Oops, I did it again - the sequel

If I don't blog first thing in the morning - and I do mean first thing, before I even eat breakfast - I tend to forget it. And that's what happened yesterday. Well, that and I was incredibly busy running all over the place and fixing food for company, etc. So, today you get a double tip/teaser bonus.

In the meantime, I am working through edits of two stories - one a fantasy book, one a long short story (13000 words - about 60 pages). The fantasy book has been through several crit partners and even a full line edit by an agent who then turned it down (after I willingly made all her changes!). Now it's with another crit partner who should be an editor. She is finding things nobody else did and she's very good. I really expect to see her as an editor some day-a prosperous one.

And as my cat is meowing for her breakfast and my stomach is grumbling, I guess I should go feed both.
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Progress yesterday: article written for newsletter, editing done on above.
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August 24

Birthdays: Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Herrick, Jean Rhys, Malcolm Cowley, A.S. Byatt, Mason Williams

Tips and Teasers: Show your characters no mercy. If your story has stalled, ask yourself what is the worst thing that could happen to my character? Make it happen.

Thought for the day: “Being a real writer means being able to work on a bad day.” – Norman Mailer

August 25

Birthdays: Bret Harte, Brian Moore, Charles Wright, Charles Ghigna

Tips and Teasers: Find someone with an unusual job or hobby and interview them. Turn the interview into an article.

Thought for the day: “The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.” - La Rochefocauld