I’ve written about it here before, that I’ve studied the writings of Italian-American women, that I discovered there were a lot of writings by Italian-American women totally by accident. It was a case of bucking the old “you can’t judge a book by its cover” saying. In this case, it was the green cover that [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Writing poetry with Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Posted in Italian-American Literature, life, poetry, writing, tagged Italian-American women writers, life, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, poetry, writing on August 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The search is on
Posted in life, writing, tagged agents, fiction, novel, writing on August 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
While my book is being read, proofed and the like by my dear sister Lee, I’ve begun the dreaded agent search. I guess it’s not so dreaded. After looking through Google for agents and “how-to” articles on writing the killer query, I found agentquery.com. I’m sure it’s a well-known site, but I figured I’d link [...]
How words can heal
Posted in life, poetry, writing, tagged imagination, life, Linda Cassidy Lewis, the perfect day, writing on August 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Today I’m sitting in the big recliner. For the better part of the last four days I’ve been brooding about this or that, feeling sorry for myself, I guess. There are a few nasty things going on in my life, which will probably turn out okay. All that was topped off by a nasty letter [...]
Thoughts on dealing with sticky novel situation
Posted in life, writing, tagged character, novel, writing on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My novel is off to my sister-in-law Leeann who has agreed to read it between this revision and the next. In the meantime, I’m trying to fill my writing time with other projects such as pulling together a query letter, though I’m procrastinating on that a bit. It’s such a quiet morning. One cat is [...]
