Sinfully Tagged

Posted by on Jul 1, 2009 in dish | 0 comments “Sometimes you can learn more about a person by what they don’t tell you. Sometimes you can learn a lot from the things they just make up. If you are tagged with this Meme, lie to me. Then tag 7 other folks (one for each deadly sin) and hope they can lie.”Pride: What is your biggest contribution to the world? I’m breathing, aren’t I?Envy: What do your coworkers wish they...
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Threes

Posted by on Jun 25, 2009 in dish | 2 comments I guess today I can officially close the book on my youth. First Ed McMahon (how many years have I heard that voice?), then Farrah Fawcett (all the girls wanted her hair, all the boys just wanted her), then Michael Jackson (“’cause this is THRILLER…thriller night!”). Michael Jackson’s taking the most effort to process, though. He’s not that much older than me!...
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Off to the Races

Posted by on Jun 18, 2009 in dish | 1 comment The reworked idea for The Five Step Plan and the proposal for Life After Little League are now on their way to Dream Agent. Let’s hope she’s happier with the rework–if she is, I can salvage some main story elements. If not, we’re talking total rebuild (which I’m not wanting to do, but…). Now I’m back to the YA ideas. Who knew designing an entire...
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My Spicy Sweet Chili Self

Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Dream Agent, bless her heart. After a few rounds of email tag (how did I manage this before BlackBerry?), we finally manage a business call. And it’s a doozy.She looooooooooves the high concept hook of my proposal she has in house. The execution, not so much. As in, not crazy about the inciting incident, not completely wowed by some other story elements, not really feeling the...
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Block, or What?

Posted by on May 13, 2009 in dish | 0 comments More cleaning of the cabinets today, since les élèves are taking an exam, and of course I get sidetracked by a book. Miracle’s Boys, by Jacqueline Woodson. One thing leads to another, I end up at her website, and I find this: I don’t believe there is any such thing as Writer’s Block. I think it’s just your mind telling you that the thing you’re writing isn’t the thing you really want to be...
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