Hi, everyone! I’ve had an absolutely shitty day that reinforced my basic cynicism toward seven-tenths of humanity. I won’t go into the details, it would just bore you. So I came home, ate a piece of very fine chocolate, took a new picture of a beaded tapestry wall hanging, and entered it into an art…
Read More Revenge queries and art show entriesThis week has been about recalibration for me. One writing project is on hiatus while the beta-readers savage it. I’m looking forward to their criticisms more than their praise – harsh reviews have always motivated my spirit of competition, and the work ultimately merits the best I can do. I’m pushing through a major middle-of-the-book…
Read More Back in the saddleFirst, y’all know what a revenge query is? Revenge queries are the boomerang query letters that a relatively seasoned (i.e. jaded) writer has lined up, to send out to new markets the same day that the first query comes back with a rejection letter. Rejections are a lot like band-aids, turns out – it’s better…
Read More More art I should not be doing.