April 2010
5 posts
Nine Hours of Reasons Not to Write a Novel
The anatomy of a synopsis:
1:40pm - This might not be so bad. I think I’m getting somewhere. Why did I push this off so much? 2:01pm - So, two pages is not a lot of real estate. New game plan—just write the thing, then cut. I can do this. 2:22pm- Why the hell did I write a book with two parallel storylines? 2:34pm - Okay, I’m talking to my computer. Out loud. In the...
Another Reason Not to Fear The Skies
This has been one hell of a week.
Last week, I made a list of things that had to get done soon, and I can’t believe it, but a lot of them are done. First though, on Tuesday, I found out I’m going to be published in the 92Y literary journal, Podium, which is quite exciting for me. I’ll be doing my first reading on May 5 to accompany it. My parents are probably going to cry....
Crafting the Agent Wish-List, Round 1
In one agent’s listing, she directly specified, “No stories of incest.”
On a related note, this may be a very long night.
Lists Make You Productive, Part Nine
There are tons of things that are better left inside one’s head. And then there are things that are not, like goals. Those are way better on paper, so if you conjure up excuses, they make that dramatic deflating balloon sound as soon as you speak them aloud.
So, I have this finished book. That’s generally a good thing, or so I’ve been told. In the next month, here’s...
The Devoted Freelance Life 101. Well, this is going to take some getting used to, n’est pas?