NJ writing retreat. Finished revision of Liminal Space and sent it to my agent just now, 90,183 words. I wrote a book! Yay! Yay? Honestly, I feel a little queasy with anxiety — it’s incredibly nerve-wracking to hit ‘send,’ even though I know it may be weeks before Russ even gets a chance to read […]
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NJ Highlands writing retreat. One of the nice things about my friend’s house is that it’s surrounded by hiking trails. So the schedule so far today: 8 – noon — breakfast and brief chatting with writing compatriots, then three solid hours of revision, finishing up the pass on Liminal Space that I started at ICFA
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At a friend’s house in New Jersey for a weekend writing retreat. How much can I get done in a day-and-a-half of really focused work? [cracks knuckles] We’ll see. ***** “Walking away would mean giving up the brightness of Leila’s smile, the way Arjun already knew how to make her laugh. The touch of their
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One of the ongoing projects is to learn how to publish books properly, as a small press, practicing on my own books in part so I can eventually have the option of publishing other people’s. If I’m going to do it, I want to do it right — if I’m going to publish some other
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Quick note with my panels for WisCon — looking forward! (They are still looking for people to fill out quite a few panels, so if you didn’t get a chance to sign up earlier, it’s probably not too late — https://wiscon.net) 1) Marriage Story: SFF and Literary Fiction Conference 4 • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing
Hey, folks. Do I have anyone here who has run successful crowdfunding campaigns for arts projects, and might be available to be on an SLF Zoom panel discussing it? We have a few panelists, but could use a few more.
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Today’s the last day of my non-profit’s March membership drive. On the one hand, I’m glad that we have 50 new members – welcome, everyone! Lovely to have you join us! On the other hand, we have a long way to go before we’re where I hope to be, and to be honest, it’s kind
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Professional writer / editor / agent friends (all genres), we’ve finished up the March Saturday panels we did during the SLF’s membership drive, and are looking ahead to May panels (to do during our Kickstarter). If you’d be interesting in joining us for a Zoom panel on one of these topics, let me know? Panels
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Serendib team meeting at the house yesterday: • started prepping for the spring sale (details soon) • reviewed the to-do list for Vegan Serendib (copyediting and indexing right now, finalizing paper choices and cover design) • made plans to put out two little sampler e-books in May (Serendib Cocktail & Serendib Teatime) • packed up
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Advice wanted? We’re finishing up a website redesign for my site — it’s very different from what it was! I think Darius Vinesar has done a great job, but now is the point where we’d love feedback from the public. The goal is to have it look primarily like a writer’s site, but also make
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