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Ready, Set … Go

20.01.2012

Finishing a manuscript and sending it out is a lovely feeling. Especially if you don’t think about what the possible outcomes are. Yes, the editor may take it. And yes, the editor may not. Then there are those sales that are drawn out, the ones that go through phases, the ones you sit through, waiting [...]

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Unraveling

05.01.2012

I’m not sure it’s going to happen. I don’t think this sweater is going to get knit up. I’ve been knitting a grey pullover forever. And not in the it’s-taking-so-long-to-finish sense. I’ve been frogging and re-knitting, frogging and re-knitting, and the other day frogged the sweater again. I wasn’t satisfied with the size, the pattern, [...]

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Progress?

08.12.2011

The cliche when it rains, it pours has rung true lately. The rare tornado we had late summer proved to be an omen because that’s what it has felt like the past few months with the latest family emergencies. Still, I managed to get three children’s manuscripts out—two stories and an article—to children’s magazines, and [...]

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Story, Anyone?

08.10.2011

I know I’ve mentioned this before. I must have because I see it all the time in manuscripts and it continues to irk me. Instead of a story, the writer has written a scene. If your character doesn’t want anything, if he doesn’t need anything, if he is perfectly happy and just goes about his [...]

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