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Sometimes when I read about the latest Top Novels being featured by the NY Times and realize mine isn’t listed because oh yeah, it isn’t PUBLISHED I start to feel sorry for myself. And by sometimes, I mean always. John Green would probably call that petty. Talking about the Americans’ access to public education, the […]
Read MoreLately I have found myself in the rather clichéd position of suffering from writer’s block. And it sucks. Rather than looking forward to those precious moments when I can sit down at the computer and dive into my manuscript, I have been avoiding the thing like a pile of warm dog barf in the middle […]
Read MoreI recently discovered there is only one thing more daunting than the empty first page of a novel manuscript: the empty first page of CV. What skills do I have to write about? What words should I use to describe them? How should I format it? And ohmygod what if I use the wrong font […]
Read MoreHaven taken a year off to rear my human and complete a novel manuscript, I recently decided to hit the old job board and get back into the rodent race. I was actually getting pretty excited about planning projects that don’t involve Popsicle sticks–until I started reading some job descriptions. It went something like this: Nope, […]
Read MoreThere is nothing like a fun-filled reunion to make me Totally Anxious about life. My three-year old son and I spent three days this week camping on the side of a lovely Vancouver Island lake with my extended family–and let’s just say I had to fend off the ‘so where are you going to have […]
Read MoreSometimes all my sentences sound stunted. Other times I wonder what is wrong with me that I can’t spell ‘unfortuentley’ right for once? Then I become Totally Convinced that my main character is as fake and unbelievable as Apple Pie Extra. Then I cry. Thankfully none of that apparently matters—at least 46.4% of the time. […]
Read MoreThe last time I completed a manuscript I was filled with excitement and anticipation. This time, it was more like WIDE EYED FEAR. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the last few projects have fallen flat on their 12 point font faces, that after over a year of work I am […]
Read MoreI recently gave my mom a manuscript to look over and was somewhat traumatized when she handed it back full of sticky notes and strike-throughs. Yes, part of me (okay a lot me) expected the woman who had once sewn me a quilt lined with affirmations would tell me the whole thing was perfect just […]
Read MoreI finally bid farewell to a manuscript I have been working on for over a year as of just yesterday. My mom’s going to proofread it, then it’s off to my agent friend and the world beyond. Needless to say, I was feeling pretty good about the accomplishment, and stoked to start a new project–until […]
Read MoreMy armpits are sticky, my floor is so dirty it crunches, and yet another episode of Dora The Explorer is glowing across my toddler’s face. I am leaving for a trip to Montreal in exactly one week and have been racing for the last month to get my final final manuscript draft completed before my […]
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