RWA Recap

Posted by mimi on Jul 31, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Home again, home again, jiggity jig–if one can jiggity while spending about as much time in airports between Reno and Orlando as one does in airplanes between Reno and Orlando. I did get to hang out with my dear friend Katherine Garbera before hopping the flight to Dallas, then lunch and dish in Dallas with my new friend Kwana Jackson (one of the founders of the ChickLit chapter of RWA. I...
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Off to Reno!

Posted by mimi on Jul 26, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Today I flew to Reno, Nevada–Biggest Little City in the World–for the RWA National Conference. Some observations on interstate travel: Time changes are a bitch. Here I’m thinking that Reno’s in Mountain Time (it’s in the mountains, right?), when all along it’s on PST. Totally screwed up the internal “feed me, Seymour” mechanism. The sleep...
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Revision Letter Blues

Posted by mimi on Jul 19, 2005 in dish | 2 comments Got a revision letter on Crash Test today from an editor friend (who I would dearly love to become my editor editor). It’s not bad. Not great, but not bad. Short version: Love the last 150 pages. First 200 slow. Fix ’em.Aurrrgh!! (or whatever combination of letters properly conveys both happiness and outright vexation)Hey, it’s better than a “Thanks, but this sucks,...
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Same Trauma, Different Week

Posted by mimi on Jul 6, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Agent emails me: We haven’t received Crash Test in the office.GAH!!!!I packaged up and sent Crash Test last Thursday, 2-day air by FedEx After the US Mail trauma and UPS delivery issues, I figured third time was a charm. Wrong again, fluffy. So I get on the phone with the nice man who sent it off, we run a tracking number check, and it got there last Friday. Signed for by the...
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