Down to the water today small waves softly undulate lapping feet in flipflops I toss pebbles my dog is a waterbaby much to my Piscean delight for hours she swims lets her hind legs float drags rocks up onto the shore waits for me to toss another pebble and another another the water is softcool …
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Close Your Eyes and Think of England
At the desk that’s too high for you, in a wobbly dining table chair, you pick at your nails, massage your tight neck, and listen to the pop songs on the radio in the reception room, wondering at and irritated by the constant repetition of uninspired stanzas. You pokes holes in your eraser with your …
Win Free Manuscript or Query Letter Critique Offered by Agent and Acq. Editor
Okay, everyone, especially you writers out there with manuscripts and query letters, check this out. This is a really great opportunity to both get your work or query letters critiqued and save a life at the same time! I frequent acquisitions editor Moonrat’s blog, Editorial Ass, and this is what mischief she’s up to lately. …
Thoughts on a Friday Afternoon
I just wanted to apologize for not delivering the promised post on methods of letting go. Basically, I have had to set my priorities and the ones on the top of the list happen to have everything to do with EditQuest. Because frankly, that has to get done. So in essence I’ve temporarily let go …
Get Out of Your Own Way
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others. – Molière When I finally bought Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, it was more because of a strange feeling that I had to buy it than anything else. I very rarely buy non-fiction. But I actually couldn’t leave the store without …