dragonflies, spider silk green ripples on black water below the mirror–goldfish the undersides of branches shimmer. a bird calls desperately –across the pond, a woman plays a mating call off her phone. dragonfly plays copyeditor over the shadows dancing on my page …It was a good day. I also saw a bonsai tree shaped like …
The last time I went to Trader Joe’s, I found myself standing in front of a display of cookie butter cookies. These are like recursive cookies. I wonder if they’re any good. A woman reached past my shoulder to grab a box, as you do at Trader Joe’s, because Trader Joe’s is all about catering to …
You know how for some people, it’s easier to do something if it’s for someone else’s sake, not your own? I’m that way about writer stuff. If I weren’t doing it in order to accomplish the writing dream, I wouldn’t do it because: I don’t deserve it (I may have mentioned I have self-confidence issues), …
So “plotting” is the current writer term for “I write a plot outline before I write a book.” “Pantsing” is the current writer term for “I write a book without writing a plot outline beforehand (in other words, by the seat of my pants.)” Plotters seem to feel that pantsers are cheating somehow. “Just admit …
Here’s the thing about editorial changes: If you could have done it right the first time, you would have. This is hard for editors to understand; I know, because I’ve taken the same attitude toward my editorial clients that my ghostwriting clients have taken toward me: But it’s not that big of a change…just try …
