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May.07.2013
It happened today. I got the call. Writers talk about "getting the call" like it's some mythical thing, a fairy godmother moment when all of your dreams magically come true. Because it is.
Today my agent, the passionate, brilliant, patient mentor of my dreams, Harvey Klinger, called me to say that...
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May.07.2013
I have a colleague who has given many writing workshops. He claims the main purpose of a writer's workshop is to allow the participants to bond with a like-minded wannabe author and engage in carnal knowledge whilst howling sonnets at the moon. He did not exactly describe it this way - he...
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May.07.2013
..although, truth be told, it's feet are dragging a bit.
Much writing done over the weekend, although it appears Dead Heir will end up in the short story range more than a flash fictin piece. I've complicted the plot up a touch for a bit of a twisted ending, it should prove a good read all...
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May.07.2013
Now that this semester (and the first year) of grad school is over, I'm back home enjoying some down time with my partner and our dogs, and catching up with friends.
And working on my thesis.
At the moment, my goal is to finish my degree by next May. The project I'm planning for my thesis is a...
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May.06.2013
I use to take steps of pain and regret
Carry stains of terrible blood from my body
Lick up the wounds with my tongue
Strange nobody really noticed
And I traced myself out of piss and shit
Into a railroad leading toward pleasure
I didn’t distance myself
I regain illusions
And construction
Far...
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May.05.2013
“What does he think I am? A baby?”
Deep embarrassment was making me peevish. I did not want my mother, grandmother – and, especially, the guests – to think I was still a little girl who liked teddy bears. After all, I was five. It was bad enough that I was already in my...
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May.05.2013
Am I on A level
On A level that balances
Perhaps I have been shown something
Balancing
My moments entirely
So I come forth to seasons
Seasons that can be meshed into a year
Finally
I can see
A year turning into another
Before me
And am I on level
Yes
I am balancing
Into solid serenity
And the...
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May.04.2013
Here are two reviews about a new book about Kafka, Franz Kafka: The Poet of Shame and Guilt by Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Saul Friedlander. I try not to judge a book by its cover, and I won't review a book which I have not (yet) read. Friedlander's credentials make me accept that this will...
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May.01.2013
Indigo Kids, Indigo Eaton Centre (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Thanks to Fiction Fix for featuring my blog this week. It's all about not being scared to embrace your inner children's lit fanatic. (Click the link below.)
It's Okay, You Don't Have to Hide Your Book
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Apr.29.2013
We first met Chris Baty about a decade ago, when Arielle agented his book No Plot, No Problem: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days. We watched as he built this strange, beautiful community of lunatics and dreamers who, every November, write a 50,000 word book in 30...
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