Revision Blues

Posted by mimi on Nov 15, 2009 in dish | 0 comments I used to be so positive about revising. I loved printing out copies of a draft on the backs of old paper, whipping out a favored pen–in purple, turquoise, hot pink, or some other fun color–and having at it. Revised pages had notations, additions, scribbles up the margins and on the back, arrows pointing hither and yon as I moved around sentences and paragraphs. With my first book,...
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Noted

Posted by mimi on Nov 12, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Sometimes low tech is the way to go. I keep a little notepad by my sink–the last place I look before I leave the house–to remind me of stuff. This is the notepad I grab when one of those late-night squirrels runs through my brain right when I’m trying to go to sleep. It’s an interesting collection of random…here are a few of the entries (in no particular...
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Tallahasses

Posted by mimi on Nov 10, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Today, the vampire bats of education flapped down our hallways and invaded our classrooms. Yep, it’s visitation day. We’ve been at Defcon 2 for a couple of weeks now. It apparently isn’t enough to give Florida schools a letter grade based on one set of test scores; now we have a “level” to go with. Our level means that we get bat teams a couple of times a year to...
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Emo Vampires

Posted by mimi on Nov 4, 2009 in dish | 0 comments My thoughts exactly. Sort of. “I’ll be back when the world grows a pair…of fangs.” *snerk*
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