Delighted to note that Riverdale Avenue Books has re-released my garden romance, Perennial. Set in Oak Park and intercut with the poems I wrote during my course of treatment, it follows the story of a woman who’s just received a cancer diagnosis, and the handsome Indian-Scottish flower shop owner whose flowers bring her hope, friendship, […]
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Having had both, I can assure you that a breast cancer diagnosis is much worse than a (possibly) sprained ankle, obviously. But perhaps because cancer is far more serious and takes up so much air in the room that there isn’t much left to spend on petty irritations… …it turns out that I find the
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I had a a doctor who wanted to try writing in my workshop today, and it reminded me that when we did the first Kriti South Asian lit. festival, we did a survey, and found that about 70% of the attendees were doctors or lawyers who really wanted to be writers, but their parents had
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. That seems to be most of what I’m doing this week. Trying to finish up pieces for Sunday’s local market. Continuing to write the Patreon story — here’s the third scene. (See previous days in my feed for the previous scenes.) Tentative plan is to take 5-7 days to do scenes, and finish a
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I think I want to try to write a little of the Patreon story every day for a week or so, just to make sure I like it enough that I think I can stay consistent with it. I’m not sure if I’ll end up switching POV more often going forward — probably, since that’s
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Oh, I’ve been in such a terrible mood most of the day, and it’s been because I wanted to start writing, but I couldn’t figure out what to write about, and I have been stuck in this place for three or so days, and it was making me just crazed. (It didn’t help that we
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Busy morning — set an alarm to get up and have a Zoom call at 8 a.m. with Elizabeth Hand and the folks running the Pakistan SF workshop; we spent a few hours planning, and I think it’s going to be great, assuming my visa comes through, all the fingers and toes crossed. Now I’m
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Delighted to note that the SLF is offering “Screenwriting for Writers” — this class is designed for experienced fiction writers who want to try their hand at screenwriting. I’ve personally taken two classes and an independent study with Ted, and have drafted and revised three TV episodes as a result — recommended! How long is
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Poll time! Here are three possibilities I’m considering writing for an upcoming Patreon project — I need something fun to motivate me. Would love thoughts / votes on what’s most appealing to you: 1) a somewhat sexy series about SF academics — set on Kriti, at my University of All Worlds, with new characters you
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I continue to think about Patreon (and thanks so much to those who suggested good writer Patreons yesterday, keep those suggestions coming) and how best to use it. I was talking with Benjamin Rosenbaum about this when we recorded our podcast a week or so ago, and he asked whether starting a new writing project
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