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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘novel’
The search is on
Posted in life, writing, tagged agents, fiction, novel, writing on August 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Fair win, hamster loss makes for week of highs and lows
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged 4-H, county fair, novel, writing on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m so near the end of this revision. I’m two chapters away and just received the okay to send my novel to my wonderful sister-in-law Leeann Berry, who has agreed to be my critical reader for this critical revision. I’m hoping to go through the novel one more time and begin my search for an [...]
The glamorous writing life
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged bumper stickers, fiction, holes in cars, life, novel, writing on June 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I should have written about this a while ago, but I was focused on other things. While this bumper sticker does say something about what I’m spending my summer doing–revising my novel. I’m not necessarily putting anyone I know in the novel, but I couldn’t resist the bumper sticker. I wouldn’t normally put bumper stickers [...]
My maple has been rained on. I have work to do.
Posted in life, tagged characters, creative writing, fiction, life, mfa, MFA Creative Writing, novel, novel in progress, writing on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My maple is full with red leaves and the rains from last night have left drops of water that cling and sparkle from each open leaf. They leaves look like small hands extended, holding something precious. I could look at this all day, but I have work to do. I’m working on my novel Sometimes [...]
Word of the Month – Finished
Posted in life, writing, tagged fiction, life, novel, writing on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s been a while since I last posted, so I’m calling this post the word of the month. Although, the next post will probably be a word of the week again and, hopefully, I won’t be such a slacker.
What I mean by finished is that I’ve finished a full draft of a novel that I’ve [...]
Word of the Week
Posted in life, writing, tagged creative writing, Detroit, life, mfa, Michigan, novel, slang, word of the week, writing on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m starting a new thing on this here bloggy. I’m going to think about posting a word of the week and a bit about how that word has impacted my life. This week the word is “doorwall”. Those who do not hail from Michigan’s Detroit area may wonder what the hell is a “doorwall”. Let [...]
Writing and Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Posted in art, breast cancer, family, life, photography, poetry, writing, tagged breast cancer, MFA Creative Writing, novel, school, writing on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the connection? For me, irony is the connection.
I’m preparing to head to residency for my third semester of my MFA. It was nearly a year ago that I was last in Louisville for residency. I had submitted for workshop a bit from the novel that I’m working on in which a thirtysomething woman deals with a [...]
