like to see more of on the blog. The Book: I …
And…
…chemical pregnancy. It’s something I think has actually happened several times since the miscarriage, but I couldn’t get my last doctor to believe I was right when I felt pregnant and then had abnormal periods. Thanks to this book (and …
Saved by rock n roll
This has been a long week. Unforgivably long. Monday started out fine, but ended with the beginning of the kid’s first-ever stomach bug. Just an upset stomach and a lot of diapers* at first, but then we were up all …
please say no
I got a rejection from a lit magazine today. Nothing interesting or unusual in that, as I’ve collected, and will continue to collect, my share of rejections. What was unusual was that, for the first time EVER, I was happy …
You want to know what really pisses me off about unsolicited advice?
The very worst thing about unsolicited advice, particularly of the sort left in blog comments, is that sometimes–okay, fairly often–it’s right. And I HATE that. Because that means admitting you were right and I was being stubborn. (Shocking to those …
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from the end to the beginning and back on through
I reached the last page of the manuscript yesterday, much faster than I’d expected to. Today I started at the beginning again, working through my revision notes. I started to write the first new scene I thought needed to be …
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One sock closer to that new knee sock wardrobe I’ve been dreaming of
(Trekking XXL color # 146, a gift from the incomparable Irene)
Stuff you might want to know
I’ve mentioned before that I love One Story, yes? A recent issue of One Story was a piece by my MFA friend Rob Travieso. It was the best issue I’ve received so far, and I’m not just saying that because …