So. I finished (well, as much as I ever finish) the story I was pontificating about yesterday. The problem with talking about things is that I leave the conversation wondering why I make such a big deal out of...whatever. Now I feel this story has an impossible burden placed upon it. At this point I …
Category: effort
This Witch Doesn’t Make Love Potions, She Makes Stories (although maybe that’s the same thing)
To be a successful writer takes many things. The first thing may be a definition of success. For some people, that's lots of sales. I've had my art in two art festivals. Hundreds of people walked through my booth. Some of those people stopped to look. A few of those people talked to me. And …
Rejection Is Funny
BBC Channel 4 seems to take issue with sharing videos----silly folks----but whatev because you should see this clip on dealing with rejection. The bit about "sucking out your eyes" was particularly funny to me. I'm getting ready to send more stories out into the world of literary journals. Either a story will be rejected (likely!) …
Maybe Keep Going
This may be the end. Well, of the whole National Blog Post Month is over for me. Whew. I tried this a couple of years ago and it may be a couple more years hence before I do it again. Maybe! You never know. In the meantime, I'll be hanging out at the roller rink …
Marta Bacon 