Posts Tagged ‘writing’
If Edward Gorey and Tim Burton had spawned
What If, Harry Potter? For anyone who's ever been a fan of Edward Gorey, I present to you Deanna Molinaro's works. She's got three books online (one of which is for kids; reminiscent of Richard Scarry) and the others which only seem to be for kids. She's written some, illustrated some, and written and illustrated…
Read MoreTwice-told tales
What do you do with a story that keeps revealing itself, even when you think you're done with it? I understand that stories — not unlike paintings or sculpture or filmmaking or any kind of artistic endeavor — start out with a rough sketch that, with time, smooths into a recognizable structure and ideally, becomes…
Read MoreMessages from the grove
Well. You never know what the postman will deliver. (No, it's not a letter from an agent desiring further access to my words.) Instead, it was my entry to the "Murder in the Grove" contest. I didn't win, but I didn't expect to win. I only entered because it was suggested on Miss Snark's blog,…
Read MoreThank you, don’t come again
Well, that didn't take long: Rejected! Critique (Scale 1-10*) Presentation: Fairly typical, as I understand it. Not a full sheet of paper, which is environmentally correct, but a mere bookmark, which is a cruel irony. But a decent copy on a decent sheet of paper, clearly not Xeroxed into oblivion. Score: 3 Wording: The guy…
Read MoreRegistration completed!
Registration Seal I have been legitimized! It's been just under two full months since I sent my story off to the U.S. Copyright Office (I know, it's copyrighted as soon as I create it, but I feel safer and more legit this way) and the wheels of bureaucracy have finally turned far enough to grant…
Read MoreRoadkill
Oops. From my birthday entry last year: Just finished up another Neil Gaiman Sandman book and Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," which is the bleakest, most depressing, most — frankly — useless post-apocalyptic book I've ever read. It's pretentious up the wazoo, eschewing apostrophes in contractions and occasionally purposefully (I have to assume) misspelling things like…
Read MoreMy first time
I'm all flushed. Seriously, it's hot in this apartment despite the chill outside, but I'm all verklempt because I've finally got a query letter I think I can live with. I'm sending it off tomorrow to an agent. They're local to where I live, which was part of the appeal in some strange way —…
Read MoreI’ve always wanted to write….
Few things tweak me more than the successful-in-one-field person who, later in life gets a wild hair to write a book, gets it published and then, in interviews, muses about how "I've always wanted to write, I just never had the time/interest/inspiration/free will/etc. to do it." And then over here is journalist/radio guy ("Studio 360")…
Read MoreFond farewell to Kilgore Trout
Goodbye Blue Monday I sense the next life, if there is one, will be easier on Kurt Vonnegut than this one was. But probably not as funny. "It is done."
Read MoreGetting the hook
So, two developments today of interest primarily to me only, so feel free to just skip this part. First: They're trying to save money at work. They think this can be best effected by finally making use of all of the floorspace. (Ever since I've worked at the job, there are always dozens of empty…
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