Drood: A Novel by Dan Simmons
...the world's fastest ear infection, for which I am grateful. Put your trust in drugs! Now, if the semester would just end. I'm back to getting work done at home, because there is no time at school for such frivolousness. Instead, I have a constant cavalcade of students. Which isn't normally bad, but does make [...]
This week, Substance out to Elizabeth Harding of Curtis Brown Jane Dystel of Dystel and Goderich Jennifer Flannery of Flannery Melissa Chinchillo of Fletcher and Parry Jennifer Weltz of Jean V. Naggar Stats for Substance so far: 22 Unknown Out There 4 Partial Requests 1 Full Request 6 Closed/No Response 57 Rejections 28 Future Prospects [...]
Since I am writing about Master and Margarita, I can say that idle hands are the devil's handiwork. Or Woland's. Or whatever. 4,074 / 6,000(67.9%) I've really focused in on my angle today. I'll be analyzing this work from a feminist perspective, but what I'll be trying to focus on is whether Margarita's liberation as [...]
Loves me the progress meter! 3,016 / 6,000(50.3%)
Last night our reading group met to get organized. We had lots of good suggestions for books, some I knew, and some I didn't, but I'm looking forward to reading. We have a good mix of well-known and newer writers. We're going to try to get some writers in to talk about their work as [...]
My week of constant inundation continues. I arrived on campus after today's Russian lesson at 10:45, and just now students and phone calls have stopped. It's 11:30. I feel like I am honey, and they are bees. It's usually intense at this time of the semester, but this is SUPER intense. There are things I [...]
Rejection from Sarah Yakes. I posted today in my live journal, but not here. About Penguicon, not about writing. Just swamped right now. Catherine
Wow. It's been busy. Students everywhere! But I can at least post this! *** Kelly tossed the apple to Jane, who fumbled it. The apple rebounded off her hands, bumped her nose and glasses, and rolled down her to the ground. Jane crouched, squinting. She couldn't locate it among the rotting apples that dotted the [...]
It's been a busy day. There's been a lot of students, a hair appointment, and a funeral. The story excerpt will go up as soon as it can. Today's rejections: Charlotte Sheedy of Sterling Lord Literistic Sheldon Fogelman of Sheldon Fogelman Today's Queries: Carmen La Via of Fifi Oscard Diana Fox of Fox Literary Sarah [...]
Fresh from the world of drinking, eating, and academic schmoozing. Boy, am I ready to return home and start minding my weight! To the credit of the conference, today was salad and fruit for lunch and afternoon snackage. That never happens. Letting you know that I have revised the Gossamer and Viridian scene tonight instead [...]
