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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Life Imitating Art?

Posted by on May 15, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Okay, this is freaky. The other day, I was cleaning out my storage room at school, and one of the charms on my bracelet (the bagpipe) got caught in the large spiral binding of a book. Pull, pop, the bagpipe goes flying, and my bracelet ends up in two pieces. After some choice vocabulary words that will not be on my students’ next test, I scooped it all into an envelope and took it to my...
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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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Do Clichés Matter?

Posted by on Apr 30, 2009 in dish | 1 comment Stumbled across an interesting article online at the Entertainment Weekly site. With a title like “24 Rom-Com Clichés We’d Retire,” how could I not explore? Although they presented good reasons for their choices, I can’t say I completely agree with them. They also definitely missed some of the things that drive me nuts. Here’s a rundown of their nitpicks:Media...
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