Here are a few things I love: You know I love chocolate, that’s old news. I love stripes, though my passion for them can get me into dangerous territory when I have a striped shirt on and the only pants that are clean are the ones with the pinstripes and then I grab my worn … Continue reading »
Something truly AMAZING has happened. Not revealing details here just yet, but I’ll give hints: It has to do with that incredible literary agent I signed with on May 1 and that new novel I’m in the midst of writing. Here’s another hint: It deserves CAKE. Technically, it deserves TWO CAKES. Something happens when your … Continue reading »
I keep having these moments where I’m in the midst of talking to someone about writing and then it’ll hit me suddenly: I’m doing this now. I’m a writer now. After all this time, it’s really, really happening. It’s easy to not believe it, to just walk through the day doing normal things or forgetting … Continue reading »
I don’t know what to do with myself when I’m not writing. The me who is not-writing is exceptionally boring. She loafs around, stares for long periods of time at the wall, and has zero aspirations to do anything substantial. Her goals include: getting through the day; remembering to take her vitamins; finding underwear for … Continue reading »
For those of you keeping score, I finished revising the plot synopsis! There were a few days when the synopsis was winning and I was down on the ground eating dirt, but I picked myself up and went back in. And, now, you know what? The book is so much better for it. It was … Continue reading »
Write some chapters of a novel, hey, write the whole entire novel; that’s the easy part. Much harder is writing about the novel. Ever know a writer who couldn’t write a synopsis? Say she could write hundreds of pages, and has before, that she could write the words but not talk about the words she’s … Continue reading »
I’m nearing the end of my adult literary fiction rejections. One biggie came today—I expected it—and there are some story responses still trickling in, plus I think one more fellowship, and then I’m done. These things have been out for a while—since before all the good things started happening for me in April—and I just … Continue reading »
Please don’t hate me for yesterday’s post. So guess what? I will be sending in my plot summary / outline / whatever-it’s-called tomorrow. I will do it. I will. I’m working more on it right now as we speak. Feeling… I don’t know if I’d say “confident,” but I’ll say excited? I really really really … Continue reading »
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Made some serious progress on plotting out this novel and deciding how it ends this weekend, but this morning woke feeling disconnected again, halfway hopeless, wondering if I’m making any sense on the page. I’m guessing I’m just anxious about submission time, whenever that will be, and making excuses to prolong this in-between stage where … Continue reading »
