Aug 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Let’s just admit this up front: I can be an envious person. I am envious of people who can retire. I am envious of people who can retire and never have to work again. I am envious of people with glossy hair. I am envious of people who don’t feel the need...
Jul 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s a classic Catch 22. Your publisher wants known authors to read and blurb your book, but you don’t know any. After all, if you knew a lot of them, you might have been able to use connections and get published before. What to do, what to do! This was...
Jul 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
So the other week I was asked to write a dedication for the Geography of Water. And get blurbs. The dedication was pretty easy–but it is a secret, you will know in November! The blurbs were to the authors who said they would read the book, and all but one...
Jun 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Things with THE GEOGRAPHY OF WATER are progressing! I was assigned a nice copy editor who pointed out things I never knew before, despite being an English major. Like this: “towards” is the British way of saying it; apparently here it is...
May 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have stories in my head. I am to the dreaded middle of my kayak/divorce/Alaska memoir and still in the dreaming phase of my novel. Yet it’s been hard to stay focused. Why? Well, it’s summer. Here it is short and sweet, and I don’t want to be...
May 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Through a lucky set of circumstances I was referred to an agent and signed a contract with her a month ago. I will say more later as things develop. Right now it’s like being on a first date. Do I sit by the phone? What’s going to happen? In my real job I...
